Title :
Flexible multicast protocol
Author_Institution :
Savoie Univ., Le Bourget du Lac, France
Abstract :
This paper presents FMP, a flexible multicast protocol based on the SRM algorithm in order to guarantee a reliable multipoint communication support. FMP is intended to strengthen the SRM repair/request policies, as well as to optimise the recovery treatments in case of failure occurence. Moreover, FMP is designed to meet the variety of needs of multicast applications by providing a mean to select the suitable service at the application level. Estelle is used to specify one of the FMP´s functionalities, i.e. the reliable multicast
Keywords :
specification languages; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; Estelle; SRM algorithm; SRM repair/request policies; application level; failure occurence; flexible multicast protocol; formal specification; multicast applications; multicast transport protocols; recovery treatments; reliable multicast; reliable multipoint communication; service selection; Large-scale systems; Maintenance; Multicast algorithms; Multicast protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications and Networks, 1997. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8186-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCN.1997.623309
