MixCast: a new group communication model in large-scale network

Author

Lin, Yusong ; Wang, Binqiang ; Wang, Zongmin

Author_Institution

National Digital Switching Technol. Res. Center, China

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

28-30 March 2005

Firstpage

307

Abstract

The traditional multicast model has some problems, such as access control, address allocation and protocol extensibility. To solve these problems, we provide a new group communication model named MixCast, which is suitable for large-scale heterogeneous networks. MixCast uses unicast between different access networks and use multicast in the same access network; at the same time, MixCast uses IEEE 802.1X protocol to provide user access control and billing scheme for carriers. We also analyze the cost of MixCast communication in the network equipments.

Keywords

IEEE standards; authorisation; multicast protocols; routing protocols; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.1X protocol; MixCast; access control; access network; address allocation; billing scheme; group communication model; large-scale heterogeneous network; multicast model; network equipment; protocol extensibility; Access control; Access protocols; Communication switching; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet; Large-scale systems; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Unicast; IEEE 802.1X; multicast; unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications, 2005. AINA 2005. 19th International Conference on

ISSN

1550-445X

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2249-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AINA.2005.249

Filename

1423700