Title :
Practical multicasting on a nonbroadcast subnetwork
Author :
Walton, Simon ; Gerla, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
LAN multicast is now an essential service for users of the MBone and other IP multicast tools. Traditional IP multicast has travelled over two types of subnetwork: point-to-point links and subnetworks with inherent multicast capability, such as Ethernet and token ring. More recent LANs may be arbitrary mesh networks with no built-in, efficient, multicast capability. The authors describe a successful implementation of multicasting over a 640 Mbit/s, wormhole-routing LAN. The implementation is integrated with the wider-area multicast IP service. Consideration is given to practical issues such as interoperation with existing multicast routing protocols and software, and multicast-group setup latencies
Keywords :
local area networks; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; IP multicast tools; LAN multicast; MBone; arbitrary mesh networks; interoperation; multicast routing protocols; multicast-group setup latencies; multicasting; nonbroadcast subnetwork; wider-area multicast IP service; wormhole-routing LAN; Computer science; Ethernet networks; Internet; Local area networks; Multicast protocols; Network topology; Propagation delay; Routing; Switches; Token networks;
Conference_Titel :
Network Protocols, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8061-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICNP.1997.643725
