A logical ring reliable multicast protocol for mobile nodes

Author

Nikolaidis, Ioanis ; Harms, Janelle J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

fYear

1999

fDate

31 Oct.-3 Nov. 1999

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

113

Abstract

A protocol for the reliable multicast of data to mobile hosts is described. A logical ring is maintained between all the base stations that handle the multicast traffic of the same multicast group. A token passing protocol enforces a consistent view between all base stations with respect to the frames that are considered delivered to all mobiles. The interaction of the reliable multicasting and the handoff events of the mobiles is controlled by a special handoff protocol. A description of the management protocol is also given. We use simulation results to illustrate the feasibility of the approach and reveal the performance interplay between the base station buffer size and the token rotation frequency.

Keywords

buffer storage; land mobile radio; multicast communication; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; base station buffer size; handoff events; handoff protocol; logical ring reliable multicast protocol; management protocol; mobile hosts; mobile nodes; multicast group; multicast traffic; performance; simulation results; token passing protocol; token rotation frequency; transport protocols; Base stations; Costs; Feedback; High definition video; Multicast protocols; Routing; Scalability; Stock markets; Streaming media; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Protocols, 1999. (ICNP '99) Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on

ISSN

1092-1648

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0412-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNP.1999.801921

Filename

801921