Title :
Multicast source routing in packet-switched networks
Author :
Yum, Tak-Shing P. ; Chen, Mon-Song
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
An address coding mechanism is presented for multicast source routing packets in packet-switched networks. A simple algorithm for processing these address codes at intermediate output link adaptors is presented. It involves only the recognition of a particular link label at the front part of the address code and the stripping off of a front segment of the address code and so can easily be implemented in hardware. Recognizing that the recipients of a multicast packet very often need to respond to the source node, a reverse-path address code is designed that allows individual destination nodes to retrieve the reverse path address without searching the topology database and invoking any route computation program
Keywords :
encoding; packet switching; switching networks; address coding mechanism; intermediate output link adaptors; multicast source routing; packet-switched networks; reverse-path address code; Broadcasting; Computer networks; Databases; Hardware; Heuristic algorithms; Intelligent networks; Multicast algorithms; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM '91. Proceedings. Tenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Networking in the 90s., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bal Harbour, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-694-2
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.1991.147652
