Multicast Communication

Protocols, Programming, & Applications

Ralph Wittmann, Martina Zitterbart

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Year: 2000
• ISBN:
  9780080497341
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Networking
• Index: Computer Science

The Internet is quickly becoming the backbone for the worldwide information society of the future. Point-to-point communication dominates the network today, however, group communication--using multicast technology--will rapidly gain importance as digital, audio, and video transmission, push technology for the Web, and distribution of software updates to millions of end users become ubiquitous.

Multicast Communication: Protocols and Applications explains how and why multicast technology is the key to this transition. This book provides network engineers, designers, and administrators with the underlying concepts as well as a complete and detailed description of the protocols and algorithms that comprise multicast.* Presents information on the entire range of multicast protocols, including, PIM-SM, MFTP, and PGM and explains their mechanisms, trade-offs, and solid approaches to their implementation* Provides an in-depth examination of Quality of Service concepts, including: RSVP, ST2, IntServ, and DiffServ* Discusses group address allocation and scoping* Discusses multicast implementation in ATM networks* Builds a solid understanding of the Mbone and surveys the successes and current limitations of real multicast applications on the Internet such as videoconferencing, whiteboards, and distance learning

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Acronyms
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Basics of Group Communication
• Chapter 3. Multicast Routing
• Chapter 4. Quality of Service
• Chapter 5. Multicast in ATM Networks
• Chapter 6. Transport Protocols
• Chapter 7. MBone„The Multicast Backbone of the Internet
• Chapter 8. Outlook
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors