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In this paper we introduce a novel scheme for multicast communications and describe the implementation choices of a new suite of TCP-friendly transport protocols optimised for reliable and unreliable multicast connections over satellite networks. The suite is composed of two protocol optimised for different applications: the RMT (Reliable Multicast Transport) guarantees a reliable file delivery; the UMT (Unreliable Multicast Transport) is suitable for multimedia streaming. Both RMT and UMT adopt a TCP-Peach like congestion control scheme to optimise the performance in satellite networks. The new protocols have been implemented on top of UDP in a Unix environment and their performance has been evaluated in an emulated satellite network environment.
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Morabito, G., Palazzo, S., Pantò, A. (2005). A TCP-Friendly Multicast Protocol Suite for Satellite Networks. In: Lorenz, P., Dini, P. (eds) Networking - ICN 2005. ICN 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3421. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31957-3_116
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