Performance investigations of the IP multicast architecture

doi:10.1016/0169-7552(95)00074-7

Computer Networks and ISDN Systems

Volume 28, Issue 4, February 1996, Pages 429-439

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Abstract

The big interest in desktop audio and video conferencing has led to a broad usage of multimedia tools in wide and local area networks. Many of these tools are based upon the IP multicast protocols. The general advantages of multicast services, like the efficient utilization of network resources and thus the possibility to reach arbitrary large numbers of receivers have by now rendered performance considerations of multicast protocols obsolete. Yet, the rapid growth of multicast usage, especially in the IP Internet, may lead to severe congestion problems, if performance trade-offs are not considered carefully in protocol design. In this paper we present performance investigations of the IP multicast architecture with special emphasis on routing protocols. Performance results derived from measurements and simulations will be discussed. Based upon these results, protocol improvements are suggested and evaluated.

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^☆: This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under grant Na 134/5-3, SUKITS.

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Abstract

OPNET Tutorial Manual

Core Based Trees — An Architecture for Scalable Inter-Domain Multicast Routing

First IETF Internet Audiocast

ACM Comput. Comm. Rev.

Reverse Path Forwarding of Broadcast Packets

Comm. ACM

Host Extensions for IP Multicasting, Network Information Center

Request for Comments RFC 1112

Multicast Routing in a Datagram Internetwork

An Architecture for Wide-Area Multicast Routing