— Multicast solutions have been evolving from “bottom” to “top”, i.e., from IP layer (called IP multicast) to application layer (referred to as application layer multicas...
Li Lao, Jun-Hong Cui, Mario Gerla, Dario Maggiorin...
Application-layer multicast (ALM) can solve most of the problems of IP-based multicast. Topology-aware approach of ALM is more attractive because it exploits underlying network top...
—Future 4G cellular networks are featured with high data rate and improved coverage, which will enable realtime video multicast and broadcast services. Scalable video coding is v...
We outline a scheme by which encrypted multicast audiovisual data may be watermarked by lightweight active network components in the multicast tree. Every recipient receives a slig...
Ad-hoc networks enable mobile devices to communicate without any fixed infrastructure. While reliable multicasting has been identified as a key application in this context, we a...