Abstract. End System Multicasting (ESM) is fast becoming a feasible alternative to IP multicasting. ESM approaches can be broadly classified into two main categories: (i) Tree firs...
Overlay multicast networks are used by service providers to distribute contents such as web pages, streaming multimedia data, or security updates to a large number of users. Howeve...
Abstract. Current research in peer to peer systems is lacking appropriate environments for simulation and experimentation of large scale overlay services. This has led to a plethor...
Abstract— Application-layer multicast (ALM, or overlay multicast) has been proposed to overcome limitations in IP multicast. While much measurement work (such as delay or connect...
— Hosts participating in overlay multicast applications have a wide range of heterogeneity in bandwidth and participation characteristics. In this paper, we highlight and show th...
Michael A. Bishop, Sanjay G. Rao, Kunwadee Sripani...