IP multicast was first proposed to improve the performance of applications that require group communications. Still, many years after its initial proposal, IP multicast is not wi...
— 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...
— A practical pricing mechanism is the foundation for the deploying of IP multicast in the inter-domain Internet. The IP multicast service model and its pricing mechanism are dis...
Despite the fact that global multicast is still not possible in today’s Internet, many local networks are already multicastcapable (the so-called multicast “islands”). Howev...
Abstract. IP multicast is advantageous for high quality streaming applications and future needs in the Internet. However, it is generally recognized that IP multicast requires sign...
Abstract—This paper proposes an efficient and scalable multicast scheme based on the concept of application-oriented networking (AON). The traditional IP multicast is bandwidth ...
IP multicast is increasingly seen as efficient mode of live content distribution in the Internet to significantly large subscriber bases. Despite its numerous benefits over IP u...