Title :
A generic protocol for multipoint connections under link-state routing
Author :
Huang, Yih ; McKinley, Philip K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
We propose a protocol for the construction and maintenance of multipoint connections (MCs). The protocol is based on link-state routing: information regarding multipoint connections is broadcast to network switches, which perform all computations locally. The protocol is generic in that it can be used with MCs of different types, including symmetric MCs, receiver-only MCs, and asymmetric MCs. Results of a simulation study show that this generality can be achieved with negligible (in normal traffic periods) to moderate (in very busy periods) signaling overhead
Keywords :
computer network management; internetworking; switching networks; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; transport protocols; generic protocol; link-state routing; multipoint connections; network switches; signaling overhead; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadcasting; Computer networks; Computer science; Distributed computing; IP networks; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7399-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1996.507932
