DocumentCode :
2285317
Title :
Aggregated hierarchical multicast for active networks
Author :
Wolf, Tilman ; Choi, Sumi Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
Volume :
2
fYear :
2001
fDate :
2001
Firstpage :
899
Abstract :
Active networking is the basis for a range of new and innovative applications that make use of computational resources inside network routers. One such application is aggregated hierarchical multicast, which aims at implementing efficient many-to-many communication. In certain scenarios, it is possible to transmit less accurate, aggregated data and thus achieve better scalability. Using active networks, the aggregation computation can be done transparently by network routers without end system support. We show how aggregated data streams can be structured in a hierarchical fashion to allow easy access of data at the desired aggregation level. We introduce two application examples to illustrate the system design, analyze the performance of the aggregation mechanism and evaluate it using a prototype implementation.
Keywords :
data communication; military communication; multicast communication; teleconferencing; active networks; aggregated data streams; aggregated multicast; audio conferencing application; battlefield information system; computational resources; hierarchical multicast; network routers; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Computer science; Information systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Performance analysis; Prototypes; Scalability; Telecommunication traffic;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7225-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985968
Filename :
985968
Link To Document :
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