IP multicasting for wireless mobile hosts

Author

Xylomenos, George ; Polyzos, George C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

21-24 Oct 1996

Firstpage

933

Abstract

We consider the problem of efficient multicast support for mobile wireless hosts in TCP/IP networks. We summarize techniques supporting multicasting and mobility, along with their constraints and interactions, and explore architectural alternatives for solutions to the combined problem that remain compatible with the existing architecture. We propose a new mechanism for group management, optimized for point-to-point links. We also discuss three proposed multicast delivery mechanisms and compare them with respect to efficiency on wireless networks and impact on host software

Keywords

Internet; computer network management; land mobile radio; radio links; transport protocols; IP multicasting; TCP/IP networks; architectural alternatives; group management; host software; multicast delivery mechanisms; point-to-point links; wireless mobile hosts; wireless network; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Computer science; IP networks; Mobile computing; Roaming; Routing; TCPIP; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1996. MILCOM '96, Conference Proceedings, IEEE

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3682-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1996.571419

Filename

571419