Title :
Reliable multi-destination transfer of data in a local area network
Author :
Narayan, Ajit P.
Author_Institution :
PRC Inc., McLean, VA, USA
Abstract :
The author discusses some of the performance aspects of a connection oriented protocol such as TCP/IP or a connectionless protocol especially in terms of their ability to distribute identical data sets to two or more devices in a local area network (LAN). In particular, the author describes an adaptable and reliable multicast data transfer protocol. When compared to an efficient TCP/IP data distribution scheme, the multicast data transfer protocol reduces considerably the time needed to distribute the data and also reduces considerably the load on the LAN. Compared with the TCP/IP method the multicast data transfer protocol requires considerably lower CPU resources for the client but more CPU resources for each of the servers
Keywords :
local area networks; protocols; reliability; CPU resources; LAN; TCP/IP; client; connection oriented protocol; connectionless protocol; identical data sets; local area network; reliable multicast data transfer protocol; reliable multidestination data transfer; servers; Broadcasting; Distributed computing; Distributed databases; Image databases; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Multicast protocols; TCPIP; Throughput; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1991. Conference Proceedings., Tenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2133-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1991.113880
