SEAM and MNS: a new scalable multicast routing protocol in IP over ATM networks

This paper summarizes the work for defining a new protocol. The goal was to create a multicast routing protocol, which works in an IP over ATM network and-unlike the existing ones-is truly scalable. After studying the literature, we realized that no existing protocol is fully suitable for these requirements, so modifying an existing one we created a new routing protocol. In the first chapter we discuss the necessity of developing such a protocol. Next we provide the goals for the new protocol and the results of the studies of the existing proposals, moreover some words are told about the essentials of our new protocol. In the third chapter we summarize the pros and the contrast of the most scalable proposal: SEAM. In the fourth part of this documentation we show, how to manage the multicast tree in order to reach the best efficiency of network resource utilization