Title :
An evaluation of reliable multicast protocols
Author :
Appala, Syamsundar V. ; Austen, Jeffery R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Demand for sophisticated groupware and multimedia-based applications have increased the need for reliable multicast protocols. These protocols have to contend with problems such as feedback implosions and error handling requirements imposed by different multicasting applications. This paper evaluates the existing reliable multicast protocols and analyzes their performance. Among the metrics are reliability, scalability, feedback control, flow control, locus of control, late join/leave and efficiency
Keywords :
multicast communication; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; efficiency; error handling requirements; feedback control; feedback implosions; flow control; groupware; late join/leave; locus of control; multicasting applications; multimedia-based applications; reliability; reliable multicast protocols; scalability; Application software; Feedback control; Multicast protocols; Quality of service; Reliability engineering; Scalability; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication network reliability; Transport protocols; Unicast;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '99. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lexington, KY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5237-8
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1999.766116
