Forwarding state reduction for sparse mode multicast communication

Author

Tian, Jining ; Neufeld, Gerald

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Mar-2 Apr 1998

Firstpage

711

Abstract

Reducing forwarding state overhead of multicast routing protocols is an important issue towards a scalable global multicast solution. We propose a new approach, dynamic tunnel multicast, which utilizes dynamically established tunnels on unbranched links of a multicast distribution tree to eliminate unnecessary multicast forwarding states. Analysis and simulation results show promising reduction in the state overhead of sparse mode multicast routing protocols

Keywords

protocols; telecommunication network routing; analysis results; dynamic tunnel multicast; dynamically established tunnels; forwarding state overhead reduction; multicast distribution tree; multicast forwarding states; multicast routing protocols; scalable global multicast solution; simulation results; sparse mode multicast communication; unbranched links; Analytical models; Computer science; Explosions; Internet; Multicast communication; Multicast protocols; Routing protocols; Scalability; Spine; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '98. Seventeenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4383-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1998.665093

Filename

665093