IP-Multicasting Technology Part 2: Switches vs. Routers
White Papers One of the primary difficulties encountered in multicasting over Layer-2 switches (or bridges) is that the normal response to multicast traffic is the immediate flooding of the packets to every interface on the switch (other than the interface...
[May 4, 2009, 6:38]
On Multicasting in Wavelength-Routing Mesh Networks
White Papers This paper considers multicasting on wavelength-routing mesh optical networks. Although multicasting has been studied extensively in different network environments, multicasting in this environment is different, and more involved.
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
A Caching Mechanism to Improve the Reliability of Multicasting in Multihop MANET
White Papers Reliable multicasting takes help of re-transmissions from the source, to recover lost packets .This imposes a huge overhead on the bandwidth-constrained ad hoc network. In On Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP), the multicast members send...
[August 13, 2007, 15:14]
Multicast With Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) and Lightweight Access Points (LAPs) Configuration Example
White Papers This paper provides a configuration example on how to configure Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) and Lightweight Access Points (LAPs) for multicasting and communication with a multicast enabled wired network.
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
PIM-SM Multicast Routing Protocol
White Papers It is intended for IT managers who are already familiar with multicasting, and who want an overview before reading the PIM-SM RFC. This paper is an introduction to the PIM-SM multicast routing protocol, concentrating on version 2.
[March 25, 2008, 0:58]
Ad Hoc Wireless Multicast With Mobility Prediction
White Papers Thus, efficient utilization of routing packets and immediate recovery of route breaks are critical in routing and multicasting protocols. An ad hoc wireless network is an infrastructureless network composed of mobile hosts.
[April 3, 2009, 1:22]
3Com Case Study: University of Westminster (UK)
White Papers They needed a network that would provide ample bandwidth to support applications such as streamed video and multicasting. University of Westminster's main objectives was to implement a communications infrastructure that would ensure effective...
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
Passport 8600 Routing Switch - Layer 2/3 Performance
White Papers As VoIP and business-critical traffic contend for bandwidth, and as new applications such as IP multicasting become mainstream, users need to be confident that switches can indeed deliver rich quality-of-service (QoS) alongside wire-speed...
[October 21, 2003, 5:43]
Well Beyond Streaming Video: IPv6 and the Next Generation Television
White Papers In particular, the paper examines the possible impact and implications of multicasting on television broadcasts. The Internet has provided a plethora of commercial opportunities, the majority of them arising from advances in software and networking.
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
BT's Broadband TV to be delivered by Philips
Talkback BT do not plan to broadcast content (multicasting) over the internet, their network is not multicast enabled. The article might be slightly misleading to some. The box is intended to offer a ‘free-view’ package with the ability to download a select...
[October 31, 2005, 9:30]
BBC throws down broadband gauntlet
Talkback The BBC is going to want to send streams at 300k to 1Mbps+ for reasonable quality.for real time true 'broadcast' streams IP Multicasting was designed to eliminate the need for a stream per listener -Using Mulitcasting you need one stream per...
[November 11, 2004, 10:57]
Windows security hole and fix explained
News IGMP is one of the protocols in the TCP/IP protocol suite, and is used to allow IP multicasting, in which data is sent to a single IP address but may reach multiple hosts. Another software patch has been released by the Microsoft camp, this time...
[September 9, 1999, 17:15]
Virgin goes jamming online
News JamCast employs corporate IP multicasting technology to deliver music. Virgin Entertainment Group -- the parent company of Virgin Megastores -- is to offer downloadable music over the Internet via an online service called Virgin JamCast.
[September 16, 1999, 16:07]
Flak flies over ICANN contract renewal
News The Internet Multicasting Service, a group that bid unsuccessfully for the right to run the .org domain, and Nominet, the .uk country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry, have both written to the Department of Commerce expressing their dismay...
[February 10, 2003, 16:54]
Net needs fatter pipes - WorldCom
News Eventually, Sidgmore predicted, technologies such as complex corporate applications, interactive voice, and multicasting will drive bandwidth demand through the roof. Sidgmore told analysts at a NationsBanc Montgomery Securities Conference...
[January 29, 1998, 10:45]
Design a Win2K infrastructure with this download
News You can simply insert additional rows if you are going to create more than one scope or any superscopes or multicasting scopes. When you're planning the design of a Windows 2000 network, you need to consider a ton of configuration options...
[April 9, 2003, 10:27]
IBM, Cisco pursue IP intranet streaming
News It also uses a technique known as multicasting, a process of intelligently routing audio and video in packets. IBM and Cisco are teaming up to sell a digital media delivery package to businesses, to capitalise on growing corporate demand for...
[May 30, 2003, 10:45]
Net won't have meltdown - report
News Technology breakthroughs expected to occur inside twelve months include reservation protocol (a premium level of service that holds open a channel for the duration of a call), multicasting and new switching and routing techniques including Cisco's...
[April 23, 1997, 13:19]
Five years ago: Net won't have meltdown - report
News Technology breakthroughs expected to occur inside twelve months include reservation protocol (a premium level of service that holds open a channel for the duration of a call), multicasting and new switching and routing techniques including Cisco's...
[April 20, 2002, 7:01]
US Report: New Internet2 projects aim for multimedia content
News The Middleware initiative also includes other projects for defining how the next-generation Internet will work, including security network quality of service, multicasting and directories. Internet2 -- the project charged with building the kind of...
[September 29, 1998, 11:47]
