Mobility management in multicast environment
The communication in traditional network is unicast enabled by IP unicast protocol, on the contrary, group communication is the norm in human setting [1] and numerous applications abound like Mobile TV, Multimedia and General Content Distribution and other collaborative applications [2]. However, p...
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Format: | Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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IIUM Press
2011
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/21567/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/21567/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/21567/1/Chapter_29.pdf |
Summary: | The communication in traditional network is unicast enabled by IP unicast protocol, on the contrary, group communication is the norm in human setting [1] and numerous
applications abound like Mobile TV, Multimedia and General Content Distribution and other collaborative applications [2]. However, point-to-point communication in such use cases of lecture delivery will waste bandwidth, and broadcast is not even a good option as recipients
should only be registered students and not all students. The only possible alternative is to employ multicasting. |
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