While network-level multicast has tremendous potential for increasing the efficiency of group-
oriented applications, the adoption of network-level multicast has been tepid at best. In this …

In this paper, we present a novel approach, stealth multicast, which offers a practical solution
for the adoption of network-level IP multicast. Rather than focusing on a global scale such as …

Multicast routing is again gaining popularity with the development of new group services,
like real-time multimedia streaming. The aim is to reach big groups of users with the quality …

Whereas much of the recent thrust in IP multicast standardization has focused on multicast
routing and other supplementary infrastructure for multicast, the reach to/from end-systems …

IP multicast is advantageous for high quality streaming applications and future needs in the
Internet. However, it is generally recognized that IP multicast requires significant routing …

Several multicast mechanisms, known as small group multicast, were proposed that scale
better with the number of multicast sessions than traditional multicast does. We propose a …

A ubiquitous and efficient multicast data delivery service is essential to the success of large-
scale group communication applications. The original IP multicast design is to enhance …

In this letter, we propose a new multicast scheme, named Xcast+, which is an extension of
Explicit Multicast (Xcast) for an efficient delivery of multicast packets. The mechanism …

* Number of transmissions from a source Number of packets generated within the network A
source has to transmit once instead of n times for n destinations when multicast is used …

Due to the sparse deployment of IP multicast in the Internet today, some researchers have
proposed application layer multicast as a new approach to implement widearea multicast …