Multicasting is the ability of a communication network to accept a single message from an
application and to deliver copies of the message to multiple recipients at different locations …

Existing surveys of research into software-defined networking (SDN) make only minimal
mention of multicasting. We present a survey of existing multicast routing protocols in …

Cluster computing applications like MapReduce and Dryad transfer massive amounts of
data between their computation stages. These transfers can have a significant impact on job …

Originating from basic research conducted in the 1970's and 1980's, the parallel and
distributed simulation field has matured over the last few decades. Today, operational …

An ad hoc network is a dynamically reconfigurable wireless network with no fixed
infrastructure or central administration. Each host is mobile and must act as a router. Routing …

The wireless networking environment presents formidable challenges to the study of
broadcasting and multicasting problems. After addressing the characteristics of wireless …

Agile development methods are growing in popularity with a recent survey reporting that
more than 80% of organizations now following an agile approach. Agile methods were seen …

This paper describes scalable reliable multicast (SRM), a reliable multicast framework for
light-weight sessions and application level framing. The algorithms of this framework are …

Secure instant messaging is utilized in two variants: one-to-one communication and group
communication. While the first variant has received much attention lately (Frosch et al …

This paper describes SRM (Scalable Reliable Multicast), a reliable multicast framework for
application level framing and light-weight sessions. The algorithms of this framework are …