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Multicast Communication

Protocols, Programming, & Applications

  • 1st Edition - May 12, 2000
  • Authors: Ralph Wittmann, Martina Zitterbart
  • Language: English
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 9 7 3 4 - 1

The Internet is quickly becoming the backbone for the worldwide information society of the future. Point-to-point communication dominates the network today, however, group co… Read more

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The Internet is quickly becoming the backbone for the worldwide information society of the future. Point-to-point communication dominates the network today, however, group communication--using multicast technology--will rapidly gain importance as digital, audio, and video transmission, push technology for the Web, and distribution of software updates to millions of end users become ubiquitous.

Multicast Communication: Protocols and Applications explains how and why multicast technology is the key to this transition. This book provides network engineers, designers, and administrators with the underlying concepts as well as a complete and detailed description of the protocols and algorithms that comprise multicast.