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Multicast Transport Protocols for Large-Scale Distributed Collaborative Environments

Haifa Raja Maamar and Azzedine Boukerche

Contents

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Definition and Features
10.2.1 Definition
10.2.2 Features
10.2.2.1 Reliability
10.2.2.2 Congestion and Flow Control
10.2.2.3 Ordering
10.2.2.4 Error Recovery
10.2.2.5 Group Management
10.3 Classification of Multicast Protocols
10.3.1 General-Purpose Protocols
10.3.1.1 Reliable Broadcast Protocol (RBP)
10.3.1.2 Multicast Transport Protocol (MTP)
10.3.1.3 Reliable Multicast Protocol (RMP)
10.3.1.4 Xpress Transport Protocol (XTP)
10.3.2 Multicast Interactive Applications
10.3.2.1 Multicast Transport Protocol-2 (MTP-2)
10.3.2.2 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
10.3.2.3 Scalable Reliable Multicast (SRM)
10.3.2.4 Reliable Adaptive Multicast Protocol (RAMP)
10.3.3 Data Distribution Services
10.3.3.1 Tree-Based Multicast Transport Protocol (TMTP)
10.3.3.2 Reliable Multicast Transport Protocol (RMTP)
10.3.3.3 Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP)
10.3.3.4 Tree-Based Reliable Multicast Protocol (TRAM)
10.4 Conclusion
References

10.1 Introduction

The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of multicast transport protocols. The first section provides an introduction to multicasting and the features that can be added to satisfy each application's requirements, while the second section describes multicast protocols by classifying them according to several features.

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