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What is Multicast Tree

Chapter 30
Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics
A virtual graph, which gives the paths of sending multicast data from the source (the root of the tree) to the nodes of the tree. Its other name: Dissemination tree or Distribution Tree.
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Multicast Over Location-Based Services
Péter Hegedüs (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), Mihály Orosz (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), Gábor Hosszú (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), and Ferenc Kovács (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-995-3.ch030
Abstract
This chapter details the potential found in combining to different technologies. The two basically different technologies, LBSs in mobile communication and the well-elaborated multicast technology are merged in the multicast via LBS solutions. As this chapter demonstrates, this emerging new area has a lot of possibilities, which have not been completely utilized.
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