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Current Multicast Technology

Current Multicast Technology

Gabor Hosszu
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781591405535|ISBN10: 159140553X|EISBN13: 9781591407942
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch116
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Hosszu, Gabor. "Current Multicast Technology." Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 660-667. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch116

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Hosszu, G. (2005). Current Multicast Technology. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition (pp. 660-667). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch116

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Hosszu, Gabor. "Current Multicast Technology." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 660-667. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch116

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Abstract

Multicast technology is one-to-many communication, oppositely from the usual one-to-one (unicast) communication, which provides an efficient solution to create multiparty collaborative software by delivering the data flows on an appropriate distribution tree. The root of the distribution tree is the sender and its leaves are the receivers. Many Internet applications, such as distributed simulation, remote education, and videoconference require the underlayer network to support multicast communication.

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