Mobility management in multicast environment

The communication in traditional network is unicast enabled by IP unicast protocol, on the contrary, group communication is the norm in human setting [1] and numerous applications abound like Mobile TV, Multimedia and General Content Distribution and other collaborative applications [2]. However, p...

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Main Authors: Sanni, Mistura L., Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Naji, Ahmed Wathik, Mahmoud Ahmed, Gharib Subhi
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/21567/1/Chapter_29.pdf
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Summary:The communication in traditional network is unicast enabled by IP unicast protocol, on the contrary, group communication is the norm in human setting [1] and numerous applications abound like Mobile TV, Multimedia and General Content Distribution and other collaborative applications [2]. However, point-to-point communication in such use cases of lecture delivery will waste bandwidth, and broadcast is not even a good option as recipients should only be registered students and not all students. The only possible alternative is to employ multicasting.