Mobility management in multicast environment

• 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
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/21567/1/Chapter_29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/21567/; http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx

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.