Multicast Routing Protocol Design and Application

Author: Yan Yan
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book starts with basic knowledge, combining engineering practices and the current research status of multicast technology domestically and internationally, to provide a detailed introduction to the architecture of multicast routing, related protocols, and implementation models. The main contents include: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), DVMRP Protocol, the two modes of PIM—Open Shortest Path First for Multicast (OSPF-M) and Inter-Domain Multicast Routing (IDMR), as well as discussions on the integration of multicast technology with other routing technologies. The book also covers second-layer multicast technology and explores some of the more recent applications of multicast technology. The book is comprehensive, easy to understand, and thoroughly detailed, making it suitable for computer communication network professionals, university students and teachers in related fields, as well as network technicians and network engineering personnel for reference.