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Issues in designing transport layer multicast facilitiesMulticasting denotes a facility in a communications system for providing efficient delivery from a message's source to some well-defined set of locations using a single logical address. While modem network hardware supports multidestination delivery, first generation Transport Layer protocols (e.g., the DoD Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) (15) and ISO TP-4 (41)) did not anticipate the changes over the past decade in underlying network hardware, transmission speeds, and communication patterns that have enabled and driven the interest in reliable multicast. Much recent research has focused on integrating the underlying hardware multicast capability with the reliable services of Transport Layer protocols. Here, we explore the communication issues surrounding the design of such a reliable multicast mechanism. Approaches and solutions from the literature are discussed, and four experimental Transport Layer protocols that incorporate reliable multicast are examined.
Document ID
19920022239
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Dempsey, Bert J. (Digital Technology, Inc., Champaign IL., United States)
Weaver, Alfred C. (Digital Technology, Inc., Champaign IL., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1990
Subject Category
Computer Systems
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-190639
NAS 1.26:190639
Accession Number
92N31483
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RICIS PROJ. SE-31
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC9-16
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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