3170: IP Multicast Applications: Challenges and Solutions.

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This document describes the challenges involved with designing and implementing multicast applications. It is an introductory guide for application developers that highlights the unique considerations of multicast applications as compared to unicast applications.

Status INFORMATIONAL
Format TXT=67207 bytes
Authors K. Almeroth
Date September 2001
Keyphrases multicast Multicast Applications IP IP Multicast

References

RFC1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting.
RFC1546: Host Anycasting Service.
RFC1889: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications. Audio-Video Transport Working Group,
RFC2001: TCP Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit, and Fast Recovery Algorithms.
RFC2014: IRTF Research Group Guidelines and Procedures.
RFC2165: Service Location Protocol.
RFC2210: The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated Services.
RFC2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2.
RFC2327: SDP: Session Description Protocol.
RFC2357: IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport and Application Protocols.
RFC2502: Limitations of Internet Protocol Suite for Distributed Simulation the Large Multicast Environment.
RFC2588: IP Multicast and Firewalls.
RFC2729: Taxonomy of Communication Requirements for Large-scale Multicast Applications.
RFC2730: Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP).
RFC2776: Multicast-Scope Zone Announcement Protocol (MZAP).
RFC2907: MADCAP Multicast Scope Nesting State Option.
RFC2909: The Multicast Address-Set Claim (MASC) Protocol.
RFC2974: Session Announcement Protocol.
RFC2998: A Framework for Integrated Services Operation over Diffserv Networks.
RFC3048: Reliable Multicast Transport Building Blocks for One-to-Many Bulk-Data Transfer.
RFC3171: IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments.

Referenced by

RFC4473: Requirements for Internet Media Guides (IMGs).