Chapter 9:

Multicasting

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What do we have in this chapter?

1. Multicast Semantics

Finding Multicast Properties

IP Multicasting

Support Protocols

Multicasting with Setsockopt

2. IPv4

3. IPv4 with Multicast Sourcing

4. IPv6

Sending Multicast Data with IPv4

Sending Multicast Data with IPv6

Multicasting with WSAIoctl()

Multicasting with WSAJoinLeaf()

5. Reliable Multicasting (RM)

Reliable Sender

Modifying the Window Size

Forward Error Checking (FEC)

Reliable Receiver

6. ATM Multipoint

ATM Multipoint with WSAJoinLeaf()

ATM Leaf Node

ATM Root Node

Useful References

Summary

Multicasting offers a number of advantages for applications that need to communicate with multiple endpoints without the overhead of broadcasting. In this chapter, we defined multicasting and presented the different multicasting models. We then discussed the different IP multicasting options, including IPv4 and IPv6 multicasting, IPv4 source multicasting, and reliable multicasting. Finally, we covered ATM point-to-multipoint communication.

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