Multimedia Multicast on the Internet

ISBN 10: 1905209428 / ISBN 13: 9781905209422

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2007

About this Item

pp. xviii + 366 Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multimedia Multicast on the Internet
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905209428
• ISBN 13: 9781905209422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines multicast technology and will be a key text for undergraduate engineering students and master students in networks and telecoms. However, it will be equally useful for a wide range of professionals in this research field.

Multicast routing was introduced with the advent of multiparty applications (for example, videoconferencing on the Internet) and collaborative work (for example, distributed simulations). It is related to the concept of group communication, a technique introduced to reduce communication costs.

The various problems of multicast routing on the Internet are examined in detail. They include: group membership management, quality of service, reliability, safety, scalability and transport. Throughout the text, several protocols are introduced in order to analyze, compare and cover the various aspects of multicast routing.

About the Author

Abderrahim Benslimane is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Avignon, France. Currently, he is responsible for the Masters programme in networks, telecoms and multimedia. He is team leader of the computer networks and multimedia applications research group. His research and teaching interests are group communication protocols, quality of service in wired and mobile networks and inter-vehicular communication. He is also author of several refereed publications in these areas, as well as being involved in related scientific projects.