Multicasting is the ability of a communication network to accept a single message from an
application and to deliver copies of the message to multiple recipients at different locations …

Distributed Systems Page 1 DS 2006; Ch1 16-Jan-06 Timo Alanko, 2006 1 Distributed
Systems Spring 2006 Timo Alanko 16-Jan-06 2 Sources of material • Tanenbaum, van …

Publish/subscribe services have encountered considerable success in the building of
modern large-scale mission-critical systems. Such systems are characterized by several non …

We survey a number of packet loss recovery techniques for streaming audio applications
operating using IP multicast. We begin with a discussion of the loss and delay characteristics …

This is the third edition of “Distributed Systems.” In many ways, it is a huge difference
compared to the previous editions, the most important one perhaps being that we have fully …

The IP multicast model allows scalable and efficient multi-party communication, particularly
for groups of large size. However, deployment of IP multicast requires substantial …

For illustrative purposes the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1
through FIG. 6. It will be appreciated that the apparatus may vary as to configuration and as …

This book provides an in-depth guide to security in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks introduces the reader to the fundamentals …

In this article we present a new networking concept referred to as ambient networks, which
aims to enable the cooperation of heterogeneous networks belonging to different operator or …

Multicast and unicast traffic share and compete for network resources. A cost-based
approach to multicast pricing, based on accurate characterization of multicast scalability, will …