Routing state reduction in multicast protocols

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To improve the scalability of multicast protocols, a simple yet novel technique, called the dynamic overlap tree path (DOTP), is proposed. According to the simulation results, the overall average forwarding state-table size can be reduced by ~30 %.

Inspec keywords: transport protocols; telecommunication network routing; multimedia communication; multicast communication

Other keywords: forwarding state-table size reduction; dynamic overlap tree path; multicast protocols; routing state reduction

Subjects: Multimedia communications; Protocols; Communication network design, planning and routing

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