Internet multicast routing and transport control protocols

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 360-391

  Li, V O K ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Zaichen ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Hong Kong ^*  (Hong Kong)

^d Versitech Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Flow control; Internet; Multicast; Reliable multicast; Routing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DATA TRANSFER; FLOW CONTROL; INTERNET; MULTICASTING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

CONGESTION CONTROL; MULTICAST; RELIABLE MULTICAST; ROUTING;

ROUTERS;

EID: 0013231011     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.993404     Document Type: Article

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