An empirical study of reliable multicast protocols over Ethernet-connected networks

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 553-560

  Lane, R G ^a   Daniels, S ^a   Yuan, Xin ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; Communication standards; Ethernet networks; Internet; IP networks; Local area networks; Message passing; Multicast protocols; Telecommunication network reliability; Workstations

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; ETHERNET; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MESSAGE PASSING; MULTICASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

CLUSTERS OF WORKSTATIONS; COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; ETHERNET NETWORKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATION; IP NETWORKS; MULTICAST PROTOCOL; RELIABLE MULTICAST PROTOCOLS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0038335797     PISSN: 01903918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPP.2001.952103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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