Layered media multicast control (LMMC): Rate allocation and partitioning

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 540-553

  Yousefi'zadeh, Homayoun ^a   Jafarkhani, Hamid ^a   Habibi, Amir ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b Procom Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness extrapolation; Heterogeneity; Layered media; Multicast IP networks; Optimality; Rate allocation; Receiver partitioning; Replicated media

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EXTRAPOLATION; INTERNET; MULTICASTING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

FAIRNESS EXTRAPOLATION; HETEROGENEITY; LAYERED MEDIA; MULTICAST IP NETWORKS; OPTIMALITY; RATE ALLOCATION; RECEIVER PARTITIONING; REPLICATED MEDIA;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 23344439397     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2005.850227     Document Type: Article

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