Track 2 - Internet Routing and IP Network management (7-Oct-96)
Multicast
D) Transport Layer Protocols
- RTP: Real-Time Tranport Protocol
- media and encoding identification
- multiplexing
- timing reconstruction & synchronization
- QOS monitoring
- SDP - Session Directory Protocol
- multicast address allocation & advertisement
- key distribution
- support for range of conference styles
- SCE: Reliable Multicast Transport Service
- reliable multicast from one source to multiple destinations
- 1 to many, many to 1
- application can specify multicast group parameters during Connection establishment
- RMP: Reliable Multicast Protocol
- atomic, totally order multicast service
- post ordering rotating token (token pass doesn't block system, nacks)
- multiple rings (process groups)
- based on QOS (unreliable to totally resilent) selectedon packet basis
- AFDP: Adaptive File Distribution Protocol
Merit's list of Protocol References
Big thanks to Dave Thaler, Merit who pointed me at all documents