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IP multicast

IP multicast is a method of sending Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams to a group of interested receivers in a single transmission. It is the IP-specific form of multicast and is used for streaming media and other network applications. It uses specially reserved multicast address blocks in IPv4 and IPv6.

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Secure multicast

Reliable multicast

Multicast-based protocols

Deployment

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IP multicast software

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IP multicast

Nodes111
Edges110
Triples136
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018018
Components1

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IP multicast

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related to External links · 52
IP multicast → ACM SIGCOMM Multicast Workshop, An Analysis, Anycast Group Membership, Application Level Framing, August, Bibcode, Cauligi, Cisco, CX, DCCast, Describes Multicast, Efficient Point, Firewall, Floyd, Howto, ICIR, IETF, Internet Multicast Routing Architecture, IP, IP-Ethernet
related to Wireless considerations · 15
IP multicast → ACKs, Beacon, DTIM, Ethernet, However, If, In, IP, MAC, Mbit/s, NACKs, Some, The DTIM, There, Unlike Ethernet
related to Reliable multicast · 14
IP multicast → An, But, Cisco, For, In, IP Multicasting, Multicast, One, PGM, PGM-CC, Pragmatic General Multicast, Pretty Good Multicasting, RFC, TCP
related to Secure multicast · 12
IP multicast → As, Ethernet, In, Internet, IP, IPsec, Multicast Security, Secure Multicast, The, This, Transmission, Usually
related to Technical description · 10
IP multicast → By, IP, It, Multicast, PGM, Pragmatic General Multicast, Reliable, The, UDP, User Datagram Protocol
related to CastGate · 8
IP multicast → Although, CastGate, ETRO-TELE, Internet, IP, The, The CastGate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
related to Development · 7
IP multicast → IEEE Internet Award, IP, MBONE, Stanford University, Steve Deering, The MBONE, While
related to Deployment · 4
IP multicast → In, IP, IPTV, TV
see also · 2
IP multicast → Core-based, IP
is a · 1
IP multicast → method of sending Internet Protocol

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multicast ip group network receivers used internet protocol packet packets address igmp reliable protocols traffic routing citation rfc use ietf

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IP multicastis amethod of sending Internet Protocol0.90text
Pragmatic General Multicastinstance ofReliable multicast protocols0.80text
TCPinstance ofso protocols0.80text
which allow for retransmission of missing packetsinstance ofso protocols0.80text
are not appropriateinstance ofso protocols0.80text
streaming audioinstance ofFor applications0.80text
videoinstance ofFor applications0.80text
the occasional dropped packet is not a probleminstance ofFor applications0.80text
live television distributioninstance ofA common enterprise use of IP multicast is for IPTV applications0.80text
televised company meetingsinstance ofA common enterprise use of IP multicast is for IPTV applications0.80text
stock tickersinstance ofThe key advantage of multicast boot images over unicasting boot images is significantly lower network bandwidth usage.IP multicast has also seen deployment within the financial…0.80text
hoot-n-holler systems.The large state requirements in routers make applications using a large number of trees unable to work while using IP multicastinstance ofThe key advantage of multicast boot images over unicasting boot images is significantly lower network bandwidth usage.IP multicast has also seen deployment within the financial…0.80text

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