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Multicast

In computer networking, multicast is a type of group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously. Multicast can be one-to-many or many-to-many distribution. Multicast differs from physical layer point-to-multipoint communication.

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Ethernet

IP

Application layer

Wireless networks

Television

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Multicast

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples64
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Multicast

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related to IP · 17
Multicast → By, Data Distribution Service, DDS, Internet Group Management Protocol, IP, IPTV, Object Management Group, OMG, PGM, Pragmatic General Multicast, Protocol, Real-Time Publish-Subscribe, RTPS, The, TV, UDP, User Datagram Protocol
related to Application layer · 13
Multicast → Application, As, Explicit, Instead, Internet Relay Chat, IP, IRC, PSYC, Some, The, The Xcast, These, Xcast
related to Television · 9
Multicast → DVB-H, DVB-T2, In, Interactive, IP, It, Scalable, The, TV
related to Ethernet · 7
Multicast → CPU, Ethernet, IP, Modern Ethernet, Multicasts, Multiple Registration Protocol, This
related to Wireless networks · 5
Multicast → Bluetooth, However, These, Wi-Fi, Wireless
related to Types of Wireless Communication · 4
Multicast → Examples, In, This, Unicast
is a · 2
Multicast → technique for one-to-many communication over an IP network, type of group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously
see also · 1
Multicast → AnycastAny-source

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data communication ip network group broadcast networks layer may internet ethernet protocol wireless concept transmission destination distribution using one-to-many used

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Multicastis atype of group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously0.90text
Multicastis atechnique for one-to-many communication over an IP network0.90text
Ethernet multicast addressinginstance ofNetwork assisted multicast may be implemented at the data link layer using one-to-many addressing and switching0.80text
Asynchronous Transfer Modeinstance ofNetwork assisted multicast may be implemented at the data link layer using one-to-many addressing and switching0.80text
Pragmatic General Multicastinstance ofas well as by special transport protocols0.80text
WPA3 for Wi-Fi networksinstance ofCommon security measures include encryption protocols0.80text
firewallsinstance ofCommon security measures include encryption protocols0.80text
and the use of Virtual Private Networksinstance ofCommon security measures include encryption protocols0.80text
Multicastrelated to Application layerApplication0.60section
Multicastrelated to Application layerIP0.60section
Multicastrelated to Application layerInstead0.60section
Multicastrelated to Application layerThese0.60section

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