5. Glossary
Distribution shaft
Tree structure established within a multicast network to route traffic characteristic of the content(s) emitted by one or more sources connected to the multicast network. This traffic is destined for receivers who have indicated their interest in receiving it.
Such a tree structure evolves over time, as does the number of receivers who join or leave it. A distribution tree is therefore calculated, established and maintained at the initiative of the receivers, i.e. in view of their explicit interest in accessing the content distributed along this tree.
Multicast transmission mode
Group communication scheme of the "1-to-n" type (a content source transmits to "n" receivers) or of the "p-to-z" type ("p" content sources transmit to "z" receivers. In the case of a videoconferencing...
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Standards and norms
- IETF “Multicast Extensions to OSPF”. - RFC 1584 - Mars 1994
- IETF “Administratively Scoped IP Multicast”. - RFC 2365 - Juillet 1998
- IETF “Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3”. - RFC 3376 - Octobre 2002
- IETF “Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6”. - RFC 3810 - Juin 2004
- IETF “The Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Join Attribute Format”. - RFC 5384 - Novembre...
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