This paper presents FMP, a flexible multicast protocol based on the SRM algorithm in order to guarantee a reliable multipoint communication support. FMP is intended to strengthen the SRM repair/request policies, as well as to optimise the recovery treatments in case of failure occurence. Moreover, FMP is designed to meet the variety of needs of multicast applications by providing a mean to select the suitable service at the application level. Estelle is used to specify one of the FMP's functionalities, i.e. the reliable multicast.
Index Terms:
transport protocols; flexible multicast protocol; SRM algorithm; reliable multipoint communication; SRM repair/request policies; recovery treatments; failure occurence; multicast applications; application level; service selection; Estelle; reliable multicast; multicast transport protocols; formal specification
Citation:
A. Siafa, "Flexible multicast protocol," icccn, pp.170, Sixth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '97), 1997