Track 2 - Internet Routing and IP Network management (7-Oct-96)

Multicast

2) MBONE

A) What is it

  1. an experimental IP multicasting infrastructure

  2. Multicasting

  3. subnets interconnected by multicast routers and "tunnels" (IP encapsulation)

  4. forms a virtual network, overlaid on the Internet

  5. What does it do for you?

    • video conferencing

    • white board

    • scientific data dissemination

    • distributed interactive simulation tools