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

Multicast

D) Transport Layer Protocols

  1. RTP: Real-Time Tranport Protocol

    • media and encoding identification
    • multiplexing
    • timing reconstruction & synchronization
    • QOS monitoring

  2. SDP - Session Directory Protocol
    • multicast address allocation & advertisement
    • key distribution
    • support for range of conference styles

  3. SCE: Reliable Multicast Transport Service

    • reliable multicast from one source to multiple destinations
    • 1 to many, many to 1
    • application can specify multicast group parameters during Connection establishment

  4. RMP: Reliable Multicast Protocol

    • atomic, totally order multicast service
    • post ordering rotating token (token pass doesn't block system, nacks)
    • multiple rings (process groups)
    • based on QOS (unreliable to totally resilent) selectedon packet basis

  5. AFDP: Adaptive File Distribution Protocol

    Merit's list of Protocol References

    Big thanks to Dave Thaler, Merit who pointed me at all documents