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Re: multicast-transition
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Jon Crowcroft wrote:
>
> In message <3A7E7E28.F319258B@alcatel.be>, Dirk Ooms typed:
>
> >>In ngtrans there is another group of mechanisms beside tunneling, which
> >>are the translators. This could be another topic to investigate: how
> >>can a unicast-only host hook up to a multicast distribution via a
> >>special translator box.
>
> >>Any comment?
>
> dirk
>
> 1/ you may need to consider load balancing the tunnel brokers - this can
> be complex
>
> 2/ you will need to consider policy at the tunnel brokers
> (the same reason an ISP might not want multicast is why they wont be
> too fond of peope running tunnel brokers in the next door isp...
>
> 3/ see REUNITE (recursive unicast multicast ) from CMU as an approach
> to some of this...
We are currently working on an evolution of REUNITE's idea, named HBH,
that extends the ability to support unicast clouds, especially for asymmetric
networks. We presented a poster at NGC'2000, you can also take a look at
the technical report at
http://www-rp.lip6.fr/publications/files/costa/hbh.ps.gz
Comments are welcome!
Luis
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Luis Henrique MACIEL KOSMALSKI COSTA Luis.Costa@lip6.fr
D.Sc. Student
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris VI LIP6-UPMC - France
Grupo de Teleinformatica e Automacao GTA-COPPE/UFRJ - Brasil
WWW - http://www-rp.lip6.fr/~costa
Tel. +33 1 44 27 87 72
Research Interests: QoS-based Routing and Multimedia Applications.
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