Authors:
Anker Tal.
Breitgand David.
Dolev Danny.
Levy Zohar.
In proceedings of HICCS-31 on Software Technology track (High-Speed Networks Mini-Track), January 1998.
Abstract:
In this paper we present IMSS: IP Multicast Shortcut Service for ATM
networks. IMSS pursues the ``shortcut'' routing paradigm in order to
exploit the underlying ATM QoS and native routing mechanisms in the
optimal way.
IMSS is built on top of CONGRESS (CONnection oriented Group-address
RESolution Service). CONGRESS is an efficient native ATM protocol for
resolution and management of multicast group addresses in a large ATM
cloud. CONGRESS resolves multicast group addresses and maintains their
membership for applications. It is not designed to handle the
applications' data-exchange.
An IMSS extension at a multicast router uses the group membership
information that it receives from CONGRESS, in order to open ATM
connections that bypass (``shortcut'') the IP routing mechanism.
In this work we deal primarily with the implementation of
IMSS. CONGRESS' design, however, will also be provided due to the
non-triviality of group address resolution and maintenance problems
that it addresses.
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