A Reliable Many-to-Many Multicast Protocol for Group Communication over ATM Networks

Reliable many-to-many multicasting of messages is an integral part of group communication systems. Such systems typically employ a reliable multicast protocol that operates below the causal or total ordering layer of the protocol stack. In this paper, we present ARMP, a reliable manyto-many multicast protocol for group communication over wide-area ATM networks. We describe how the ATM environment affects the design of ARMP, which differs significantly from the design of reliable multicast protocols intended for other environments.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: DSN
• Authors: Ruppert R. Koch, Louise E. Moser, P. M. Melliar-Smith
• Keywords: Computer Networks, DSN 2000, Manyto-many Multicast Protocol, Reliable Many-to-many Multicasting, Reliable Multicast Protocols