Abstract. In this paper, we propose static and dynamic server selection techniques for multicast receivers who receive multiple streams from replicated servers. In the proposed sta...
QSM is a multicast engine designed to support a style of distributed programming in which application objects are replicated among clients and updated via multicast. The model req...
We consider the setting of a web server that receives requests for documents from clients, and returns the requested documents over a multicast/broadcast channel. We compare the q...
Recent techniques for multicast or broadcast delivery of streaming media can provide immediate service to each client request yet achieve considerable client stream sharing (i.e.,...
Previous scalable protocols for downloading large, popular files from a single server include batching and cyclic multicast. With batching, clients wait to begin receiving a reque...