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Everything about Multicast
Computer networking technique
In computer networking, multicast is a type of group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously. Multicast can be one-to-many or many-to-many distribution. Multicast differs from physical layer point-to-multipoint communication. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MulticastA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: NOMA-Aided Joint Radar and Multicast-Unicast Communication SystemsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Multimedia multicast on the InternetThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Random Linear Network Coding Approach to MulticastCited 1,993 times
- Go sideways: IP multicastA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Broadcasting (networking)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.
Adjective Having multiple targets, such that a call to the delegate triggers a call to each target.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Random Linear Network Coding Approach to Multicast
Scribe: a large-scale and decentralized application-level multicast infrastructure
Multicast routing in datagram internetworks and extended LANs
Polynomial Time Algorithms for Multicast Network Code Construction
Lightweight causal and atomic group multicast
A reliable multicast framework for light-weight sessions and application level framing
Deployment issues for the IP multicast service and architecture
Quality of Service and Max-Min Fair Transmit Beamforming to Multiple Cochannel Multicast Groups
🆕 Influential since 2022
NOMA-Aided Joint Radar and Multicast-Unicast Communication Systems
Spherical Convolution Empowered Viewport Prediction in 360 Video Multicast with Limited FoV Feedback
Robust Secure Transmission for Active RIS Enabled Symbiotic Radio Multicast Communications
Deep Learning Enabled Multicast Beamforming With Movable Antenna Array
Joint Transmitter and Receiver Design for Movable Antenna Enhanced Multicast Communications
📚 Books worth reading
Multimedia multicast on the InternetAbderrahim Benslimane · 2007
Digital video distribution in broadband, television, mobile, and converged networksSanjoy Paul · 2010- 📕Sourcebook of ATM and IP InternetworkingKhalid Ahmad · 2004
- 📕Understanding IPTVGilbert Held · 2006
Multicast socketsDavid Makofske, Kevin Almeroth · 2002
Developing IP Multicast NetworksBeau Williamson · 1999
Deploying next generation multicast-enabled applicationsVinod Joseph · 2011
Multicast communicationRalph Wittmann · 2000
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🔗 Related topics
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