Multicast routing scheme adequate for virtual path environment
Hideki Tode, Miki Yamamoto, Hiromi Okada, Yasuharu Sakai · Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part I Communications) · 1995
Abstract The problem of accommodating multicast traffic in a virtual path (VP) environment under asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) conditions is examined. A network structure scheme suitable for all possible multicast communications is proposed. the expected result, statistical multiplexing effects during the accommodation of multiple multicast traffic over a VP should reduce hardware costs associated with the accommodation of multicast traffic. Multicast routing algorithms (the carrier‐to‐noise ratio (CNR) algorithm and the improved CNR algorithm) for an ATM network environment are proposed here. the efficiency of these algorithms is tested using their basic characteristics in computer simulations.