Dynamic multicasting on bi-directional rings
Gang Feng, Siew Chee Kheong, Tak-Shing Peter Yum · Electronics Letters · 2000
A new dynamic multicasting algorithm denoted the least loaded multicast (LLM) algorithm is proposed for bi-directional rings. The ‘revenue loss factor’ γ of the network is adopted as the performance metric of the multicasting algorithm. Computer simulations show that LLM routing is stable even near the saturation region and γ is significantly smaller than that for minimum-hop routing.