Rate allocation in Overlay multicast based on max-min fairness
Xia Chun-lei, Sheng Huang · Journal of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications · 2007
Because IP multicast requires upgrading routers and it is not mature in reliability and congestion control, the Overlay multicast networks are being increasingly recognized as a viable alternative to construct a general multi- cast service infrastructure.To settle the heterogeneity of bandwidth required by real-time multimedia application, the max-min rate allocation problem of multirate multicast is studied in heterogeneous Overlay networks.A distribu- ted algorithm is presented,which is able to achieve the max-min rate allocation for any given Overlay multicast tree and optimize the network resource utilization.