A Dynamic Adaptive Layered Multicast Congestion Control Mechanism
Ren Liyong Lu, Xianliang Wei · 中国电子科技：英文版 · 2003
To solve the problem that most of existing layered multicast protocols cannot adapt to dynamic network conditions because their layers are coarsely granulated and static, a new congestion control mechanism for dynamic adaptive layered multicast(DALM) is presented. In this mechanism, a novel feedback aggregating algorithm is put forward, which can dynamically determine the number of layers and the rate of each layer, and can efficiently improve network bandwidth utilization ratio. Additionally, because all layers is transmitted in only one group, the intricate and time-consuming internet group management protocol(IGMP) operations, caused by receiver joining a new layer or leaving the topmost subscribed layer, are thoroughly eliminated. And this mechanism also avoids other problems resulted from multiple groups. Simulation results show that DALM is adaptive and TCP friendly.