Application-layer multicast protocol NICE for mobile wireless network
Wan Jun Ji · Jisuanji gongcheng yu sheji · 2005
With the development of Internet,many applications like audio-and video streaming require the ability of multicasting.The paper presents the conception and the particularities of application-layer multicast,discusses and analyzes an application-layer multicast protocol NICE.An increasing number of multicast applications are being developed for mobile wireless network.Mobile wireless network is a kind of infrastructureless wireless network which has variable network topology.The proposed NICE protocol can support multicast in mobile wireless network efficiently and robustly.