In a multicast network, sources and receivers register with their local rendezvous points to announce sessions and enable receivers to find content. Large multicast networks typically have several ...

Multicast, a technique commonly used in networking systems, allows a given processing unit to send a single data stream to multiple destinations at the same time efficiently. Typically, the switch ...

IP Multicast is a bandwidth-efficient method for broadcasting data, in particular streaming audio and video, across a network. In this primer we’ll discuss how IP Multicasts works, its pros and cons, ...

Several times over the years at Streaming Media I’ve been given free rein to indulge myself writing about my favorite of all topics in the streaming space: IP multicast. IP multicast offers ...

Avaya is the latest networking player to throw its submission into the growing ring of fabric networking solutions debuting this week. See also: Dell intros new SDN fabric for data economics, ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. "In recent years, IP multicast has become the accepted protocol for broad ...

Globally respected for its satellite, cable and terrestrial delivery standards, the DVB has now focused its consensus based development powers on a standard for delivering UHD content services over IP ...

NBN Co's multicast IP product will become available for the first time next year, allowing service providers to send data out once, reticulate again. Telecommunications consultant Paul Brooks asks if ...