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Understanding Multicast in Networking

Multicast is a method of group communication in computer networks where information is addressed to multiple destination computers simultaneously. It allows a source to efficiently send data to a group of recipients in a single transmission by automatically copying the data in network elements like routers and switches only to segments containing members of the group. Network assisted multicast can be implemented at the internet layer using IP multicast, which is commonly used for streaming media applications like internet television and video conferencing by creating optimal distribution paths for data sent to a multicast address.

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Understanding Multicast in Networking

Multicast is a method of group communication in computer networks where information is addressed to multiple destination computers simultaneously. It allows a source to efficiently send data to a group of recipients in a single transmission by automatically copying the data in network elements like routers and switches only to segments containing members of the group. Network assisted multicast can be implemented at the internet layer using IP multicast, which is commonly used for streaming media applications like internet television and video conferencing by creating optimal distribution paths for data sent to a multicast address.

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multicast

In computer networking, multicast (one-to-many or many-to-many distribution[1]) is group


communication[2] where information is addressed to a group of destination computers
simultaneously. Multicast should not be confused with physical layer point-to-multipoint
communication.
Group communication may either be application layer multicast[2] or network assisted
multicast, where the latter makes it possible for the source to efficiently send to the group in a
single transmission. Copies are automatically created in other network elements, such as
routers, switches and cellular network base stations, but only to network segments that
currently contain members of the group.
Network assisted multicast may be implemented at the Internet layer using IP multicast,
which is often employed in Internet Protocol (IP) applications of streaming media, such as
Internet television scheduled content (but not media-on-demand) and multipoint
videoconferencing, but also for ghost distribution of backup disk images to multiple
computers simultaneously. In IP multicast the implementation of the multicast concept occurs
at the IP routing level, where routers create optimal distribution paths for datagrams sent to a
multicast destination address.

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