Simple multicast protocol


communications, protocol
A proposed mulitcast protocol that would ease the requirements for IP Multicast, such as no longer mandating that routers be able to calculate the source of a multicast stream. This has not been adopted by the IETF.
(http://infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?981125.whmulti.htm).
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(2001-07-02)

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