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MobiCast: A multicast scheme for wireless networks

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In this paper, we propose a multicast scheme known as MobiCast that is suitable for mobile hosts in an internetwork environment with small wireless cells. Our scheme adopts a hierarchical mobility management approach to isolate the mobility of the mobile hosts from the main multicast delivery tree. Each foreign domain has a domain foreign agent. We have simulated our scheme using the Network Simulator and the measurements show that our multicast scheme is effective in minimizing disruptions to a multicast session due to the handoffs of the mobile group member, as well as reducing packet loss when a mobile host crosses cell boundaries during a multicast session.

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  1. Centre for Wireless Communications, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Cheng Lin Tan

  2. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

    Cheng Lin Tan & Stephen Pink

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Tan, C.L., Pink, S. MobiCast: A multicast scheme for wireless networks. Mobile Networks and Applications 5, 259–271 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019125015943

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