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SGM support in Mobile IP
draft-lee-sgm-support-mobileip-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Author Jiwoong Lee
Last updated 2000-10-17
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft can be found at:
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-lee-sgm-support-mobileip-00.txt

Abstract

In the current version of mobile IP a home agent converts a incoming generic multicast datagram to multiple unicast- encapsulated datagrams addressed to each mobile node. This kind of multicast handling logically works, while suffering from the performance degradation. Small Group Multicast (SGM) is a newly developed multicast protocol whose level 3.5 header carries multiple unicast destination addresses [2]. SGM support in mobile IP enables the home agent to forward a generic multicast datagram to a foreign agent with one SGM datagram, eliminating the severe performance degradation.

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Jiwoong Lee

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