A Common API for Transparent Hybrid Multicast
draft-waehlisch-sam-common-api-06
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| Authors | Matthias Wählisch , Thomas C. Schmidt , Stig Venaas | ||
| Last updated | 2011-03-11 (Latest revision 2011-03-07) | ||
| Replaced by | draft-irtf-samrg-common-api, RFC 7046 | ||
| RFC stream | (None) | ||
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| Stream | Stream state | (No stream defined) | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-irtf-samrg-common-api, draft-irtf-samrg-common-api | |
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Abstract
Group communication services exist in a large variety of flavors, and technical implementations at different protocol layers. Multicast data distribution is most efficiently performed on the lowest available layer, but a heterogeneous deployment status of multicast technologies throughout the Internet requires an adaptive service binding at runtime. Today, it is difficult to write an application that runs everywhere and at the same time makes use of the most efficient multicast service available in the network. Facing robustness requirements, developers are frequently forced to using a stable, upper layer protocol controlled by the application itself. This document describes a common multicast API that is suitable for transparent communication in underlay and overlay, and grants access to the different multicast flavors. It proposes an abstract naming by multicast URIs and discusses mapping mechanisms between different namespaces and distribution technologies. Additionally, it describes the application of this API for building gateways that interconnect current multicast domains throughout the Internet.
Authors
Matthias Wählisch
Thomas C. Schmidt
Stig Venaas
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