Policy aware QoS inter-domain multicast routing

Future Internet applications are expected to have higher QoS requirements. Therefore, routing protocols must be adapted to find a path which satisfies such requirements. Most multicast applications are QoS sensitive in nature, because they involve the transmission of real-time multimedia data streams. There are several research projects aiming to extend existing multicast routing protocols with QoS capabilities, or even proposing new QoS aware ones. However key requirements for inter-domain routing, like scalability, intra-domain independence, and policy awareness, are missing in most existing multicast routing protocols. We propose an inter-domain multicast routing strategy that builds inter-domain unidirectional multicast distribution trees, taking into account multicast specific routing policies, and supporting QoS requirements.