A strategy to support MCS over native ATM service

This paper presents the simplified multipoint communication service (MCS) protocol on the adaptation layer with multicast functionality over ATM. This protocol structure makes the adaptation layer take over the domain management function of the MCS protocol as the adaptation layer can do this function without difficulty. Doing this can simplify the MCS protocol as well as apply it efficiently in multicast capable networks. This deserves consideration as a candidate for multimedia teleconferencing over ATM service.