Multicast group membership management in high speed wide area networks

An application for multicast service for high-speed WANs (wide area networks) which is capable of exploiting multicast hardware is described. Modularity and low cost area achieved by assigning to distinct components the separate problems of (1) naming groups, (2) finding group members in a network, (3) configuring multicast hardware, and (4) delivering multicast messages in sequence. The overall organization of the service is given, along with the methods used to solve the first two subproblems.<
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