Study on Application Layer Multicast Technology Based on P2P Streaming Media System

As a newly rising topic in network multicast Held, application layer multicast is widely concerned. Analyze and compare technical proposal of application layer multicast protocols Narada, NICE and HMTP, etc. used by typical wide P2P streaming media service model, make an outlook on study prospect of P2P streaming media and summarize study status and its existing problems of P2P streaming media, which provide beneficial reference for further study and application.