Application Of Multicast - Huawei Quidway S3500 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual - Multicast
Quidway S3500 Series Ethernet Switches
of the shared tree. When a multicast packet arrives at the router, if RPF check
succeeds, the packet will be forwarded according to the multicast forwarding entry.
Otherwise, the packet will be dropped.

1.5 Application of Multicast

IP multicast technology effectively solves the problem of packet forwarding from
single-point to multi-point. It implements high-efficient data transmission from
single-point to multi-point in IP networks and can save a large amount of network
bandwidth and reduce network loads. New value-added services that take advantage
of multicast can be delivered in the Internet information service area including direct
broadcasting, Web TV, distance learning, distance medicine, net broadcasting station
and real-time audio/video conferencing.
Multimedia and streaming media applications
Communications of the training and corporate sites
Data repository and finance (stock) applications
Any "point-to-multipoint" data distribution
With the increase of multimedia services on IP networks, multicast has huge market
potential and multicast services will become popular gradually.
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Chapter 1 IP Multicast Overview