Benefits Of Ip Multicast - 3Com corebuilder 3500 Implementation Manual

New applications that are designed to increase productivity within and
Benefits of
IP Multicast across organizations are driving the need for network infrastructures to
support IP multicast. When the application content is time-sensitive or
requires significant bandwidth (for example, a video stream), the IP
multicast process provides an efficient delivery mechanism.
The business benefits of using IP multicast are that it:
Enables the simultaneous delivery of information to many receivers in
the most efficient, logical way
Vastly reduces the load on the source (for example, a server) because it
does not have to produce multiple copies of the same data
Makes efficient use of network bandwidth and scales as the number
of participants or collaborators expands
Works in concert with other protocols and services, such as Quality of
Service (QoS) and Resource Reservation (RSVP) requests to support
real-time multimedia
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