IP Multicast

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Agenda• Why IP Multicast ?• Multicast fundamentals• Intradomain multicast• Multicast at layer 2

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Unicast vs Multicast

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Multicast Advantages

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Multicast Disadvantages

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Apps that benefit from IP Multicast

Multimedia

Streaming media

Training and corporate communications

Conferencing video and audio

Any one-to-many data push applications

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Agenda• Why IP Multicast ?• Multicast fundamentals• Intradomain multicast• Multicast at layer 2

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Multicast Components

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IP Multicast Group concept

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IP Multicast Networking Model

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IP Multicast Addressing

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Multicast Addressing

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Multicast Addressing

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IP Multicast Addressing

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Host – Router Signaling : IGMP

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Host – Router Signaling : IGMP

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Host – Router Signaling : IGMP

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Host – Router Signaling : IGMP

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Host – Router Signaling : IGMP

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Why IP Multicast ?

Multicast fundamentals

Intradomain multicast

Multicast at layer 2

Agenda

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Multicast Distribution Trees

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Multicast Distribution Trees

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Multicast Distribution Trees

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Multicast Distribution Trees

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Multicast Distribution Trees

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Multicast Forwarding

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Multicast Forwarding

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Multicast Forwarding

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Multicast Forwarding

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Multicast Forwarding

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Multicast vs Unicast Routing

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Multicast Routing Protocol overview

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Why IP Multicast ?

Multicast fundamentals

Intradomain multicast

Multicast at layer 2

Agenda

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L2 Multicast Frame Switching

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L2 Multicast Frame Switching