IP multicast
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This homework is concerned with IP multicast. Do research on this using the text, Wikipedia, and the TCP/IP Guide (available online) and other internet sources. Using what you find there, answer the following questions. In your answers try to be complete. Each is a small (1/2 -2 pg) report. Each should ALSO include citations. The citations should be to references at the very end of your HW.
A citation is a place in your answer where you cite another source.
For example, I could say that the TCP protocol [1] is a connection oriented protocol. The [1] is a citation. It should refer to one of the references at the end of my answer (see below)
REFERENCES [1] IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), Request for Comments #791: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt
A citation should occur where you quote another source (the quotation should be inside quotation marks), you paraphrase another source, or you state something that can be backed up by another source.
References should appear in alphabetic order, by author’s last name (first author if there are several, or editor, or the organization that promulgated the document). Have only ONE set of references at the very end of the HW and cite them by number as in the example above.
QUESTIONS
1. What is the responsibility of PIM (Protocol-Independent Multicast)? Do not just define it, explain what it is, what it does, and how this relates to multicast overall.
2. What is meant by a multicast distribution tree? How is this tree built? How are we ensured that it is a tree (i.e., has no loops)? Again, explain and relate to multicast.
3. What is a multicast MAC address? How is it used in IP multicast? Again, do not just define, explain what it is, how it is used, and how this relates to multicast.
4. Can TCP be used with IP multicast? Explain how this works (if yes) or why TCP cannot be used (if no). Again, explain and be complete
this the book that professor mentioned above, computer networks a systems approach 5th edition , you can find it on-line for free
thank you