An Acknowledgement Mechanism for Reliable Application Layer Multicast

Authors

  • Xinchang Zhang Shandong Computer Science Center; DNSLAB
  • Weidong Gu Shandong Computer Science Center
  • Ye Li Shandong Computer Science Center
  • Haitao Xu College of William and Mary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.19.10.5909

Keywords:

Application layer multicast, reliable multicast, acknowledgement mechanism, tree

Abstract

This paper proposes a tree-based acknowledge- ment mechanism designed for a reliable application layer multicast, called ATACK. The proposed mechanism divides the group members into a hierarchy of logical acknowledgement domains by a self-organized way, and further builds the acknowledgement tree in terms of hierarchical acknowledgement domains. The expected size of the acknowledgement domain is within some fixed range, which promises the efficient acknowledgement and avoids adjusting acknowledgement domains frequently. In each domain, only a part of group members send acknowledgement messages to the corresponding acknowledgement processor according to the error correlation of the ALM delivery tree. Therefore the proposed acknowledgement mechanism can effectively reduce the related load and improves the acknowledgement performance.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.19.10.5909

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Published

2013-12-10

How to Cite

Zhang, X., Gu, W., Li, Y., & Xu, H. (2013). An Acknowledgement Mechanism for Reliable Application Layer Multicast. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 19(10), 133-137. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.19.10.5909

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 10 (2013)

Section

SYSTEM ENGINEERING, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

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