Contents

• Abstract
• Samenvatting
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
  • Motivation to research IP multicasting over ATM
  • Problem statement
    • Original Problem Statement
    • Rephrased Problem Statement
  • Structure of This Thesis
• The Internet Protocol Suite
  • Basic Network Description
    • Protocol Stack View
    • Network View
    • IETF Protocol Stack
    • IETF Layer Functions
      • Physical Layer
      • Network Interface Layer
      • Internet Layer
      • Transport Layer
      • Application Layer
    • Network View in the IETF World
  • TCP/IP Protocol Suite Implementation Model
    • Network Interface Layer
    • Internet Layer
    • Transport Protocols
    • Application Protocols
  • IP addressing
  • ARP
    • ARP on a LAN
      • ARP on a Broadcast LAN
      • ARP on a non-broadcast LAN
    • Resolution for non-local IP addresses
  • Implementation Architecture of Physical Components
    • Nodes, Hosts and Routers
    • Protocol Entities in the Nodes
      • IP host
      • IP router
    • Interconnection of Nodes in the Internet
  • Conclusions
• IP multicasting
  • Multicasting
    • Discussion
  • Multicasting in the Internet Protocol
    • Multiple Unicasting
    • Multicasting
  • Adding multicast support to the IP Layer
  • IP Multicast Addressing
    • Multicast Address Resolution
  • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
    • Basic IGMP operations
      • Periodic Host Membership Queries
      • Joining a Host Group
      • Leaving a Host Group
  • Data Forwarding between IP Entities
  • IP Multicast Usage
    • The Multicast Backbone (MBone)
  • Conclusions
• ATM, LANE and CLIP
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
    • Basic Concepts
      • Physical Layer
      • ATM Transport Layer
      • ATM Adaptation Layers
      • ATM Signalling Entities
      • ATM Bearer Service
    • Network Structure
      • Virtual Connections
      • Native ATM addresses
    • User Network Interface
      • Signalling UNI
  • LAN Emulation (LANE)
    • LANE Architecture
  • Classical IP and ARP over ATM (CLIP)
    • ATMARP and InATMARP
    • Next Hop Resolution Protocol
  • Carrying Connectionless Data over ATM
    • Packet Encapsulation
  • Conclusions
• IP Multicasting over ATM
  • RFC 2022 Concepts
  • Intra-Cluster IP Multicast Transmissions over ATM
    • VC Mesh
    • Multicast Server
      • Association with an IP host group
      • Pros and Cons of the MCS
      • Comparison between the VC-mesh and MCS Approach
  • Multicast Address Resolution
    • A Host Group with MCS
  • MARS Group Management
    • IGMP in combination with MARS
  • IP Multicast Transmission Example
    • Discussion of the multicast transmission example
  • Integration of the MARS with CLIP
  • IP Multicast over ATM, Alternatives
    • EARTH
    • VENUS
    • Comments on EARTH and VENUS
  • Conclusions
• Linux ATM System
  • The Linux Operating System
    • BSD Socket API
    • Kernel-space vs. User-space
  • The Linux-ATM driver
    • Currently Supported Features
      • The following Physical Interface Cards (PICs) are supported:
      • The following connection types are supported:
      • Other supported features:
    • Supposed Point-to-Multipoint SVC Support
    • ATM Hardware for Linux
    • Connecting the Hardware
    • Internal Structure of the Linux-ATM modules
  • Getting Linux-ATM Operational
    • Getting ATM operational
    • Configuration of Classical IP over ATM
  • Conclusions
• IP multicasting on the Linux-ATM system
  • Implementation of the RFC 2022 Entities in Linux-ATM
    • MARS Cluster Member
      • IGMP to MARS interface
    • MARS Server
    • Multicast Server
    • Generic Parts
      • LLC/SNAP encapsulation
      • Copy Service
      • ATM Bearer Services
  • Point-to-Multipoint Solutions
    • Copy Service
      • Copying after LLC/SNAP Encapsulation
      • Copying before LLC/SNAP Encapsulation
      • Copy service inside MARS or MCS Entities
      • Copy Service Implementation Choices
    • UNI 3.1 or 4.0 Multicast Signalling
  • Available Source Code
    • Time scale of an implementation of RFC 2022
  • Future Developments of the ATM driver
    • Integration into the Next Linux Kernel
    • Extension of Supported Services
  • Conclusions
• Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Conjectures
• References
• List of Figures
• Index
• List of Acronyms
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