Preface -- About the Author -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO IP MULTICAST -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Why Multicast Protocols are Wanted/Needed -- 1.3 Basic Multicast Protocols and Concepts -- 1.4 IPTV and DVB-H Applications -- 1.5 Course of Investigation -- Appendix 1.A: Multicast IETF Request for Comments -- Appendix 1.B: Multicast Bibliography -- 2 MULTICAST ADDRESSING FOR PAYLOAD -- 2.1 IP Multicast Addresses -- 2.2 Layer 2 Multicast Addresses -- 2.2.1 Ethernet MAC Address Mapping -- 2.3 MPEG-Layer Addresses -- 3 MULTICAST PAYLOAD FORWARDING -- 3.1 Multicasting on a LAN Segment -- 3.2 Multicasting between Network Segments -- 3.3 Multicast Distribution Trees -- 3.4 Multicast Forwarding: Reverse Path Forwarding -- 3.5 Multicast Forwarding: Center-Based Tree Algorithm -- 3.6 Implementing IP Multicast in a Network -- 4 DYNAMIC HOST REGISTRATION¿́¿INTERNET GROUP MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL -- 4.1 IGMP Messages -- 4.2 IGMPv3 Messages -- 4.3 IGMP Operation -- Appendix 4.A: Protocol Details for IGMPv2 -- Appendix 4.B: IGMP Snooping Switches -- Appendix 4.C: Example of Router Configurations -- 5 MULTICAST ROUTING¿́¿SPARSE-MODE PROTOCOLS: PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT MULTICAST -- 5.1 Introduction to PIM -- 5.2 PIM SM Details -- 6 MULTICAST ROUTING¿́¿SPARSE-MODE PROTOCOLS: CORE-BASED TREES -- 6.1 Motivation 126 -- 6.2 Basic Operation -- 6.3 CBT Components and Functions -- 6.4 Core Router Discovery -- 6.5 Protocol Specification Details -- 6.6 CBT Version 3 -- 7 MULTICAST ROUTING¿́¿DENSE-MODE PROTOCOLS: PIM DM -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Basic PIM DM Behavior -- 7.3 Protocol Specification -- 8 OTHER DENSE-MODE MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOLS: DVMRP AND MOSPF -- 8.1 Distance Vector Multicast Algorithm -- 8.2 Multicast OSPF -- 9 IP MULTICASTING IN IPv6 ENVIRONMENTS -- 9.1 Opportunities Offered by IPv6 -- 9.2 Introductory Overview of IPv6 -- 9.3 Migration and Coexistence -- 9.4 Multicast with IPv6 -- 10 MULTICAST LISTENER DISCOVERY -- 10.1 Overview of MLDv1 -- 10.2 Message Format.

10.3 Protocol Description -- 10.4 Node State Transition Diagram -- 10.5 Router State Transition Diagram -- 10.6 Overview of MLDv2 -- 10.7 Source Filtering -- 11 IPTV APPLICATIONS -- 11.1 Overview and Motivation -- 11.2 Basic Architecture -- Appendix 11.A: Serial Digital Interface Basics -- Appendix 11.B: MPEG Basics -- Appendix 11.C: Encapsulation for Transmission of IP Datagrams over MPEG-2/DVB Networks -- 12 DVB-H: HIGH-QUALITY TV TO CELL PHONES -- 12.1 Background and Motivation -- 12.2 Basic DVB-H Technology -- Appendix 12.A: Open Mobile Video Coalition Efforts -- References -- Glossary -- Index.