Multicast Sockets ：Practical Guide for Programmers ( The Practical Guides )

Publication subTitle ：Practical Guide for Programmers

Publication series ：The Practical Guides

Author： Makofske David;Almeroth Kevin

Publisher： Elsevier Science‎

Publication year： 2002

E-ISBN: 9780080512181

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781558608467

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781558608467

Subject： TP393 computer network

Language： ENG

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Description

Multicast Sockets: Practical Guide for Programmers is a hands-on, application-centric approach to multicasting (as opposed to a network-centric one) that is filled with examples, ideas, and experimentation. Each example builds on the last to introduce multicast concepts, frameworks, and APIs in an engaging manner that does not burden the reader with lots of theory and jargon. The book is an introduction to multicasting but assumes that the reader has a background in network programming and is proficient in C or Java. After reading the book, you will have a firm grasp on how to write a multicast program.

Author team of instructor and application programmer is reflected in this rich instructional and practical approach to the subject material
Only book available that provides a clear, concise, application-centric approach to programming multicast applications and covers several languages—C, Java, and C# on the .NET platform
Covers important topics like service models, testing reachability, and addressing and scoping
Includes numerous examples and exercises for programmers and students to test what they have learned

Chapter

Front Cover

Multicast Sockets: Practical Guide for Programmers

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Multicast Defined

1.2 Unicast vs. Multicast vs. Broadcast

1.3 The Multicast Trade-off: Power/Flexibility vs. Complexity

1.4 An Overview of Multicast Protocols

1.5 Organization of This Book

1.6 Exercises

Chapter 2. Multicasting with C Sockets

2.1 UDP Sockets

2.2 Sending Multicast Packets in C

2.3 Receiving Multicast Packets in C

2.4 A Sample Run of Sender and Receiver(s)

2.5 C and Source Specific Multicast

2.6 Winsock Modifications

2.7 Exercises

Chapter 3.Multicasting with Java

3.1 The Java MulticastSocket API

3.2 A Java Multicast Sender

3.3 Receiving Multicast Packets in Java

3.4 A Sample Run

3.5 Exercises

Chapter 4. Multicasting with .NET

4.1 The .NET Sockets Class

4.2 Sending Multicast Packets in C#

4.3 Receiving Multicast Packets in C#

4.4 A Sample Run: C# Multicast Sender and Receiver

4.5 C# and Source Specific Multicast

4.6 The C# UdpClient Class

4.7 Exercises

Chapter 5. Source Specific Multicast

5.1 Source Specific Multicast Defined

5.2 Advantages of SSM

5.3 Host Support for SSM

5.4 SSM Additions to the APIs

5.5 Exercises

Chapter 6. Multicast Addressing and Scoping

6.1 Scoping

6.2 Multicast Address Space

6.3 Selecting a Multicast Address

6.4 Java Multicast Address Scope Methods

6.5 Exercises

Chapter 7. Multicast Reachability and Scalability

7.1 Multicast Reachability

7.2 Multicast Ping

7.3 Multicast Scalability

7.4 MPing with Receiver-Based Congestion Control

7.5 Exercises

Chapter 8. Application-Layer Multicast and Reflectors

8.1 Introduction

8.2 A Multicast Reflector in Java

8.3 Exercises

Chapter 9. Summarizing Lessons Learned

Appendix A. Multicast History and Protocols

A.1 Multicast Service Models

A.2 The Evolution of Multicast

Appendix B. Summary of Multicast API by Language

References

Index

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