Third International Workshop on Real-Time Computing Systems Application (RTCSA'96)
Real-time multicast routing with optimal network cost
Seoul, Korea
October 30-November 01
ISBN: 0-8186-7626-4
X. Jia, Dept. of Comput. Sci., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
J. Cao, Dept. of Comput. Sci., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
W. Jia, Dept. of Comput. Sci., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Multicast routing for real-time applications has two important requirements: minimal network cost and shortest network delay. It is always difficult to meet one requirement without compromising the other. This paper presents a real-time multicast routing algorithm which minimizes overall network cost without letting the delay from source to any destination exceed a time constraint. The multicast routing with optimal overall network cost is an NP-complete problem. Our algorithm is based on the idea of the minimum spanning tree heuristic.
Index Terms:
telecommunication channels; real-time multicast routing; optimal network cost; real-time applications; minimal network cost; shortest network delay; delay; time constraint; optimal overall network cost; NP-complete problem; minimum spanning tree heuristic
Citation:
X. Jia, J. Cao, W. Jia, "Real-time multicast routing with optimal network cost," rtcsa, pp.49, Third International Workshop on Real-Time Computing Systems Application (RTCSA'96), 1996