Re: Routing protocols

[Ahmed A-G Helmy <ahelmy@catarina.usc.edu>]

> Hi all,
> 
> I am interested in simulating multicast routing protocols using the ns,
> does anyone have info about previous work on this topic.

Hi,

	The latest release of NS supports various flavors of multicast 
routing protocols:
	- a detailed simulation of a broadcast and prune protocol, 
based on the protocol spec for PIM-DM
	- a centralized version of a explicit join protocol (PIM_SM 
like), that constructs shared trees and source specific trees.
[you can find documentation about the above two in the ns documentation 
and man pages:
	http://www-mash.CS.Berkeley.EDU/ns/]
	- an experimental version of detailed PIM_SM protocol
	[there's no documentation yet on this one]

Regards,
-A
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
>                                                  ________________
> _________________________________________________\              /______
>                                                   \            /
>  Alexandre Morin (DN9)                            Alcatel Telecom
>  Phone: +32 3 240 7817                           Research Division
>  Fax:   +32 3 240 9932                         Francis Wellesplein 1
>  mailto:morina@rc.bel.alcatel.be              2018  Antwerpen, Belgium
> ______________________________________________________\    /___________
>                                                        \  /        
>                                                         \/
>