Paper Title: Active Networking Support for Mobile Multicast Communication Active Networking Support for Mobile Multicast Communication

This paper proposes a scalable and reliable multicast communication service based on active networking for mobile hosts in cellular environments. This service uses resources ooered by active nodes in order to overcome problems in mobile multicast communication such as: high error-bit rates over wireless links, losses due to handoos, mobile host location, and NAK implosion. Simulations were carried out for evaluating the service performance as both mobile host speed and multicast group size increase. Simulation results show that this service performs well for high handoo frequencies, even to a large number of users. Abstract This paper proposes a scalable and reliable multicast communication service based on active networking for mobile hosts in cellular environments. This service uses resources ooered by active nodes in order to overcome problems in mobile multicast communication such as: high error-bit rates over wireless links, losses due to hand-oos, mobile host location, and NAK implosion. Simulations were carried out for evaluating the service performance as both mobile host speed and multicast group size increase. Simulation results show that this service performs well for high handoo frequencies, even to a large number of users.