Title : Reliable Multicast Service Needs Cell - Level FEC Scheme

ATM Forum Technical Committee ATMF 95-1438 **************************************************************************************** Title: Reliable Multicast Service Needs Cell-Level FEC Scheme **************************************************************************************** Abstract: A number of protocol architectures for the provision of scalable reliable multicast services over the Internet have been proposed. These protocol architectures could also be applied for ATM networks. However, since ATM networks are based on switches rather than on broadcast-based subnetworks (e.g., Ethernet and FDDI), some architectural modification is needed, while a modification the end-station's protocol is not forced. As shown in this memo, in order to provide efficient and scalable reliable multicast over an ATM cloud, we need an AAL-level FEC scheme to provide sufficiently small packet error ratio.