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Multicast sockets : practical guide for programmers /

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 e...

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Main Authors: Makofske, David B
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Almeroth, Kevin C
Published: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
Publisher Address: San Francisco, CA :
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Morgan Kaufmann practical guides series
Subjects:
Multicasting Computer networks
COMPUTERS > Networking > General
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558608467
Summary: 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 multic
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080512181
0080512186
9781558608467
155860846X
Index Number: TK5105
CLC: TP393
Contents: 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Multicast Defined -- 1.2 Unicast vs. Multicast vs. Broadcast -- 1.3 The Multicast Tradeoff: Power/Flexibility vs. Complexity -- 1.4 An Overview of Multicast Protocols -- 1.5 Organization of this Book -- 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 -- 3 Multicasting with Java -- 3.1 The Java MulticastSocket API -- 3.2 A Java Multicast Sender -- 3.3 Receiving Multicast Packets in

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