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This document explores the intricacies of Internet multicasting, focusing on its motivation as a network layer service. It covers the mapping of multicast addresses to Ethernet MAC addresses and details the two-step process of joining a multicast group via the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). The discussion extends to multicast routing challenges, comparing shared-tree and center-based approaches, including Steiner Trees and Minimum Spanning Trees. Additionally, it highlights source-based approaches like Reverse Path Forwarding and examines routing protocols such as DVMRP and Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM).
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