@article {12309,
	title = {Scalable application layer multicast},
	journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2002},
	month = {2002/08//},
	pages = {205 - 217},
	abstract = {We describe a new scalable application-layer multicast protocol, specifically designed for low-bandwidth, data streaming applications with large receiver sets. Our scheme is based upon a hierarchical clustering of the application-layer multicast peers and can support a number of different data delivery trees with desirable properties.We present extensive simulations of both our protocol and the Narada application-layer multicast protocol over Internet-like topologies. Our results show that for groups of size 32 or more, our protocol has lower link stress (by about 25\%), improved or similar end-to-end latencies and similar failure recovery properties. More importantly, it is able to achieve these results by using orders of magnitude lower control traffic.Finally, we present results from our wide-area testbed in which we experimented with 32-100 member groups distributed over 8 different sites. In our experiments, average group members established and maintained low-latency paths and incurred a maximum packet loss rate of less than 1\% as members randomly joined and left the multicast group. The average control overhead during our experiments was less than 1 Kbps for groups of size 100.},
	keywords = {application layer multicast, hierarchy, overlay networks, peer-to-peer systems, scalability},
	isbn = {0146-4833},
	doi = {10.1145/964725.633045},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/964725.633045},
	author = {Banerjee,Suman and Bhattacharjee, Bobby and Kommareddy,Christopher}
}
