Reliable data multicast is problematic. ACK/NACK schemes do not scale to large audiences, and simple data replication wastes network bandwidth. Fcast, "file multicasting", combines multicast with Forward Error Correction (FEC) to address both these problems. Like classic multicast, Fcast

: Reliable data multicast is difficult to scale. Fcast, "file multicasting", combines multicast with Forward Error Correction (FEC) to solve this problem. Like classic multicast, Fcast scales to large audiences, and like other FEC schemes, it uses bandwidth very efficiently. Some

Reliable data multicast is problematic. ACK/NACK schemes do not scale to large audiences, and simple data replication wastes network bandwidth. Fcast, "file multicasting", combines multicast with Forward Error Correction (FEC) to address both these problems. Like classic multicast, Fcast

burden on the underlying network. In this paper, we target high-bandwidth data distribution from a single source to a large number of receivers. Applications include large-file transfers and real-time multimedia streaming. For these applications, we argue that an overlay mesh, rather than a tree, can

In the IP multicast model, a set of hosts can be aggregated into a group of hosts with one address, to which any host can send. However, Internet TV, distance learning, file distribution and other emerging large-scale multicast applications strain the current realization of this model, which lacks

uniform mechanism (capabilities) for naming and protecting them in a location independent way, and designing a completely new, and very fast file system. Among the things done wrong were having threads not be pre-emptable, initially building our own homebrew window system, and not having a multicast

JetFile is a file system designed with multicast as its distribution mechanism. The goal is to support a large number of clients in an environment such as the Internet where hosts are attached to both high and low speed networks, sometimes over long distances. JetFile is designed for reduced

JetFile is a distributed file system designed to support shared file access in a heterogenous environment such as the Internet. It uses multicast communication and op-timistic strategies for synchronization and distribution. JetFile relies on “peer-to-peer ” communication over multicast channels

This paper describes a broadcast file transfer protocol that is suitable for widespread distribution of files from several servers to several clients attached to the MBONE network. Through use of automatic request and selective retransmission techniques, reliable file transfer is assured for all

In this paper we consider the design and implementation of a general-purpose reliable multi-cast data-dissemination facility. Using design insights we uncovered for data scheduling under high request load, reliable transmission over lossy networks, and bandwidth slicing to accommodate par