Multicast Dissemination Protocol Toolkit

The Multicast Dissemination Protocol (MDP) project presents an impressive protocol framework and software toolkit. It is designed to facilitate the reliable multicasting of data objects such as files and application memory blocks. The primary objective of MDP is to provide a dependable multicast protocol approach that is appropriate for reliable data dissemination on both wired and wireless networks.

MDP software has been successfully demonstrated across a wide range of network architectures, including the global Internet MBone. It has proven to be effective in handling bandwidth and routing asymmetric network connections, high delay satellite networks, and mobile radio networks. MDP integrates numerous multicast protocol advances that allow for adaptive group timing mechanisms and robust packet-based erasure correction techniques.

The present MDP software toolkit includes a comprehensive library with a well-defined API. It also provides several example working applications, such as a multicast file transfer application and a basic multicast chat application. These examples are particularly useful for gaining a thorough understanding of the capabilities of MDP.

Overall, the MDP project is an innovative and reliable tool for multicasting data objects. Its impressive array of multicast protocol advances and the provision of a clear API make it stand out from other protocol frameworks and software toolkits. Visit the following sections to learn more about MDP and to download the software.