Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: alcaman@cs.tu-berlin.de (Alexander Weidt)
Subject: Integration of a multicast transport protocol in PVM?
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: 27 Oct 1994 15:27:24 GMT
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Hello,
  I was wondering if there are plans to incorporate a multicast
transport protocol for the workstation version of PVM--for example
in the implementation of the pvm_bcast routine.

  I would like to draw your attention to a reliable multicast
transport protocol called MTP-II which would lend itself suitable
for such a task. References are to be found in:


\bibitem[AFM92]{RFC1301}
Armstrong, Freier, Marzullo: {\it Multicast Transport Protocol}, RFC 1301, 
Xerox, Apple, Cornell University, Februar 1992

\bibitem[BOGKS94a]{BOGKS94a}
C.~Bormann, J.~Ott, H.-C.~Gehrcke, T.~Kerschat, N.~Seifert: {\it MTP-2: Towards 
Achieving the S.E.R.O. Properties for Multicast Transport}, International Confer
ence on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN `94), San Fransisco, Septemb
er 1994

\bibitem[BOGKS94b]{BOGKS94b}
C.~Bormann, J.~Ott, H.-C.~Gehrcke, T.~Kerschat, N.~Seifert: {\it Multicast Socke
ts: A Reliable Multicast Transport Service Interface and its Implementation}, Wo
rkshop: New Protocols for Multimedia Systems, Technische Universit"at Berlin, Ju
li 1994

\bibitem[OB94]{OB94}
J.~Ott, C.~Bormann: {\it Multicasting the ITU MCS: Integrating Point-to-Point an
d Multicast Transport}, ICCS: Towards Multimedia Personal Communications, Singap
ur, 1994

  Also, what are the chances of such an extension to the PVM system
being accepted into the mainline development stream?

Best regards, Alex.

