Autonomic Reliable Multicast Application-Level Group Communication Using Self-Organization Principles

Abstract

We present a mechanism for reliable multicast based on autonomic principles (AutoRM). So-called Beamon nodes exchange information in a peer-to-peer manner, deriving a subjective view of the environment. Applications connect to a Beamon network to participate in reliable communication within groups they declare to be joined to. This short paper describes the general AutoRM concepts, the architecture and protocols used between application and Beamon, as well as between the nodes themselves.

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