Tristan N.H. Henderson and Saleem N. Bhatti
University College London
Abstract:
Current multicast pricing proposals are dependent on
specific routing protocols or require changes to the existing
IP multicast model. Given that multicast has only seen limited
deployment thus far, such schemes may become redundant
if the multicast service model changes. We believe that
instead of altering multicast delivery methods to suit particular
pricing schemes, a multicast pricing scheme should be
designed around the generic concept of multipoint communication,
without depending on the underlying transmission
methods. We highlight limitations of existing work in this
area and present a work-in-progress; a framework that enables
this separation between transmission and pricing.
