@phdthesis{Jonas1999, author = {Karl Jonas}, title = {Multipoint data-communication with active network elements in heterogeneous communication environments}, series = {GMD research series}, volume = {1999, No. 15}, publisher = {GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik}, address = {Sankt Augustin}, isbn = {3-88457-364-0}, doi = {10.24406/publica-fhg-273604}, pages = {185}, year = {1999}, abstract = {Multipoint data-communications is among the hot topics of communication research and development. A lot of studies and ideas have been presented, the vast majority focusing on a homogenous environment in terms of physical network, communication protocol stacks, coding schemes and/or service qualities. First straight-forward implementations –Steve Deering‘s IP multipoint on the MBone being the most popular one– already give an idea of the capabilities of a multipoint environment.}, language = {en} }