@article{MilouchevaMenzelJonasetal.2006, author = {Ilka Miloucheva and Olaf Menzel and Karl Jonas and Rui L. Aguiar}, title = {Efficient QoS-based mobile multicast using context transfer}, series = {JCOMSS (Journal of Communications Software and Systems)}, volume = {2}, issn = {1845-6421}, pages = {99 -- 108}, year = {2006}, abstract = {With the rapid advances in multimedia content delivery technologies, there is an increasing challenge for efficient Quality of Service (QoS) based multicast transport in mobile Internet environment. This paper discusses architectural approach for provision of multicast services in heterogeneous mobile IPv6 environment using context transfer. Following issues of QoS based mobile multicast transport are addressed: - Application of context transfer between access routers for seamless handover of active multicast services; - Adaptation of multicast group management and routing designed for wired IPv6 infrastructures to heterogeneous mobile environment; - Candidate access router discovery and context aware user interfaces for optimised handover; - Reliable mobile multicast for content delivery supported by context transfer at access routers; - Distributed QoS management of multicast services in heterogeneous mobile environment. The work is part of the mobile architecture developed in the EU IST project DAIDALOS.}, language = {en} }