How Does IP Multicast Works?
The working of IP multicast can be explained in four section, first of all device interested in in receiving data join the multicast group which is identified by unique multicast IP address now once the group is joined by receiver the source device craft the data packets and forward them to multicast group address not to any individual receiver , Now the Multicast router which is aware of the Multicast group using IGMP efficiently forward multicast packets to the the branch of network where the interested users are located and here in order to optimize the delivery path router use distribution trees to map the source to receivers . once the data packets reach the branch of network , the Receiver which have joined the multicast group receive and process the data packets while other devices in network branch ignore the multicast traffic
What is an IP Multicast?
In this constantly evolving field of digital communication and networking the ability to distribute data efficiently and effectively is a boon because of the growing needs of an interconnected world data is on demand. IP multicast is the boon holder it is a communication pattern that is a powerful solution to the challenge of delivering data to multiple recipients at a time.