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9.4 Multicast
Multicasting offers the possibility to send data packets to more than one destination ad-
dress – without multiplying bandwidth between camera and Multicast device (e.g. Router
or Switch).
The data is sent out to an intelligent network node, an IGMP (Internet Group Management
Protocol) capable Switch or Router and distributed to the receiver group with the specific
address range.
In the example on the figure below, multicast is used to process image and message data
separately on two differents PC's.
Multicast Addresses:
For multicasting Bau-
mer suggests an adress
range from 232.0.1.0 to
232.255.255.255.
◄ Figure 39
Principle of Multicast