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Figure 9
Protocols That Coordinate the Delivery of IP Multicast Traffic
Routers are not required for transmission of IP multicast packets between
sources and group members. Compare Figure 8 and Figure 9; both
represent valid designs in which IGMP can help conserve bandwidth.
IP Multicast
Delivery Process
Even though there may be several, perhaps thousands of, intended
recipients for a given IP multicast transmission, only one copy of a given
packet is generated at the source. (This contrasts with a unicast
approach, which would generate one copy per recipient.) The single copy
of each IP multicast packet travels until the path to reach group members
diverges, at which point the packet is replicated to ensure that one copy
of the packet continues on each branch in the delivery tree. Thus, a
significant benefit of the IP multicast delivery process is bandwidth
conservation.
How Routers and
Switches Use IGMP
Routers and switches use IGMP in similar ways:
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A router uses IGMP to determine which routing interfaces lead to
group members.
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A switch uses IGMP to determine which port segments lead to group
members.
IP multicast
application sources
L3
L3
L3
DVMRP
IGMP
L2
IGMP
IGMP
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