Route optimization technique to support multicast in mobile networks

Abstract

The technology called Network Mobility (NEMO) is proposed recently by IETF to support the network mobility. Meanwhile, as the needs of group communications increase in the internet, supporting multicast services became a challenging issue on NEMO as on Mobile IP. This paper explores issues and problems of providing multicast service on mobile networks and presents a route optimization technique along with an architecture that enables optimal and efficient multicast service on NEMO environments.