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The basic concept of IP Protocol Multicast is to provide data to multiple receivers (like PCs, wireless devices, Internet-equipped televisions, or radios) with the least bandwidth and router processing (routing and storing large files).

This is a complex challenge with more and more uses involved with broadcasting of radio, television, teleconferences, music, and two-way multicasting.

That is, the Internet is the new medium for broadcasting of video, audio, etc.

The basic concept of Internet Protocol Independent Multicast works with any interior (internal to AS [Autonomous System] such as RIP [Routing Information Protocol], OSPF [Open Shortest Path First] or exterior routing protocols (external such as BGP [Border Gateway Protocol], MBGP [Multiprotocol BGP] - multicast extensions of BGP) and others.

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Tags: wireless, rip, ospf, mbgp, ip protocol multicast, broadcasting medium