IP multicast saves network bandwidth, because packets are transmitted as one stream over the backbone and only split apart to the target stations by the router at the end of the path. See mDNS and ...

The way content is consumed is changing, which means delivery infrastructures are being put under more and more pressure.

Plenty of industry bods are quick to praise IP Multicasting as the network panacea for bandwidth bottlenecking. They will happily evangelise as to why it is such a good solution, citing the ...