A Study of Multicast Application over MPLS Networks

Multicast and MPLS are two complementary technologies.Merging these two technologies will enhance per- formance and present an efficient solution for multicast scalability and control overhead problems.The paper first intro- duces the principle and advantages of MPLS and multicast,and surveys the multicast application and implementation o- ver the MPLS networks.Finally,the trends and several issues for more research are presented.