TY - JOUR T1 - An Optimal and Cost Effective Key Management Scheme for Secure Multicast Communication AU - Sridhar, J.K. AU - Kumar, R. Senthil AU - Kumar, S. Arun JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 285 EP - 289 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2012.285.289 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2012.285.289 KW - Multicast KW -group key management KW -rekeying KW -network traffic KW -demand KW -India AB - The recent growth, popularity and extensive need for the deployment of group oriented applications like multiparty video conferencing, multiplayer online gaming and real time push based delivery systems has triggered the demand for secure group communication. These applications require multicast to minimize the volume of network traffic they generate. Multiparty communications have recently become the focus of new developments in the area of applications. The goal of this study is to establish a secure group communication using multicast key distribution scheme. In general, to meet forward secrecy and backward secrecy, any change in the group membership will induce group rekeying. Here, a novel key management scheme is proposed in which no redistribution of group key (shared key) is required during the group dynamics there by reducing computation and communication complexities considerably. ER -