TY - JOUR T1 - A Novel Approach to Make Stealth Multicast Paradigm Steadfast AU - , M. Raja Ram AU - , E.P. Srinivasan JO - Asian Journal of Information Technology VL - 6 IS - 5 SP - 622 EP - 630 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1682-3915 DO - ajit.2007.622.630 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2007.622.630 KW - Stealth multicast KW -NACK KW -packet loss recovery KW -local repeater KW -end-end delay KW -reliability KW -ns2 AB - Stealth Multicast is a novel concept that allows for practical adoption of network-level multicast on a domain-wise basis rather than a global scale. In the stealth multicast framework, redundant unicast packets are dynamically assembled into virtual groups for multicast transmission across the domain. At the edge of the domain, the packets are converted back to unicast, thus hiding the existence of stealth multicast from the external Internet. True to its namesake, stealth multicast operates in complete stealth, providing seamless interoperability without requiring modifications to end-user applications nor requiring inter-domain support. Although stealth multicast can offer a significant mechanism for multicast deployment, it is not ideal for applications which require reliable delivery.This is because Stealth multicast is created for connectionless UDP streams. This study proposes how to achieve reliability in Stealth Multicast paradigm by incorporating NACK based protocol. ER -