A survey of anycast in IPv6 networks.

A survey of anycast in IPv6 networks.

Anycast is a new "one-to-one-of-many" communication method in IPv6 networks. With this technology, the problem of finding the best server to respond to a request becomes a virtual noop. Hindered by unresolved issues and the slow deployment of IPv6, network-layer anycast is still not a real...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Communications magazine 42, 1 (2004).
Main Author: Weber, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
IPv6 networks.
Internet protocol.
Network-layer anycast.
One-to-one-of-many communication method.
Optimizations.
Virtual noop.