Subject: mcast: PIM Source Only - Connectionless Multicast - Multicast Debugging

From: Marty Bickford <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:17:09 -0800

PIM Source Only, Connectionless Multicast, and Multicast Debugging are just
a few of the technical sessions @ mcast 2000. See more below...

Scalable infrastructure and accelerated content delivery are the themes of
this year's mcast conference and multi-vendor network demonstration. Join
us at this prestigious and influential event on February 7-9, 2000 at the
San Francisco Airport Marriott. http://www.stardust.com/mcast2000/

Price increase
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On Monday, January 31st, the price will increase to $1,295 - sign-up today
at: https://www.stardust.com/events/mcast2000/register.htm

Highlights
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Below we've highlighted the 3 things most interesting to this list -
conference sessions/speakers, BOFs and the Multicast Splash.

BOFs
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- MINC (Multicast-based Inference of Network Characteristics) 
  to Infer Loss and Delay Inside the Network
  Sue B. Moon, Sprint ATL 

- Standards/Multicasting Forum
  Steve Jacobson, RealNetworks

- IP Multicast Datagram Forwarding using Non-Procedural 
  Packet Filters
  Charlie Jenkins, Solidum Systems

- International Webcasting
  Peggy Miles, Intervox and IWA

- Wireless Multimedia Forum
  Martin Hall, Stardust.com

Sessions (portion of full agenda) 
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- Attaching DVMRP Domains Safely to the New PIM Mbone
  Cyndi Jung, 3Com

- E-Commerce and IP Multicast/Caching/Content Distribution
  Scott Bishop, Mirror Image Internet & Ken Miller, Starburst

- Multicast on CA*net 3
  David Bickle, Bell Nexxia

- Towards Super-scalable Multicast
  Jörg Liebeherr, University of Virginia

- Using the Java Reliable Multicast Service
  Miriam Kadansky, Sun Microsystems Labs

- PIM Source Only
  Tom Pusateri, Juniper Networks

- Coming Soon to Theaters and Televisions Near You
  Fred Kokaska, Logic Innovations

- Enabling Internet TV with Intelligent Network Infrastructure
  Steven McCanne, FastForward Networks

- Connectionless Multicast (CLM)
  Dirk Ooms,  Alcatel Corporate Research Center

- Deployment Issues for the Multicast Architecture
  Brian Neil Levine, University of Massachusetts Amherst

- Fine Granular Scalability: a new framework for real-time 
  video streaming of multimedia content over the Internet
  Hayder Radha, Philips Research

- Multicast Debugging
  Bill Fenner, AT&T Labs - Research

- Caching – The Component Technology for Edge Delivery
  Rod Murchison, CacheFlow

SPLASH II
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New Internet Content Delivery Mechanisms Make Their Debut
 
* Are you following the multi-million dollar investments in Geocast?
* Do you know what Virgin's put in place for digital music distribution?
* Do you know what TV stations are doing to enable IP-based
  content delivery over their local broadcast spectrum?
* Have you considered what it means for local TV stations to become
  Internet Service providers?
* Have you experienced the delivery of Internet content to
  a PC through rabbit ear antennas?

On Monday February 7, you can get answers to all these questions and more
from the following companies at the debut of the Splash project
incorporating 6 months' work from these companies.

* AT&T * Bloomberg * Hewlett-Packard Company * Hughes Network Systems
* Internet Initiative Japan * KNTV NewsChannel 11 * Microspace Communications
* Netcom Systems * Nortel Networks * Priority Networks * Real Networks *
* SkyStream Networks * Stardust.com * Teleglobe * UUNET * Virgin JamCast *
* Yahoo *

1. Meet the people and companies who are developing new technologies, 
   products and services for the delivery of Internet content.

2. Experience first hand many of these new capabilities on show in many
   cases for the first time in the project codenamed "The Splash"
   engineered over the last 6 months by the companies listed above.

When:  5:30-8:00pm, Monday Feb 7, 2000.
Where: San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel

More Information
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Get more information including a Multicast white paper and MP3's at
http://www.stardust.com/mcast2000/

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Marty Bickford  - 408.879.8080 (8081-fax)
Stardust.com - http://www.stardust.com

mcast 2000 - http://www.stardust.com/mcast2000/
4th annual summit on scalable content delivery