BROADCAST IN POINT-TO-POINT ORIENTED PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS

摘要

The invention relates to a method, a broadcast management centre, a router, a host and a system for performing broadcast in a point-to-point oriented packet-switched telecommunication network. The basic idea is to use multicast for parts of the transmission within said telecommunication network. The multicast technique is used to send broadcast data to a geographical broadcast group to which a network node belongs. The network nodes are configured to a certain geographical broadcast group by the broadcast management centre.