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| A feature that allows a network device, such as a switch or WLC, to eavesdrop on IGMP packets in transit and make multicast delivery decisions based on the group membership contents. |
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| Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) |
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| A protocol used to control membership in a multicast group. |
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| Location Specific Services (LSS) |
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| A WLC feature that works with mDNS to respond to resource queries with only the resources learned from AP neighbors nearest the requesting client. |
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| Location Specific Services |
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| A type of packet delivery where one packet is sent to multiple recipients over a network. |
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| A WLC feature that can redirect incoming multicast video streams into unicast streams directed toward each individual recipient on a wireless network. |
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| The multicast domain name system uses IP multicast to discover online resources dynamically. This is used by Apple Bonjour and Google Chromecast and can work over wired and wireless networks. |
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| A destination IP address from a special range of addresses used only for multicast traffic. |
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| multicast group ID (MGID) |
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| An arbitrary index into a table of multicast groups and their registered recipients, as defined and used by a WLC. |
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| Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) |
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| A feature that eavesdrops on traffic to learn of IPv6 multicast recipients, much the same way IGMP snooping does for IPv4 multicast. |
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| Protocol Independent Multicast |
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| Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) |
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| A multicast routing protocol used between routers. |
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