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Multicast routing
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<table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Routing/Ml6MVCaC">Routing schemes</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicast/PHStTfFe">Unicast</a><p><a href="/facts/Unicast/PHStTfFe"></a></p></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Broadcasting_(networking)/NRj7gHre">Broadcast</a><p><a href="/facts/Broadcasting_(networking)/NRj7gHre"></a></p></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Multicast/D9IspSfl">Multicast</a><p><a href="/facts/Multicast/D9IspSfl"></a></p></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Anycast/d6lUjbno">Anycast</a><p><a href="/facts/Anycast/d6lUjbno"></a></p></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Multicast routing is one of the routing protocols in <a href="/facts/IP_network/KNkxtSpw">IP networking</a>. </p><p>There are several multicast routing protocols supporting communications where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously: <a href="/facts/Multicast_Source_Discovery_Protocol/sLXHoB3s">Multicast Source Discovery Protocol</a>, <a href="/facts/Multicast_BGP/lReEuvof">Multicast BGP</a>, <a href="/facts/Protocol_Independent_Multicast/cP3Tr4MA">Protocol Independent Multicast</a>. </p>