Anycast) refers to the communication between the nearest receivers in the topology of any sender in a group. In comparison, multicast refers to a communication between a sender and a specified receiver. unicast refers to a communication between a sender and a receiver.
Anycast is a method used to update a route table in IPv6. When a host updates the route table of a host group, it first sends data to the nearest host. IPv6 determines which gateway host is closest to and sends data packets to the host, like unicast communication, the host sends information to the nearest vro until all route tables in the group are updated.
IPv6 supports Unicast), Multicast, and Anycast. There is no specific division of Broadcast in IPv6, but it is a typical type of multicast. IPv6 contains three addresses associated with network devices: unicast address, multicast address, and any multicast address. During route selection, IPv6 does not differentiate unicast addresses from any multicast addresses. In the reply packet header, the node that receives the Anycast packet must use its own Unicast address as the sender address. Select IP Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) or link-level multicast for any advertisement or listening route. The packet forwarding process for any multicast is similar to unicast, while the last hop route selection process is similar to multicast.
- Detailed description of IPv6 unicast, multicast, and wildcard addresses