Question

distinguish between multicasting and multiple unicasting

Answer 1

Key Differences Between Unicast and Multicast. The basic difference that distinguishes unicast from multicast is that in unicast, there is only one sender and only one receiver. But, in multicast there is a single sender but, multiple receiver. ... Unicast is one to one mappping whereas, multicast is one to many mapping.

Answer 2

Computer Networks, the term unicast and multicast are the information transmission methods. In unicast, one station transfers the information to only one receiver station. In multicast, the sender transfers the information to a group of interested receiver stations. The fundamental difference between unicast and multicast is that unicast is a one-to-onecommunication and multicast is a one-to-many communication process.