One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast control system. In accordance with such IP multicast control system, the IP multicast control system includes a first module capable of facilitating IP multicast control connections between a first apparatus and a second apparatus and a second module capable of enabling termination of a control protocol of the first module. The second module is capable of being supported at an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) layer of the second apparatus.