IP Multicast with Applications to IPTV and Mobile DVB-H

Get a clear picture of IP Multicast applications for delivering commercial high-quality video services

This book provides a concise guide to current IP Multicast technology and its applications, with a focus on IP-based Television (IPTV) and Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) applications—areas of tremendous commercial interest. Traditional phone companies can use IP Multicast technology to deliver video services over their networks; cell phone companies can use it to stream video to handheld phones and PDAs; and many cable TV companies are considering upgrading to IP technology. In addition to applications in industries seeking to provide high-quality digital video and audio, there are numerous other practical uses: multi-site corporate videoconferencing; broad distribution of financial data, stock quotes, and news bulletins; database replication; software distribution; and content caching (for example, Web site caching).

After an introduction that gets readers up to speed on the basics, IP Multicast with Applications to IPTV and Mobile DVB-H:

• Discusses multicast addressing for payload and payload forwarding

• Covers routing in a variety of protocols, including PIM-SM, CBT, PIM-DM, DVMRP, and MOSPF

• Discusses multicasting in IPv6 environments and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)

• Features examples of IP Multicast applications in the IPTV and mobile DVB-H environments

• Includes reference RFCs and protocols placed in the proper context of a commercial-grade infrastructure for the delivery of robust, entertainment-quality linear and nonlinear video programming

This is a concise, compact reference for practitioners who seek a quick, practical review of the topic with an emphasis on the major and most often used aspects of the technology. It serves as a hands-on resource for engineers in the communications industry or Internet design, content providers, and researchers. It's also an excellent text for college courses on IP Multicast and/or IPTV.

獲取有關使用IP多播應用於提供商業高品質視頻服務的清晰圖像

本書提供了一個簡明指南，介紹了當前IP多播技術及其應用，重點關注基於IP的電視（IPTV）和數字視頻廣播-手持式（DVB-H）應用，這些領域具有巨大的商業利益。傳統電話公司可以使用IP多播技術在其網絡上提供視頻服務；手機公司可以使用它將視頻流式傳輸到手機和個人數字助理（PDA）；許多有線電視公司正在考慮升級到IP技術。除了應用於希望提供高品質數字視頻和音頻的行業外，還有許多其他實際用途：多地點企業視頻會議；廣泛分發金融數據、股票報價和新聞公告；數據庫複製；軟件分發；以及內容緩存（例如，網站緩存）。

在介紹基礎知識的基礎上，本書討論了IP多播應用於IPTV和移動DVB-H環境的多點傳送地址和傳送負載，涵蓋了各種協議的路由，包括PIM-SM、CBT、PIM-DM、DVMRP和MOSPF，討論了IPv6環境中的多點傳送和多點傳送監聽器發現（MLD），並提供了IPTV和移動DVB-H環境中IP多播應用的示例。書中還包括了相關的RFC和協議，將它們放在商業級基礎設施的正確上下文中，以提供堅固、娛樂質量的線性和非線性視頻節目。

本書是一本簡明、緊湊的參考資料，適合尋求快速、實用的主題概述，重點介紹技術的主要和最常用方面的從業人員使用。它是通信行業或互聯網設計的工程師、內容提供商和研究人員的實用資源。它也是大學IP多播和/或IPTV課程的優秀教材。