TY - JOUR
T1 - A Lightweight Encapsulation Protocol for IP over MPEG-2 Networks
T2 - Design, Implementation and Analysis
AU - Sooriyabandara, Mahesh
AU - Fairhurst, Gorry
AU - Ang, Anthony
AU - Collini-Nocker, Bernhard
AU - Linder, Hilmar
AU - Stering, Wolfram
PY - 2005/5/16
Y1 - 2005/5/16
N2 - Digital TV Broadcast standards (e.g., ATSC, DVB) offer a good solution to last mile Internet delivery. Satellites, terrestrial broadcast, and cable systems are well suited to the delivery of high bandwidth data to the end user. Low transport overhead and ready availability of MPEG-2 TS equipment make it very appealing as a bearer for connecting IP networks. The Multi-Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) is a standard for the transport of IP over DVB. However, MPE has a number of shortcomings and inefficiencies when supporting next generation Internetworking systems. This paper describes a new method for the encapsulation of IPv4/IPv6 datagrams, known as the Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) that overcomes limitations of MPE. The paper provides the rationale for developing ULE and provides measurements and analysis to show that the new scheme can offer additional functionality while achieving increased transmission efficiency. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - Digital TV Broadcast standards (e.g., ATSC, DVB) offer a good solution to last mile Internet delivery. Satellites, terrestrial broadcast, and cable systems are well suited to the delivery of high bandwidth data to the end user. Low transport overhead and ready availability of MPEG-2 TS equipment make it very appealing as a bearer for connecting IP networks. The Multi-Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) is a standard for the transport of IP over DVB. However, MPE has a number of shortcomings and inefficiencies when supporting next generation Internetworking systems. This paper describes a new method for the encapsulation of IPv4/IPv6 datagrams, known as the Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) that overcomes limitations of MPE. The paper provides the rationale for developing ULE and provides measurements and analysis to show that the new scheme can offer additional functionality while achieving increased transmission efficiency. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - MPEG-2
KW - broadcast
KW - DVB
KW - TCP/IP
KW - encapsulation
U2 - 10.1016/j.comnet.2004.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.comnet.2004.10.006
M3 - Article
SN - 1389-1286
VL - 48
SP - 5
EP - 19
JO - Computer Networks
JF - Computer Networks
IS - 1
ER -