Efficient multiplexing scheme for IP packets over the advanced satellite broadcasting system

Author

Aoki, Shuichi ; Aoki, Katsunori

Author_Institution

Sci. & Tech. Res. Labs., NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp., Tokyo

Volume

55

Issue

1

fYear

2009

fDate

2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

55

Abstract

Implementing an IP-friendly transport mechanism in broadcasting systems would enable more convenient multimedia broadcasting applications. The overhead of current multiplexing methods for IP packets that are based on MPEG-2 systems is large, and they are not well suited for efficient transmission of IP packets. We developed an efficient scheme for transporting IP packets over broadcasting channels. The scheme includes compression of IP header information, transmission control signals for listing IP multicast group addresses, and a simple encapsulation. This paper describes the multiplexing scheme and its theoretical overhead. We conducted an experiment on a prototype transmission system that shows our scheme is efficiency.

Keywords

IP networks; broadcast channels; digital audio broadcasting; digital video broadcasting; direct broadcasting by satellite; multicast communication; multiplexing; video coding; IP packets; MPEG-2 system; broadcasting channel; multicast group addresses; multimedia broadcasting applications; multiplexing scheme; prototype transmission system; satellite broadcasting system; Artificial satellites; Councils; Data communication; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Encapsulation; Laboratories; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting; IP header compression; content download; multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2009.4814413

Filename

4814413