Handling Multicast Video over Non Multicast Networks

Author

Tolkas, Michail ; Bletsas, Michail ; Gelidis, Pantelis A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece

fYear

2011

fDate

Sept. 30 2011-Oct. 2 2011

Firstpage

134

Lastpage

138

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the basic methods of video transmission, focusing on multicast, the popularity of which has increased over the last years. Although the specific technique is able of reducing significantly the consumption of network resources, such as the bandwidth, the specifications of IEEE 802.11 family networks do not support the mechanisms for reliable multicast transmission. Therefore, multicast video transmission over those wireless networks is considered to be almost inapplicable. In this paper we propose the use of VPN technologies for deploying an efficient and low cost infrastructure of multicast video transmission over wireless networks.

Keywords

multicast communication; radio networks; telecommunication network reliability; video communication; virtual private networks; IEEE 802.11; VPN technologies; multicast communication; multicast networks; multicast video transmission; reliable multicast transmission; video transmission; virtual private networks; wireless networks; IP networks; Receivers; Routing protocols; Servers; Unicast; Virtual private networks; Multicast over wireless networks; VPN; packet encapsulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Informatics (PCI), 2011 15th Panhellenic Conference on

Conference_Location

Kastonia

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-962-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCI.2011.14

Filename

6065039