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Chapter 16: Internet Multimedia Content Distribution

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ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)

ETSI provides members with an open, inclusive and collaborative environment. This environment supports the timely development, ratification and testing of globally applicable standards for ICT-enabled systems, applications and services.

IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

ITU-T Recommendations

ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

MBone (Multicast Backbone)

MBone is a virtual network running on "top" of the Internet. MBone is composed of networks (islands) that support multicast. On each of these islands, there is a host that is running the mrouted multicast routing demon. The mrouted's are connected with one another via unicast tunnels.

Schulzrinne's RTP Page (Columbia University)

Schulzrinne's RTP Page (Columbia University)

Schulzrinne's RTSP Page (Columbia University)

Schulzrinne's RTSP Page (Columbia University)

Schulzrinne's SIP Page (Columbia University)

Schulzrinne's SIP Page (Columbia University)

Introduction Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - UBC ECE

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) was an attempt by telephone companies to design a network architecture that could efficiently transport both voice and data.

DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)

Founded in 1994, the DVB Project is an industry-led consortium of the world's leading media and technology companies working together to design open technical specifications for digital media delivery.

DAVIC (Digital Audio Video Council)

DAVIC was a non-profit Association based in Switzerland, with a membership which culminated at 222 companies from more than 25 countries.

IETF RFCs (Request for Comments)

  1. The IETF RFC Editor Site:
    https://www.rfc-editor.org/
  2. Criteria for evaluating reliable multicast transport protocols:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2357.txt
  3. RSVP (Resource ReSerVation Protocol):
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2205.txt
  4. RSVP Update:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2750.txt
  5. RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol):
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1889.txt
  6. RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol):
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2326.txt
  7. SIP (Session Initiation Protocol):
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2543.txt
  8. SDP (Session Description Protocol):
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2327.txt
  9. SAP (Session Announcement Protocol):
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2974.txt
  10. RTP payload format for MPEG-4 Audio/Visual Streams:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3016.txt
  11. Architecture for differentiated services:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2475.txt
  12. Integrated Services over Diffserv networks:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2998.txt
  13. Traffic engineering over MPLS:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2702.txt
  14. MPLS support of differentiated services:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3270.txt


Fundamentals of Multimedia