Introduction to Data Multicasting, IP Multicast Streaming for Audio and Video Media Distribution by Lawrence Harte
English | May 1, 2008 | ISBN: 1932813551 | 84 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book explains how to send IP data packets from one source to multiple receivers. You will discover how multicasting (one-to-many or many-to-many) can dramatically increase the efficiency of a network compared to unicasting (one-to-one) or broadcasting (one-to-all) transmission. Multicasting is critical for mass media streaming sources such as IP television and Internet radio. Without the use of multicasting, a 3 Mbps television streaming service would require data connections of 30 Gbps to provide service to 10,000 customers.