Distribution of live multimedia streams to a high number of end users through an ISP network may be efficiently implemented through IP multicasting. Multicast traffic engineering with traditional decentralized approaches, however, is still a challenging problem for network operators. In this article we present a centralized approach to management of source-specific multicast traffic flows relying on software defined networking. Our approach is suitable for hybrid IP/SDN networks, where network nodes behave as traditional IP routers by default, but whose packet forwarding behavior may be customized for specific flows thanks to an OpenFlow-enabled control plane. We also describe a traffic management system that we implemented as a proof of concept, which can be used by an ISP to compute multicast distribution trees for a given set of channels to be distributed to their customers.
Leveraging SDN to Improve the Performance of Multicast-Enabled IPTV Distribution Systems / Romano, SIMON PIETRO; Canonico, Roberto. - In: IEEE COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS MAGAZINE. - ISSN 2471-2825. - 1:(2017), pp. 42-47. [10.1109/MCOMSTD.2017.1700036]
Leveraging SDN to Improve the Performance of Multicast-Enabled IPTV Distribution Systems
Simon Pietro Romano;Roberto Canonico
2017
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Distribution of live multimedia streams to a high number of end users through an ISP network may be efficiently implemented through IP multicasting. Multicast traffic engineering with traditional decentralized approaches, however, is still a challenging problem for network operators. In this article we present a centralized approach to management of source-specific multicast traffic flows relying on software defined networking. Our approach is suitable for hybrid IP/SDN networks, where network nodes behave as traditional IP routers by default, but whose packet forwarding behavior may be customized for specific flows thanks to an OpenFlow-enabled control plane. We also describe a traffic management system that we implemented as a proof of concept, which can be used by an ISP to compute multicast distribution trees for a given set of channels to be distributed to their customers.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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