IP Multicast with Applications to IPTV and Mobile DVB-H

About the Author.

1 INTRODUCTION TO IP MULTICAST.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Why Multicast Protocols are Wanted/Needed.

1.3 Basic Multicast Protocols and Concepts.

1.4 IPTV and DVB-H Applications.

1.5 Course of Investigation.

Appendix 1.A: Multicast IETF Request for Comments.

Appendix 1.B: Multicast Bibliography.

2 MULTICAST ADDRESSING FOR PAYLOAD.

2.1 IP Multicast Addresses.

2.2 Layer 2 Multicast Addresses.

2.2.1 Ethernet MAC Address Mapping.

2.3 MPEG-Layer Addresses.

3 MULTICAST PAYLOAD FORWARDING.

3.1 Multicasting on a LAN Segment.

3.2 Multicasting between Network Segments.

3.3 Multicast Distribution Trees.

3.4 Multicast Forwarding: Reverse Path Forwarding.

3.5 Multicast Forwarding: Center-Based Tree Algorithm.

3.6 Implementing IP Multicast in a Network.

4 DYNAMIC HOST REGISTRATION—INTERNET GROUP MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL.

4.1 IGMP Messages.

4.2 IGMPv3 Messages.

4.3 IGMP Operation.

Appendix 4.A: Protocol Details for IGMPv2.

Appendix 4.B: IGMP Snooping Switches.

Appendix 4.C: Example of Router Configurations.

5 MULTICAST ROUTING—SPARSE-MODE PROTOCOLS: PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT MULTICAST.

5.1 Introduction to PIM.

5.2 PIM SM Details.

6 MULTICAST ROUTING—SPARSE-MODE PROTOCOLS: CORE-BASED TREES.

6.1 Motivation 126.

6.2 Basic Operation.

6.3 CBT Components and Functions.

6.4 Core Router Discovery.

6.5 Protocol Specification Details.

6.6 CBT Version 3.

7 MULTICAST ROUTING—DENSE-MODE PROTOCOLS: PIM DM.

7.1 Overview.

7.2 Basic PIM DM Behavior.

7.3 Protocol Specification.

8 OTHER DENSE-MODE MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOLS: DVMRP AND MOSPF.

8.1 Distance Vector Multicast Algorithm.

8.2 Multicast OSPF.

9 IP MULTICASTING IN IPv6 ENVIRONMENTS.

9.1 Opportunities Offered by IPv6.

9.2 Introductory Overview of IPv6.

9.3 Migration and Coexistence.

9.4 Multicast with IPv6.

10 MULTICAST LISTENER DISCOVERY.

10.1 Overview of MLDv1.

10.2 Message Format.

10.3 Protocol Description.

10.4 Node State Transition Diagram.

10.5 Router State Transition Diagram.

10.6 Overview of MLDv2.

10.7 Source Filtering.

11 IPTV APPLICATIONS.

11.1 Overview and Motivation.

11.2 Basic Architecture.

Appendix 11.A: Serial Digital Interface Basics.

Appendix 11.B: MPEG Basics.

Appendix 11.C: Encapsulation for Transmission of IP Datagrams over MPEG-2/DVB Networks.

12 DVB-H: HIGH-QUALITY TV TO CELL PHONES.

12.1 Background and Motivation.

12.2 Basic DVB-H Technology.

Appendix 12.A: Open Mobile Video Coalition Efforts.

References.

Glossary.

Index.