RFC 4259 on A Framework for Transmission of IP Datagrams over MPEG-2 Networks

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        RFC 4259

        Title:      A Framework for Transmission of IP Datagrams over
                    MPEG-2 Networks
        Author(s):  M.-J. Montpetit, G. Fairhurst, H. Clausen,
                    B. Collini-Nocker, H. Linder
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       November 2005
        Mailbox:    mmontpetit@motorola.com, gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk,
                    h.d.clausen@ieee.org, bnocker@cosy.sbg.ac.at,
                    hlinder@cosy.sbg.ac.at
        Pages:      42
        Characters: 100423
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipdvb-arch-04.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4259.txt

This document describes an architecture for the transport of IP
Datagrams over ISO MPEG-2 Transport Streams (TS).  The MPEG-2 TS has
been widely accepted not only for providing digital TV services but
also as a subnetwork technology for building IP networks.  Examples of
systems using MPEG-2 include the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) and
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Standards for Digital
Television.

The document identifies the need for a set of Internet standards
defining the interface between the MPEG-2 Transport Stream and an
IP subnetwork.  It suggests a new encapsulation method for IP
datagrams and proposes protocols to perform IPv6/IPv4 address
resolution, to associate IP packets with the properties of the
Logical Channels provided by an MPEG-2 TS.

This document is a product of the IP over DVB Working Group of the
IETF. 

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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