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IP-TV broadcasting service method using physical layer’s multicast switch
- Inventors
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Kyung-Gyu Chun, Soon Seok Lee
- Application No.
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11678648 (2007.02.26)
- Publication No.
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20080080499 (2008.04.03)
- Registration No.
- 7675870 (2010.03.09)
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Project Code
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06MT2900, BcN Network Engineering,
Kim Young Sun
- Abstract
- An Internet Protocol Television (IP-TV) broadcasting service system and method using a physical layer multicast switch are provided. The system comprises: a head end which converts an Ethernet signal to a virtual concatenation group (VCG) signal of a synchronous digital hierarchy/synchronous optical network (SDH/SONET); a multicast switch which multicasts the VCG signal in a physical layer; and a tail end which receives the multicasted VCG signal through a Synchronous Transmission Module level n (STM-N) optical link and restores the VCG signal to the Ethernet signal. Therefore, high quality TV broadcasting can be provided in an IP multicast network.
- KSP Keywords
- IP multicast, Internet Protocol(IP), Internet Protocol Television(IPTV), Optical link, Optical networks, Physical Layer, Service System, Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, Synchronous optical network, TV broadcasting, Virtual concatenation, multicast network