Research Article

A Framework for an IP-Based DVB Transmission Network

Table 3

Potential methods for a GSE-only signalling framework.

GSE-only signalling framework areaProspective methodsSection

GSE Signalling IdentificationAssignment of a dedicated transmission stream5.1.1
Assignment of fields in physical frame header5.1.2
Alignment of signalling transmission to a time-slicing frame5.1.3
Placement of a GSE packet at a known position in a frame5.1.4
Allocation of a dedicated GSE Type field value5.1.5
Allocation of a dedicated Label/NPA or IP address5.1.6
Assignment of a well-known UDP port5.1.7

ND&SBootstrap Table using well-known multicast addresses5.2
SRV record via DNS using well-known multicast addresses
SRV record via DHCP option*
SSDP

Transport ProtocolHTTP/TCP*5.3
DVBSTP/UDP
FLUTE/ALC/UDP
RTP/UDP
New lightweight transport/UDP

SyntaxMPEG-25.4.1
XML5.4.3
Compressed XML5.4.3

This procedure requires bidirectional connectivity.