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 area | Prospective methods | Section |
| GSE Signalling Identification | Assignment of a dedicated transmission stream | 5.1.1 | Assignment of fields in physical frame header | 5.1.2 | Alignment of signalling transmission to a time-slicing frame | 5.1.3 | Placement of a GSE packet at a known position in a frame | 5.1.4 | Allocation of a dedicated GSE Type field value | 5.1.5 | Allocation of a dedicated Label/NPA or IP address | 5.1.6 | Assignment of a well-known UDP port | 5.1.7 |
| ND&S | Bootstrap Table using well-known multicast addresses | 5.2 | SRV record via DNS using well-known multicast addresses | SRV record via DHCP option* | SSDP |
| Transport Protocol | HTTP/TCP* | 5.3 | DVBSTP/UDP | FLUTE/ALC/UDP | RTP/UDP | New lightweight transport/UDP |
| Syntax | MPEG-2 | 5.4.1 | XML | 5.4.3 | Compressed XML | 5.4.3 |
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This procedure requires bidirectional connectivity.
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