Once upon a time, layer-2 unicast performance tests would have produced by far the most important results, but that’s changed. Measuring unicast throughput on all ports, once considered the acid test ...

New dynamic network infrastructures built on IP multicast will allow network “service velocity” to dramatically increase. Service velocity is the time between when the need for a service is recognized ...

Several times over the years at Streaming Media I’ve been given free rein to indulge myself writing about my favorite of all topics in the streaming space: IP multicast. IP multicast offers ...

Last time we started a discussion on next steps for IBOC, and focused on multicasting as a potential killer app for HD Radio broadcasters on the FM band. This time we’ll consider the receiver ...

The consolidation of the Internet Protocol as the foundation of most communications services has become indisputable. IP's simplicity, open standards development, relative low cost of deployment and, ...

Multicast, a technique commonly used in networking systems, allows a given processing unit to send a single data stream to multiple destinations at the same time efficiently. Typically, the switch ...

A key component to any digital media solution is having a scaleable and dependable network in order to reach the intended audience. Many businesses begin by using common-carrier IP connections, ...

NEW YORK FM radio broadcasters contacted by Radio World believe their programming strategies for companion independent HD2 and HD3 formats and platforms will prove successful and, eventually, ...

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