06-22-2013 08:58 AM - edited 03-04-2019 08:16 PM
Guys,
did anyone of you worked on IPTV Mulicasting? If yes, can you please advice me the best multicasting protocol to use in IPTV environment?
06-22-2013 11:41 AM
Hello, I've been fortunate to do this recently.
In order for forum members to help you out, please be more specific in terms of your network infrastructure, devices used, routing protocols, source of the multicast.
I used IGMP v2 which is enabled by default on Cisco switches.
I used sparse mode on routed interface hops, between sites on WAN links.
I created MSDP peerings on the WAN end points so only one single stream across the WAN was sent to multiple end users,
Use of Anycast for RP redundancy.
Hope this helps
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06-24-2013 12:06 PM
Hi Bilal,
great to know that! I will come back to you on the network details. Did you work on OTT (over the top) implementation?
06-25-2013 12:01 AM
Hello, what do you mean by OTT? We're using Exterity IPTV devices at the headend where multicast is streamed, and the receivers are Exterity too.
The channels are using a multicast range, with one of the multicast address being used as the announcer of channels.
Are you going to multicast between sites or is this just for a particular building?
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06-25-2013 12:54 AM
Hi
PIMv2 / IGMPv2 are best from configuration ease & administrative control point of view. Rest depends, if you have some specific thing to accomplish in your IPTV multicast enviroment & on your topology.
Share the with us your design style, & might suggest you something better.
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