Principles of Low-Latency Mediacentric Network Architectures

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 123, No. 3, pp. 41–48
Abstract: With the move to Internet protocol (IP) networks, the desire to produce low-latency, high-throughput networks has increased in recent years. But low latency and high throughput do not necessarily go hand in hand. There is somewhat of an inverse relationship between the two, although latency plays a critical role in transmission control protocol (TCP)/IP throughput. Microbursts, buffer and queue management, and poor software design all play significant roles in increasing latency. This paper discusses the key design principles for the creation of low-latency, high-throughput IP networks for realtime mediacentric applications.
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18396XY
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18396XY
Author(s): Thomas Kernen
bio
Thomas Kernen is a consulting systems engineer working for the office of the chief technology officer in Cisco's European Enterprise Networking Team. His main area of focus is defining video architectures and transmission solutions for content providers, broadcasters, telecom operators and IPTV service providers. Kernen is a member of the IEEE Communications and Broadcast Societies, and SMPTE. He is an active contributor within the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Project, SMPTE committees and various European Broadcasting Union (EBU) groups.
Steven Posick
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Steven Posick is associate director, enterprise software development at ESPN. He is a veteran senior systems architect, designer, developer, and security professional, with more than 23 years of experience in information technology and a ten-year focus on Media: Identity, Management, and Control. His responsibilities have included the management of production workflow application development, broadcast control systems, broadcast system security, and the development of open standards. — Posick has participated in several SMPTE committees as an ad hoc group chair and/or document editor, including the recently published SMPTE standard for Media Device Control over Internet Protocol Networks (SMPTE ST2071), the Archive eXchange Format, and the Study Group on Media Production System Network Architectures.
Copyright: © 2014 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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