Can COTS Ethernet Switches Handle Uncompressed Video?

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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: 124, No. 2, pp. 21–28
Abstract: The carriage of realtime video over Ethernet networks promises significant benefits to the broadcast industry. But there has been some concern about whether commercial-off-the-shelf Ethernet switches can meet broadcast quality of service requirements. This paper describes the results of a range of static and dynamic tests of Ethernet switches using packet flows that are representative of uncompressed high-definition video encapsulated in SMPTE 2022-6, looking specifically at packet loss, packet reordering, latency, and packet delay variation. Flow test generators and analyzers include a new flexible field-programmable gate array architecture, controlled using a RESTful application programming interface.
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18513
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18513
Author(s): Thomas Edwards
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Thomas Edwards, Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. Thomas Edwards is vice president, engineering & development at Fox Networks Engineering & Operations, where he has worked on advanced technology projects such as mobile DTV, 3D, and the Fox network satellite distribution system. Before joining Fox in 2007, he was senior manager, interconnection engineering for the PBS Interconnection Replacement Office, where he was responsible for the engineering planning of the PBS Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS). He has also had significant experience with streaming media production and delivery at the Internet service provider DIGEX and the IP-over-satellite company Cidera. Edwards has contributed to the Report of the SMPTE Task Force on 3D to the Home, the NAB Engineering Handbook, and the SMPTE/EBU/VSF Joint Task Force on Networked Media. He holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, and is a member of IEEE and SMPTE.
Brian Keane
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Brian Keane is director of engineering at Aperi Corp. Since co-founding Aperi in 2013, he has architected Aperi's “FPGA in the cloud” initiative. His interests and focus include function virtualization, broadcast media in Ethernet environments, packet processing and cloud APIs. He holds an electrical engineering degree from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Copyright: © 2015 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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