IP Multicast is a bandwidth-efficient method for broadcasting data, in particular streaming audio and video, across a network. In this primer we’ll discuss how IP Multicasts works, its pros and cons, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The consolidation of the Internet Protocol as the foundation of most communications services has ...

Looking forward to a time when television is routinely delivered in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) or better, BBC R&D is investigating the distribution challenges this implies. The increasing scarcity of ...

The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum has added IP Multicast Authentication to the RIST Main Profile Specification (VSF TR-06-2). The upcoming TR-06-2:2022 will have a mechanism to ...

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, February 19, 2013 — Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. has improved its UDP/IP Hardware Stack IP core with customer-requested features that make it even more ...

In this article I explain how the Linux kernel manages multicast traffic and how it is possible to interact with it by simply patching some kernel code. Although this is a rather specific topic, it ...

Multicasting allows networked devices to send data to a group of machines without having to make multiple copies of that data. This allows for efficient communication between large numbers of devices, ...

Multicast switching isn’t the flashiest subject to talk about in a world rippling with high-speed technology developments, but it’s an important one that AV professionals would be remiss to overlook ...