Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT)
Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT) is often used by network operators to allow a large number of private IP addresses, and hence users, to reside behind a small number…
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Digital Rights Management
Digital Rights Management is the use of keys and certificates to authorize playback of a video stream to a specific user and/or device over IP streaming like OTT.
Read articleDigital Rights Management (DRM) [Security WG]
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the use of keys and certificates to authorize playback of a video stream to a specific user and/or device over IP streaming like…
Read articleDomain Name Server
A server that provides Domain Name Service (DNS) resolution. Primarily for mapping human-significant names to IP addresses. There are some other data/functions enabled by DNS as well.
Read articleGeo-Data for IPv6
There are many different approaches to associating attributes to an IP address and many different attributes that can apply. There are also several different approaches to delivering that…
Read articleInternet Protocol Television (IPTV)
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is TV delivered over Internet Protocol (IP) rather than using QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) over a wire or OTA (Over The Air).
Read articleInternet Speech Audio Codec
iSAC is a wideband speech codec, developed by Global IP Solutions (GIPS) (later acquired by Google) and is suitable for VoIP applications and streaming audio.
Read articleReal-time Transport Protocol
A protocol designed for delivering real-time audio and video over IP networks.
Read articleUnicast
Unicast delivery in IP networks involves a 1:1 data transmission scheme where one host or endpoint is communicating with one other host or endpoint exclusively. Contrast with broadcast…
Read articleUser Datagram Protocol (UDP)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the main transport protocols used in IP networks. It corresponds to Layer 4 in the OSI 7-layer model of the networking…
Read articleVirtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor
A virtual multichannel video programming distributor emulates the content offering of MVPD (cable or satellite TV provider) using IP infrastructure as the method of transmission. Examples include/included DirecTV…
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