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Author: Jason Thibeault

HTTP Redirect

URL redirection, also known as URL forwarding, is a technique to give more than one URL address to a resource. HTTP has a special kind of response, called a HTTP redirect, for this operation.

Internet Group Management Protocol

Internet Group Management Protocol allows receivers to indicate their interest to join (or leave) an IPv4 multicast traffic distribution group. IGMP is typically used for IPTV live broadcast (one-to-many distribution across the core network to STBs).

Ingest

Retrieval of content into the distribution chain from a content source.

Internet 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.

Key Rotation

Method consisting in changing regularly the secret key used to encrypt the content to improve security.

Last Mile

The component of the distribution network that happens between the Internet Service Provider and the viewer’s playback device. It is the final stretch of a network that connects to the end user.

Latency

Network definition: Latency describes the time required to transmit data or to communicate between two parties. In data networking, it corresponds to the one-way delay between two points (contrasted with the round-trip time (RTT)). Application definition: The term latency has been used to describe the degree of delay added from . . . Read more