All things related to multicast

["Marshall Eubanks" <>]

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 00:21:23 +0800
 "Zhu Nan" 
<>
 wrote:
> Dear Sir,

We are doing streaming, not VOD. We are doing MPEG-4
tests from

http://www.multicasttech.com/otv

and will have broadcast pubically soon from

http://www.on-the-i.tv

I do not really have any direct connection with Digital
Fountain.

Regards
Marshall Eubanks


> 
>     I've visited your website and have seen the
> description of the product Streaming Fountain. It's
> interesting. You made it right that what I meant is a
> cyclic-multicast to make a near-VOD. And the streaming
> fountain seems to be a well-developped product.So I have
> a question, can you give me some examples of large-scale
> video service where the streaming fountain is used, or
> some data of test cases to show the large-scale
> capability of the product is also OK.
> 
>     And, are there any products of the same capability?
> 
>     I now wonder, the powerful video service using
> multicast tech can be so attractive, but why there are so
> few such VOD service with multicast support ? Can I have
> the reason as the not-so-wide deployment of multicast?
> Then. if multicast is all over deployed in future, will
> it be used soon into the VOD system ?
> 
>     Thanks for your guide.
> 
> --
> Zhu Nan
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Network Research Center of Tsinghua University
> China Education and Research Network(CERNET) Center
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> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marshall Eubanks" 
> <>
> To: "Zhu Nan" 
> <>
> Cc: 
> <>;
>  "Greg Shepherd"
> <>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Any periodic broadcasting in practice now on
> Internet?
> 
> 
> > Dear Zhu;
> > 
> >    We have continual broadcasting of audio and video
> multicasts on the
> > Internet. Is that what you mean by
> > periodic ? Or do you mean a cyclic multicast of a loop
> to emulate video
> > on demand ? Digital Fountain has such a product, and
> Greg Shepard was
> > running a test of it from Oregon. I am not sure if it
> is up, but I am
> > sure he can tell you about it.
> > 
> > Test your network for multicast :
> > http://www.multicasttech.com/mt/
> > 
> > Our streams :
> > Audio - On-the-I.com
> > MPEG-4 video  - www.multicasttech.com/otv
> > 
> > Digital Fountain :
> > http://www.digitalfountain.com/
> > 
> > Greg is cc'ed above.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> >                                  Regards
> >                                  Marshall Eubanks
> > 
> > 
> > Zhu Nan wrote:
> > 
> > >     Hi all, are there any periodic broadcasting
> service on the Internet ,and it can provide Near-VOD
> video service in practice ?  Can you give me some
> examples ? or just prototype is also OK.
> > > 
> > >     I know to deploy periodic broadcasting in a local
> network is easy. but how about running on a wider network
> such as Internet, across AS? the same easy?
> > > 
> > >     There are some periodic broadcast schemes such as
> Pyramid, Skyscraper and GDB... with fully analysis and
> discuss. But are there any such system in practice?
> > > 
> > >     I know there are lots broadcasting system in real
> time works, but I hear no periodic broadcasting example
> with Near-VOD service. Tell me some.  Thank you.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > T.M. Eubanks
> > Multicast Technologies, Inc
> > 10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 410
> > Fairfax, Virginia 22030
> > Phone : 703-293-9624       Fax     : 703-293-9609
> > e-mail : 
> > 
> > http://www.multicasttech.com
> > 
> >  Status of Multicast on the Web  :
> >  http://www.multicasttech.com/status/index.html
> > 
> >