Performance assessment of IP traffic over ATSC interactive datacasting systems

Author

Li, Wei ; Liu, Hong ; Gagnon, Gilles

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

51

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

62

Abstract

The analysis of IP (UDP and TCP) traffic performance over terrestrial ATSC DTV channels is carried out in this work. A testbed to study the performance of a DTV datacasting system was designed and developed for this purpose. The system characterization measurements are defined to suit the performance assessment of IP data transmission over ATSC DTV channels. Different scenarios of IP data transmission subject to channel noise and traffic load are investigated. Results obtained from these tests offer valuable information for broadcasters who intend to implement IP data broadcasting services over ATSC DTV systems, such as in the planning process of data services over ATSC DTV infrastructures.

Keywords

IP networks; data communication; digital television; noise; telecommunication channels; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; ATSC interactive datacasting system; Advanced Television Systems Committee; IP data broadcasting service; IP data transmission; IP traffic; channel noise; digital television; terrestrial ATSC DTV channel; Content management; Data communication; Digital TV; Digital multimedia broadcasting; HDTV; Multimedia systems; Performance analysis; System testing; TV broadcasting; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2005.1405699

Filename

1405699