Multicast ABR, DVB-S2X, GSE, Time Slicing: Enabling Cost Effective Delivery Of Live Video Streams Via Satellite

By Christophe Trolet, TeamCast and Jérémy Desmauts, Broadpeak

Many satellites are used to provide infrastructure for live broadcasting to large geographical areas. However, the bandwidth resources are expensive and unfit for delivering unicast content, which requires resources that grow linearly with the number of users, making the use of satellites seem an impractical solution. This, however, is not true with the latest satellite transmission progress (DVB-S2X and its ingredients) and a multicast approach. This white paper explains how satellites may be used to deliver live content to a wide range of connected devices in a way that is transparent to the existing components through the use of to Broadpeak’s technologies and TeamCast’s up-to-date features of satellite products. Download the full article for more in-depth information and two detailed examples: satellite multicast distribution and satellite multicast contribution.