Video stream multicast over IPv6 networks.

摘要

Video stream multicast over IP networks is an essential technology for the Internet distance education. Also, it could be an attractive enhancement for the traditional face-to-face class on campus. This thesis proposes that IPv6, compared to currently used IPv4, is better IP protocol to deploy if video stream multicast is required in a typical campus network. Possible solutions are proposed to solve the problems in the deployment of IPv6 video stream multicast. Furthermore, one simple testbed is built to demonstrate video stream multicast over IPv6 networks. The tests include: video stream IPv6 multicast with and without QoS mechanism under different background traffic patterns, video stream IPv6 multicast with QoS mechanism under different background traffic patterns. Four parameters (bandwidth, packet loss, one-way delay, and jitter) for the performance of video transmission are estimated.