Can COTS Ethernet Switches Handle Uncompressed Video?
The carriage of real-time video over Ethernet networks promises significant benefits to the broadcast industry. But there has been some concern about whether commerical-off-the-shelf (COTS) Ethernet switches can meet broadcast quality of service (QoS) requirements. This paper describes the results of a range of static and dynamic tests of Ethernet switches using packet flows that are representative of uncompressed HD video, looking specifically at packet loss, packet reordering, latency, and packet delay variation (PDV). Flow test generators and analyzers include a new flexible FPGA architecture controlled using a RESTful API.
- Published
- 2014-10
- Content type
- Original Research
- Keywords
- Networked Media, 2022-6, Ethernet
- DOI
- 10.5594/M001543
- ISBN
- 978-1-61482-954-6
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