1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Implementation of the DiffServ-based multicast gateway

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344763,
        author={Yong Jiang and Yanling  Li},
        title={Implementation of the DiffServ-based multicast gateway},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2007},
        month={4},
        keywords={DiffServ layered media multicast QoS},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344763}
    }
    
  • Yong Jiang
    Yanling Li
    Year: 2007
    Implementation of the DiffServ-based multicast gateway
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344763
Yong Jiang1,2,*, Yanling Li1,2
  • 1: Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University
  • 2: 518055 Shenzhen, P.R.China
*Contact email: jiangy@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

There exists a wide variety of video multicast applications that often requires QoS. This paper presents a DiffServ-based multicast media gateway for adaptive video applications in DiffServ multicasting. It restricts data to be distributed using a limited number of multicast addresses (channels). To guarantee QoS and scalability, the proportional fairness scheduling strategy is proposed for layered media flows to determine the approximate QoS parameters. In order to differentiate traffic with different QoS within a multicast channel, a small number of undefined DS codepoints (DSCP) are reserved for marking packets, and dynamic associations between DSCPs and service types are maintained in output ports of routers. The proposed PFS strategy has been experimentally tested on several layered-video streams. The experimental results of the DiffServ-based multicast gateway system on DiffServ networks also reveal the capability for dynamic bandwidth adjustment in various networking situations.