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Prospects for software defined networking and network function virtualization in media and broadcast

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Publication date27/10/2015
Host publicationAnnual Technical Conference and Exhibition, SMPTE 2015
Place of PublicationHollywood, California
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages21
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition - California, Hollywood, United States
Duration: 26/10/201529/01/2016

Conference

Conference2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHollywood
Period26/10/1529/01/16

Conference

Conference2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHollywood
Period26/10/1529/01/16

Abstract

Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provide an alluring vision of how to transform broadcast, contribution and content distribution networks. In our laboratory we assembled a multi-vendor, multi-layer media network environment that used SDN controllers and NFV-based applications to schedule, coordinate, and control media flows across broadcast and contribution network infrastructure. — This paper will share our experiences of investigating, designing and experimenting in order to build the next generation broadcast and contribution network. We will describe our experience of dynamic workflow automation of high-bandwidth broadcast and media services across multi-layered optical network environment using SDN-based technologies for programmatic forwarding plane control and orchestration of key network functions hosted on virtual machines. Finally, we will outline the prospects for the future of how packet and optical technologies might continue to scale to support the transport of increasingly growing broadcast media.