Network Technologies ASI-IP-GTW User Manual

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1.1.1.34 UDP Mode 
To allow interoperability with legacy equipment, the ASI-IP-GTW can 
stream video over IP without using the RTP protocol encapsulation. 
This is also called UDP mode or UDP only. UDP mode is manually 
configured on the transmitting ASI-IP-GTW unit, and automatically 
detected on the receiving ASI-IP-GTW. 
Note: FEC relies on information in the RTP protocol, and will not be 
available in UDP mode. FEC is explained in 5.4.1. 
 
5.4  Data Flow Block Diagrams 
The following figure shows the data flow between two ASI-IP-GTW over 
an IP network. 
 
Figure 35. Data flow between two units 
5.4.1 Forward Error Correction (FEC) 
Unfortunately, real networks are not perfect and packet losses occur. In 
order to cope with packet losses, the ASI-IP-GTW has implemented Pro-
MPEG FEC according to Pro-MPEG Code of Practice #3 rev. 2. Pro-
MPEG FEC is carried out on RTP packets. The mechanism is based on 
the insertion of additional data containing the result of an XOR 
(exclusive OR)-operation of packets over a time window. 
The generation of FEC packets is based on the use of a matrix. The 
matrix size is defined by the number of columns (L) and the number of 
rows (D). The FEC packets are calculated as an XOR operation over the 
packets in a column and the packets in a row. Figure 36 shows an 
example of the FEC scheme. Three packets are lost and corrected.