Video Networking
Wes Simpson can be reached at
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Wasting Bandwidth
by Wes Simpson, 11.03.2008
The time is coming when carriers and broadcasters who operate their own networks must recognize that they need to be more efficient with their video traffic, particularly if they are going to keep price levels down for these More...
The Wide World of Video-Over-IP
by Wes Simpson, 08.06.2008
Today, television viewers are spoiled for choice. Even on basic cable, we have a dozen or more broadcast channels to choose from, and 50 more choices for an increased monthly fee. But that’s nothing compared to the huge variety More...
P2P File Sharing
by Wes Simpson, 05.14.2008
Peer-to-Peer file sharing is an exciting technology for delivering big content files to users who are distributed around a network. More...
Multicasting Over IP Networks
by Wes Simpson, 03.05.2008
Multicasting is a powerful tool for IP networking—it allows a single source to deliver programming to multiple destinations simultaneously. More...
Alternatives to TCP
by Wes Simpson, 01.09.2008
In this column, we’ll take a look at some of the new technologies that are available to supplement or replace TCP in order to better support transfers of large media files over IP networks. More...
In Praise of Uncompressed Video
by Wes Simpson, 09.05.2007
Now that standardization work has begun in the Video Services Forum for high bit-rate video transport service interoperability, it’s a good time to review why uncompressed video transport makes sense not only for SD signals, but More...
Can the Internet Handle Broadcast TV?
by Wes Simpson, 07.11.2007
With all of the hype surrounding the migration of video services to IP networks, an issue that often gets overlooked is whether or not there is enough capacity on the Internet backbones to handle the increased load. More...
Correcting IP Network Errors With FEC
by Wes Simpson, 05.02.2007
Error detection and correction technologies are crucial. More...
Anticipating Errors In IP Networks
by Wes Simpson, 03.07.2007
Errors happen. That's a fact for any kind of network, whether optical, electrical or wireless. More...
What's Wrong With Network DVRs?
by Wes Simpson, 01.10.2007
Many people are familiar with digital video recorders in either a set-top box from their cable or satellite TV provider, or as a standalone TiVo-style box. More...
IPTV: A Success Story From Europe
by Wes Simpson, 11.01.2006
IPTV was a hot topic at IBC this year, and for good reason: service providers are rapidly rolling out IPTV services to consumers all across the continent. More...