[opendtv] Re: Simplify set-top-box software updates

The article is full of technical errors. One would think that a
datacasting software vendor would get their facts straight.

Cheers
Kon

On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 13:43 -0400, albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> This article makes the case that the only way to distribute STB software 
> updates efficiently in an IPTV network is to use IP Multicast. Which is to 
> say, not use TCP/IP-based applications like FTP or HTTP.
> 
> Interesting thing is, the arguments and the techniques hold equally for a 
> broadcast TV protocol, like cable TV and OTA TV. The solution in every case 
> is to make updates available in a one-way transfer, simultaneously to oodles 
> of boxes.
> 
> Bert
> 
> 
> http://www.digitaltvdesignline.com/shared/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=191800494



 
 
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