IPTV and ASM

Thu Dec 29 00:02:04 UTC 2011

Isn't source discovery and efficiency a big concern for ASM?  If individual
streams are tied to a specific source then it's possible to live without
some of the overhead involved in ASM.  Joins go straight to the source,
traffic is disseminated via direct paths instead of being replicated by the
RP, etc etc..

Disclaimer: Other than being a lab rat I haven't done much with multicast
in the wild.

2011/12/29 Jeff Tantsura <jeff.tantsura at ericsson.com>

> Mike,
>
> To my knowledge in most today's networks even if legacy equipment don't
> support IGMPv3 most likely 1st hop router does static translation and SSM
> upstream.
> The reason not to migrate to SSM is usually - ASM is already there and
> works just fine :)
> Cost to support RP infrastructure is usually the main non-technical factor
> to not to use ASM.
> Would be interested to hear from the SPs on the list.
>
> Regards,
> Jeff
>
> On Dec 28, 2011, at 2:19 PM, "Mike McBride" <mmcbride7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Marshall,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Marshall Eubanks
> > <marshall.eubanks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Dear Mike;
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Mike McBride <mmcbride7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Anyone using ASM (versus SSM) for IPTV? If so why?
> >>>
> >>
> >> From what I understand, the answer is likely to be "yes" and the
> >> reason is likely to be "deployed equipment only
> >> supports IGMP v2."
> >
> > Agreed. I'm seeking confirmation, from IPTV implementers, that non
> > igmpv3 support is the reason for using ASM with IPTV. Versus other
> > reasons such as reducing state. Or is this a non issue and everyone is
> > using SSM with IPTV?
> >
> > thanks,
> > mike
> >
> >> Regards
> >> Marshall
> >>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> mike
> >>>
> >
>
>
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