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Efficient Multiplexing Scheme for IP Packets
over the Advanced Satellite Broadcasting System

Shuichi Aoki and Katsunori Aoki

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Abstract — Implementing an IP-friendly transport
mechanism in broadcasting systems would enable more
convenient multimedia broadcasting applications. The
overhead of current multiplexing methods for IP packets that
are based on MPEG-2 systems is large, and they are not well
suited for efficient transmission of IP packets. We developed
an efficient scheme for transporting IP packets over
broadcasting channels. The scheme includes compression of
IP header information, transmission control signals for listing
IP multicast group addresses, and a simple encapsulation.
This paper describes the multiplexing scheme and its
theoretical overhead. We conducted an experiment on a
prototype transmission system that shows our scheme’s
efficiency