IPTV - 18/06/05

IPTV: According to the latest Heavy Reading report, "IPTV and the Future of Telecom Video Networks.", IPTV is strongly impacting the access network. Needing to handle a lot of traffic and a big number of users, the aggregation part is becoming the key element in the IPTV architecture. Two important pieces are mandatory: an Ethernet aggregation box, with Layer3 functions, to collect traffic from DSLAMs, and an IP edge router, with full Layer 3 routing and multicasting as well as subscriber management functions, to aggregate the aggregation boxes.