Análisis de la tecnología multicast VPN en redes MPLS para la transmisión de servicios de video streaming.

Abstract

The growth of users who use video streaming services worldwide every day has meant that the way in which this type of content is handled by each of the providers of said services needs to be updated and optimized so that the inconveniences to time of consumption of streaming video services are minimal, therefore, the objective of this research was to analyze multicast VPN technology in MPLS networks for the transmission of streaming video services. The implemented methodology had a quantitative approach. An experimental scenario was simulated in which the operation of the Multicast VPN profiles is evaluated and how each one of them acts with the types of multicasts and unicast transmission between 2 clients and 2 servers. Through this technology, it was possible to determine that, prior to analyzing each of the MVPN profiles, it is necessary to carry out bandwidth tests that allow verifying the throughput of the network. Subsequently, unicast and multicast transmission results were obtained with the Ostinato and VLC Media Player tools. By using Multicast VPN technology, the client can benefit from a more efficient, secure and scalable transmission of streaming content, which is especially important if information needs to be transmitted to a geographically dispersed audience. In this context, it is concluded that MVPN profiles allow optimizing the sending of multicast and unicast traffic. It is also concluded that the MPLS encapsulation offered by some MVPN profiles offers greater efficiency when transmitting streaming video services.