Patent ID: 8832755
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting video, comprising: operating a Video-on-Demand transport network at an Internet Protocol (IP) layer on top of other layers; receiving a request for network-based content located in the Video-on-Demand transport network, the request comprising an IP address, wherein the Video-on-Demand transport network comprises a Video-on-Demand controller operating at the Internet Protocol layer, wherein the request comprises Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) multiplexing data; providing an Ethernet address responsive to the request for content from the Video-on-Demand controller, wherein the Ethernet address comprises the Ethernet address of the network-based content at an Ethernet layer, and wherein a pointer to the network-based content is changed from the IP address to the Ethernet address; accessing the network-based content over an access/aggregation network with the Ethernet address at the Ethernet layer; providing the network-based content using a unique EtherType field in Ethernet frames for the network-based content thereby encapsulating MPEG directly over Ethernet; and monitoring Ethernet to IP mapping at the Video-on-Demand Controller operating at the IP layer to gather Ethernet statistics of the providing step by the Video-on-Demand controller; wherein the network-based content is connected to the access/aggregation network via one of a layer two or layer one connection and the access/aggregation network is not IP-aware, the method thereby allowing the network-based content to be accessed through the Video-on-Demand controller via only the Ethernet address while the Video-on-Demand controller operates at the IP layer.