ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual
Unicast: Point-to-point connection, i.e. the "opposite" of multicast which is one to many (or many to many). In this mode, a transmit unit sends video data direct to a unique destination address.
VLAN: Virtual LAN, a network of units that behave as if they are connected to the same wire even though they may actually be physically located on different segments of a LAN.
Watermarking: A mechanism to "stamp" video content with unique marks, making it possible to trace the origins of illegaly distributed content. The marks are invisible for the viewer.
XML: eXtensible Markup Language. A very common self-describing
text-based data format. Used for many purposes: Meta-data, configuration files, documents, etc. The readability of the format has made it very popular and is now the fundament for many types of WEB services.
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