Important notes multicast

Multicast groups uniqueness

The multicast group uniqueness is defined from its multicast address only, i.e. the port number is not used in defining a unique multicast group. This implies that 224.1.1.1:10001 and 224.1.1.1:10002 belongs to the same multicast group. This means that both streams will reach the KreaTV IP-STB when joining one of them. The streams accessed through 224.1.1.1:10000 and 224.1.1.2:10000 respectively however belong to different multicast groups and will not generate extra overhead when joining one of them.

This is applicable to both Infocast channels and channels used for streaming audio and video.

Note! To minimise network load and CPU consumption of the KreaTV IP-STB there shall be one unique multicast group for each channel.