
Digicast Media Router S2 Receiver CMR-5975 (MR-S2) Revision 3
Introduction MN-CMR5975-IOM
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1.6 Terminology
The following table defines the acronyms referred to throughout this manual:
Table 1-2. Referenced Acronyms
Acronym Definition
ASI
Asynchronous Serial Interface
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
CEFD
Comtech EF Data
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting
DVB-S
Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite
DVB-S2
Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite (Second Generation)
EBU
European Broadcasting Union
ETS
European Telecommunications Standard
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
HyperText Transport Protocol
IANA
Internet Assigned Number Authority
IGMP
Internet Gateway Messaging Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol
IRD
Integrated Receiver Decoder
LAN
Local Area Network
MAC
Media Access Control
Mbps
Mega bits per second
MIB
Management Information Base
MPE
Multi-Protocol Encapsulation
MPEG
Moving Pictures Expert Group
MPEGTS
Moving Pictures Expert Group Transport System
MR
Media Router
Msps
Megasymbol per second. A symbol is equivalent to 1 Hz of occupied
bandwidth on a satellite (i.e., 34 Msps would be a satellite carrier
occupying 34 MHz of bandwidth).
MUX
Multiplexer
PAT
Program Association Table
The PAT lists PIDs for all PMTs in the stream.
PID
Packet Identifier
PMT
Program Map Table
Program Map Tables contain information about programs. The
PMTs describe which PIDs contain data relevant to the program.
PMTs also provide metadata about the streams in their constituent
PIDs.