Allocation of a stream descriptor for MPEG-2

[Gorry Fairhurst <gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk>]

Dear all,

The ipdvb WG of the IETF have developed a document that describes an Ultra
Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) mechanism for the transport of IPv4 and IPv6
Datagrams and other network protocol packets directly over the ISO MPEG-2
Transport Stream as TS Private Data.

This document has now been submitted to the Internet Engineering Steering
Group (IESG) with a request for publication as an IETF Standards Track
document in the RFC series.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi?command=view_id&dTag=1163
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At the ipdvb meeting on 7th March, the WG noted that the MPEG-2
specification requires conformant TS Multiplexes to provide Program Specific
Information (PSI) for each stream in the TS Multiplex. Other MPEG-2 based
transmission standards may also define Service Information (SI). This
information may allow Receivers and Re-multiplexors to locate a specific ULE
Stream (i.e., the PID value that carries a ULE Stream).

The WG therefore intends to apply for allocation of an appropriate code
point(s) (i.e. Descriptor / Identifier) from the relevant organisations that
co-ordinate the use of MPEG-2.

If you have experience of the procedure, or have any useful comments, or
would be willing to help develop text for an appropriate request, could you
please let me know.

Gorry Fairhurst
(ipdvb WG Chair)