Claims
- 1. A method of distributing data to a transport stream comprising at least one service, said method comprising:
receiving a data packet comprising a network destination address; determining a network address from said destination address; identifying said transport stream by said network destination address; forwarding said data packet for use in said transport stream based upon said network destination address.
- 2. The method as described in claim 1 wherein said receiving said data packet comprises receiving an IP data packet.
- 3. The method as described in claim 1 wherein said forwarding said data packet for use in said transport stream comprises forwarding said data packet for use in a service of said transport stream, said service comprising MPEG data.
- 4. The method as described in claim 1 and further comprising:
identifying said transport stream by said network address.
- 5. A method of distributing data, said method comprising:
receiving a data packet comprising a network address; providing a transport stream; determining that said data packet should be routed to said transport stream based upon said network address of said data packet.
- 6. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said determining that said data packet should be routed to said transport stream comprises:
utilizing said network address to map said data packet to said transport stream.
- 7. The method as described in claim 5 and further comprising:
routing said data packet to said transport stream after said determining that said data packet should be routed to said transport stream.
- 8. The method as described in claim 7 and further comprising:
utilizing a routing table to route said data packet to said transport stream.
- 9. The method as described in claim 5 and wherein said receiving a data packet comprises:
receiving a broadcast data packet from a broadcast transmission.
- 10. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said receiving a data packet comprises:
receiving a singlecast data packet from a singlecast transmission.
- 11. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said receiving a data packet comprises:
receiving an IP data packet.
- 12. The method as described in claim 11 wherein said IP data packet comprises a data packet configured according to version 4 of the internet layer protocol.
- 13. The method as described in claim 11 wherein said IP data packet comprises a data packet configured according to version 6 of the internal layer protocol.
- 14. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said receiving a data packet comprises:
receiving a UDP data packet.
- 15. The method as described in claim 5 and further comprising:
receiving mask information to perform an adjacency test with said network address of said data packet.
- 16. The method as described in claim 15 and further comprising:
utilizing said mask with said network address so as to obtain a filtered network address.
- 17. The method as described in claim 16 and further comprising:
routing said data packet to said transport stream based upon said filtered network address.
- 18. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said transport stream comprises a PID stream and further comprising:
designating said PID stream as a network device.
- 19. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said transport stream is associated with a network mask and further comprising:
utilizing said network mask and said network address of said data packet to route said data packet to a PID of said transport stream.
- 20. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said transport stream comprises a PID and further comprising:
designating said PID with an address so as to be a subnetwork address of said network address.
- 21. The method as described in claim 5 wherein said receiving a data packet comprises receiving an IP data packet and wherein said providing a transport stream comprises providing a broadband transport stream.
- 22. The method as described in claim 5 and further comprising:
routing said data packet to a default gateway.
- 23. A method of routing data, said method comprising:
providing an IP datagram having an IP destination address; providing a transport stream comprising an MPEG PID stream; designating said MPEG PID stream with said IP destination address; routing said IP datagram to said MPEG PID stream based upon said IP destination address.
- 24. The method as described in claim 23 and further comprising:
mapping said IP datagram to said MPEG PID stream based upon said IP destination address.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/375,171 filed on Apr. 23, 2002 entitled “Method and Apparatus for Identifying Data,” which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60375171 |
Apr 2002 |
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