ATIS releases multicast-based content distribution standard

ATIS' Cloud Services Forum (CSF) has released the CDN Interconnection Use Cases and Requirements for Multicast-Based Content Distribution (ATIS-0200004) standards document. This ATIS standard provides a description of multicast as a means for distributing content across two CDN providers. It identifies the types of content suitable for multicast and, for these content types, describes the utilities of multicast use over Unicast Cache distribution methods. It also describes various Multicast configurations that can be deployed for distribution over multiple CDN Provider domains. The standard develops use cases and requirements to enable Multicast content delivery and generic lifecycle interactions to support multicast between pairs of CDN providers as part of a federation. These requirements define the multicast methods for distribution of increasingly popular content types such as real-time streaming and live content from IPTV. Until 15 March, this document will be available at no charge through the ATIS Document Center.