Protocols engineering of IP/MPLS networks are constantly improving with new separated features and new resilience mechanisms. In the transportation of audiovisual signals domain we must compose with multicast protocols which are designed from other scientific developments. This audiovisual traffic due to his non springy nature presents a very huge sensitivity to network recovery after a failure and these effects can be amplified by end devices (encoding, decoding and MPEG IP encapsulation). In this way when we choose between engineering solutions the unique criterion of availability is not enough, we must complete by an impact analysis on the service made by the network resilience technics. In this paper, we propose a first approach to analyze the behavior of different protocols engineering to improve selection. We propose using Bayesian networks to compare performance on different criteria and we will illustrate with two engineering models. The results focus on a real improvement of availability by choosing the adapted engineering solution.

In Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Quality of Experience (QoE) provides two major performance indicators that are availability and continuity of service. As a consequence, network robustness has become a major concern for network operators. TDF operates a traditional transport network for video and audio transport through multicast. Any failure on the network causes a recovery time implying loss and an impact in the content viewing. This illustrate that service continuity is a direct consequence of network availability. This work aims to propose a Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture [1] in which a central controller uses its knowledge of the performance and bandwidth allocation to compute redundant disjoint multicast trees. Two maximally independent trees carrying the same stream over the network are deployed. When a failure occurs, at least one of the trees is still active, eliminating any discontinuity on the content viewing. This paper is focused on the Path Computation Element (PCE), which is based on previous works and the Suurballe-Tarjan algorithm [2]. Two algorithms are presented in this paper, which both fulfill the requirement of the architecture.

In content delivery network, Quality of Experience (QoE) provides two major performance indicators that are availability and continuity of service. As a consequence, network robustness has become a major concern for network operators. TDF operates a traditional transport network for video and audio transport. Any failure on the network causes a recovery time implying loss and an impact in the content viewing. This illustrate that service continuity is a direct consequence of network availability. This work aims to propose a Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture [1] in which the controller uses its knowledge of the performance and bandwidth allocation to compute redundant disjoint paths. Two maximally linkindependent paths carrying the same stream over the network are deployed. When a failure occurs, at least one of the paths is still active, eliminating any discontinuity on the content viewing. This paper is focused on the Path Computation Element, which is based on Suurballe-Tarjan algorithm [2].

High speed cable/ADSL connections are rapidly becoming the standard for Internet at home. Conversely, mobile network operators only offer low bit rate data services to their 2.5G users, and 3G only starts to be deployed. In this context, the cooperation between a mobile telecommunication network and a broadcast network can be a suitable alternative to enhance this offer with high speed e-mail, web browsing, file download. This paper presents a network architecture based on the coupling of a GPRS up-link with a DVB-T down-link, to provide Internet connectivity for unicast and multicast services. We first study the asymmetric network and show the issues raised by the return channel. After description and comparison between two network architectures, one with TCP and the other with SCTP protocol, we analyze, using simulations, how to modify the SCTP protocol to increase the GPRS/DVB-T hybrid network performances. Finally, we describe simulation model of network architecture, and evaluate its performances.

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