Multicast RTSP vs Unicast: Managing Enterprise Video Bandwidth
Prevent core switch saturation using IGMP snooping and multicast RTP video distribution.
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#1Multicast Bandwidth Advantage
With Unicast, 50 viewing stations watching a 5 Mbps camera consume 250 Mbps of uplink bandwidth. With Multicast, the camera transmits 5 Mbps once, and the network switch replicates packets only to subscribed ports.
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