Optical Network Technologies for Future Digital Cinema

Table 2

Summary of techniques and technologies for digital cinema content distribution.

Video data	Techniques and technologies	Data rate	Ref
HD/SHD	Data and control support, 10 G Ethernet, large TCP window, multiple TCP, traffic shaping, MPLS	<500 Mbps	[14–17]
4K	IP multicast, FEC, non-real time content distribution	500 Mbps–1 Gbps	[3, 18]
4K/3D, UHD	Lambda, OBS, OTDM, burst switching, jumbo frames, multiple channels	>1 Gbps	[19–23]