Mvr For Ipv4 - Planet Networking & Communication SGS-5240 Series User Manual

4.2.14 MVR For IPv4

The MVR feature enables multicast traffic forwarding on the Multicast VLANs.
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In a multicast television application, a PC or a network television or a set-top box can receive the multicast stream.
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Multiple set-top boxes or PCs can be connected to one subscriber port, which is a switch port configured as an MVR
receiver port. When a subscriber selects a channel, the set-top box or PC sends an IGMP/MLD report message to Switch
A to join the appropriate multicast group address.
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Uplink ports that send and receive multicast data to and from the multicast VLAN are called MVR source ports.
It is allowed to create at maximum 8 MVR VLANs with corresponding channel settings for each Multicast VLAN. There will be
totally at maximum 256 group addresses for channel settings.
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