Section Packing - Comtech EF Data MR-S2 Installation And Operation Manual

Digicast Media Router S2 Receiver CMR-5975 (MR-S2)
IP Routing Support
B.3

Section Packing

Section packing is a technique utilized to provide more optimal utilization of the MPEG-2
transport stream (TS) packet structure. When section packing is not used, each TS packet
(containing the MPE section) can carry no more than a single section. This often results in wasted
payload capacity when the sections are less than 184 bytes.
The section packing feature allows more
than a single MPE section to be carried
by an MPEG-2 TS packet, thereby
minimizing wasted payload capacity.
In the case of a large MPE section that
spans multiple MPEG-2 packets, the
ending of an MPE section may occur in
the middle of an MPEG-2 packet. In
this instance, with section packing, a
new MPE section begins immediately
after the first MPE section has finished
without any 'fill' (wasted) bytes having
to be inserted before the start of the next
MPEG-2 packet.
Figure B-1. Multicast Mapping (IP to MAC)
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Figure B-2. Section Packing
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