If the IETF can tolerate and support IP over Carrier-Pidgin work, then surly they can tolerate and support IP over MPEG-2 Transport. Besides, anyone that wants to avoid the subject is perfectly free to do so. And, in the meantime, IP penetrates yet another unreachable segment. "Period" -- Full Stop...\Stef >I was passed your details, and thought it you may be interested >in the following. We are very keen to make this an open discussion, >and would like as many contributors as possible - even if it should >ultimately prove to be a venture which is undertaken outside >of this group. > >If you have any questions, do email me, or join the list (see below). > >Best wishes, > >Gorry Fairhurst > >---- > > >Invitation to join a discussion list. > > >This email describes a discussion list which will develop a framework >for efficient transport of IPv4 and IPv6 Datagrams over ISO MPEG-2 >Transport Streams (TS). The MPEG-2 TS has been widely accepted not >only for providing digital TV services, but also as a subnetwork >technology for building IP networks. One example is the Digital >Video Broadcast (DVB), specified by standards published by the >European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). > >The mailing list intends to produce a sreis of IP-related documents. >These are likely to also be suited other similar MPEG-2 based >transmission systems (e.g., the Advanced Television Systems >Committee (ATSC) system). > >General information is at: > >http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/ip-dvb/ > >The current ID's issued by this group are: > >http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-clausen-ipdvb-enc-00.txt >http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-fair-ipdvb-req-00.txt > >You are invited to join this list, which hopes soon to hold >an IETF BoF on this subject. > >The email list (ip-dvb@erg.abdn.ac.uk) is currently closed >and therefore to particpate you must first join, by sending: > >"subscribe ip-dvb" > >in the BODY part of an email to: > >"majordomo@erg.abdn.ac.uk" > >(Don't type the quotes!) The subject field is not used. > >This is a public mailing list for technical discussions only. Messages >sent to the mailing list will be readable by all members. Users of the >mailing list should not post company confidential information to this >address. > >---------- > >Gorry Fairhurst >University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.