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15.7 VoD
Video-on-Demand (VoD )is based on Unicast technology. In order to communicate with the VoD network infrastructure,
subscribers need to support real-time streaming protocol (RTSP). RTSP is the most common network protocol used to
transport video over IP networks. It is a stateful protocol to establish and control media sessions between a media
server and client viewer. The transmission of audio/video stream is handled by the real-time transport protocol RTP.
Netprobe VoD connects as end-device to on-demand RTSP streaming server and emulates a client. The application
measure media streams parameters and offers efficient method of qualifying and troubleshooting VoD services.