Live Stream Fleet

The internet does not natively support IP multicast, which makes it difficult to efficiently distribute live streams to multiple destinations. Typically, this requires complex network configurations or unicast streams sent to each recipient individually, which increases bandwidth consumption and reduces efficiency. Without proper handling, sending multicast traffic over the internet is either impossible or requires costly infrastructure to recreate multicast streams at each endpoint.

Live Stream Fleet (lsfgateway) solves this problem by allowing you to input or output multicast or unicast streams at the network edges. The gateway transports only the UDP data content over the internet, which is much more efficient. At the destination, it recreates the necessary unicast or multicast IP packets, enabling multicast distribution without requiring multicast support across the entire internet path. This approach ensures that multicast streams can be handled effectively, reducing bandwidth usage and simplifying the delivery of live content.

When transporting data over the internet, ensuring the privacy and security of your content can be challenging. In many cases, data may be sent without sufficient encryption, leaving it vulnerable to interception or tampering by malicious actors. Without strong end-to-end encryption, sensitive information could be exposed during transmission, compromising data confidentiality and security.

Live Stream Fleet (lsfgateway) enhances data confidentiality by using WebRTC data channels secured with end-to-end TLS encryption. This ensures that all traffic between nodes is fully encrypted, protecting it from unauthorized access. With lsfgateway, you can confidently transport your content knowing that it is protected by strong encryption standards.

When streaming data over the internet, there is often no easy way to control the path your data takes. This lack of control can lead to disruptions if the primary path experiences issues, such as packet loss or network outages. Without proper redundancy, a single point of failure can interrupt the stream, making it difficult to ensure reliable, continuous delivery of content.

Live Stream Fleet (lsfgateway) provides the ability to manage and control the flow of your traffic over the internet. You can configure redundant paths, such as blue and red channels, ensuring that if one path fails, the other can seamlessly take over. By enabling these redundant flows, you can greatly enhance the reliability and resilience of your live streams, minimizing disruptions and ensuring continuous service.

Managing multiple networks often requires strict adherence to IP address ranges and careful coordination to avoid conflicts, particularly when using both private and public IP addresses. This can complicate network design and require frequent reconfigurations, especially when moving devices between different locations. Every time you relocate a node or change network segments, you have to adjust IP addresses, which can be tedious and time-consuming.

Live Stream Fleet (lsfgateway) removes the need to worry about IP addressing conflicts or complex network configurations. Since it isolates networks, you can freely use any IP range without worrying about clashes. Even more, lsfgateway allows you to use simple names instead of IP addresses to connect channels between nodes. This means that moving a node from one site to another is seamless, without the need to adjust IP addresses. Additionally, lsfgateway can recreate IP packets at the edges, enabling smooth transitions between private and public IPs or between IPv4 and IPv6, offering unmatched flexibility and ease of use in network management.

In typical network setups, there is often a direct connection between trusted and untrusted networks. This creates potential vulnerabilities, as untrusted traffic can pass through, increasing the risk of security breaches. Without effective isolation, malicious IP traffic could exploit these gaps, leaving critical systems exposed. Managing this manually can be complex and requires additional security measures to ensure that only the necessary traffic flows between networks.

Live Stream Fleet (lsfgateway) enhances network security by acting as a gateway node that creates an IP air-gap between trusted and untrusted networks. This means that no direct IP traffic passes between them. Only the specific UDP content within the channels is transmitted, while all other IP packets are automatically discarded. This approach effectively reduces the attack surface and provides strict control over network traffic, ensuring proper network segmentation. By isolating trusted networks from untrusted traffic, you improve overall security and streamline your network management.

Ensuring smooth and reliable data transmission is our top priority. The rate limit functionality plays a crucial role in this by controlling the amount of data sent over the internet. By setting predefined data thresholds, Live Stream Fleet Gateway solution prevent overwhelming your receiver’s network, safeguarding against potential floods that can disrupt your live streams. This ensures that your streaming experience remains consistent and high-quality, without the risk of network congestion or downtime. With LivestreamFleet’s rate limiting, you can confidently deliver your content, knowing that your data flows efficiently and securely every step of the way

Transporting data streams to multiple sites often requires multiple point-to-point connections, which means the same stream is sent multiple times. Since the internet does not support IP multicast natively, delivering live streams to multiple locations becomes inefficient and costly, especially when using unicast for each destination.

Live Stream Fleet (lsfgateway) changes this by enabling drop-and-continue of data. The stream is then delivered sequentially to the designated locations, optimizing bandwidth usage and eliminating the need for multicast-capable infrastructure. This approach reduces bandwidth costs and makes streaming more efficient, saving operational costs over time.