Currently, there are retransmission timeout expirations during transmission.
During the simulation TN loss ratio is 20%and71%1% of all sent RLC PDUs are retransmissions, which results in much lower throughput.
"Going forward, we will be seeking retransmission dollars from our distributors," said Murdoch.
"The answer to these challenges is not retransmission fees.
"I think it showed how serious Fox was about retransmission," he added.
However, none of the existing packet dropping schemes for loss rate differentiation considered an important issue, that is, the retransmission overhead of dropped packets.
While the four-year-old Hulu, a joint venture of the parents of Fox, ABC, NBC and the investment firm Providence Equity Partners, is profitable, retransmission agreements with big distributors are much more profitable for the networks.
Another important parameter is total retransmission attempt.
If there is no retransmission, then λ=1.
Though the subject has only recently taken center stage, CBS has been pursuing retransmission cash since it split from cable giant Viacom in 2006.
