MMT: An Emerging MPEG Standard for Multimedia Delivery over the Internet

Content-centric networking promises more efficient distribution of data through in-network caching and the propagation of content through the network. This networking paradigm poses a number of challenges and new opportunities for more efficient multimedia delivery. The MPEG Media Transport (MMT) standard is being developed to address these needs with specifications for encapsulation, delivery, and signaling, which enable fine-grained content access with uniquely identifiable names for optimized content delivery.