Embedding source signature in multicast wireless video streams

We consider the problem of source authentication of video streams in multicast environments. We proposed a novel algorithm which combines signature amortization based on hash chains and watermarking to embed hash chains in the video stream. The algorithm exploits a novel watermarking procedure using Reed-Solomon mark encoding which ensures error-free and fast convergence mark extraction. We show that the algorithm has a negligible impact on the video stream quality and we evaluate the configuration parameters of the algorithm which ensure proper verification of the source authenticity.