The carousel cycle period generally determines the maximum time required for a receiver to acquire an application or specific datum.
It is possible to reduce the access time for commonly used files by broadcasting some data more often than others.
To be precise, a service domain is a group of related DSM-CC objects.
The specification provides support for a variety of communication models, including provision for interactive transport control of audio and video streams in a bi-directional environment such as a cable television video on demand system.
Files and directories are encapsulated in a DSM-CC object carousel in several layers.