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Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
+
+.. _net:
+
+######################
+Digital TV Network API
+######################
+
+The Digital TV net device controls the mapping of data packages that are part
+of a transport stream to be mapped into a virtual network interface,
+visible through the standard Linux network protocol stack.
+
+Currently, two encapsulations are supported:
+
+-  `Multi Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_Encapsulation>`__
+
+-  `Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_Lightweight_Encapsulation>`__
+
+In order to create the Linux virtual network interfaces, an application
+needs to tell to the Kernel what are the PIDs and the encapsulation
+types that are present on the transport stream. This is done through
+``/dev/dvb/adapter?/net?`` device node. The data will be available via
+virtual ``dvb?_?`` network interfaces, and will be controlled/routed via
+the standard ip tools (like ip, route, netstat, ifconfig, etc).
+
+Data types and and ioctl definitions are defined via ``linux/dvb/net.h``
+header.
+
+
+.. _net_fcalls:
+
+Digital TV net Function Calls
+#############################
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 1
+
+    net-types
+    net-add-if
+    net-remove-if
+    net-get-if