Introduction to IPTV,,

Technology, Standards &

S t
Systems
Nguyen Chan Hung
RDLAB – FET
Hanoi University of Technology
 Outline
► Introduction to IPTV
ƒ IPTV Applications
ƒ Enabling Technologies
► Architectureof IPTV
► IMS
IMS-
S-based IPTV
► IPTV Standards – OpenIPTV
► Research Issues & Challenges
► Conclusion

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 Introduction to IPTV

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 IPTV : Applications
pp
► Digital Broadcast TV
► Video on Demand
► Personal Media channel (PMC)
► Network based p
private video
recorder (NPVR)
► Web
Web-- based training
► Addressable advertising
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 Enabling
g Technologies
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► Content Protection
ƒ DRM (Digital Right Management)
► Codecs:
ƒ Video MPEG
MPEG--2,MPEG
2,MPEG--4, H264, VC-
VC-1
ƒ Audio MPEG
MPEG--2 AAC, MPEG
MPEG--4
► Transport
ƒ RTP / RTCP
ƒ UDP
ƒ IGMPv3
► I t
Interactive
ti C Control
t l
ƒ RTSP
► Access Networks
ƒ xDSL
ƒ HFC
ƒ FTTH
ƒ WiFi/WiMax
ƒ 3G

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 IPTV ARCHITECTURE

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 IPTV : Operational
p Setup
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 IPTV : Reception
p Mechanism

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 IPTV OVER DSL

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 IPTV OVER FIBRE

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 IPTV platform
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 IPTV p
platform (2)
( )
► Integrated Receiver Devices (IRDs)
ƒ These digital devices are used to receive video assets from a number of
different types of networks ranging from satellite links to dedicated video
circuits and microwave links.
► Real-Time Encoders
Real-
► Broadcast TV Streaming Server(s)
► An IP Transcoding System
► Operational and Business Support System (OBSS) Æ Process
information
ƒ Subscribers name and address
ƒ Billing and payment details
ƒ IPTV multicast programs required
ƒ IP--VoD assets required
IP
ƒ Network bandwidth usage required to provide a new service
ƒ IP address allocation for a new service
ƒ Subscribers desired time for installation and provisioning of new services
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 IPTV p
platform (3
(3)
► OBSS functionalities:
ƒ Generating provisioning requests to the IPTV engineering and installation groups.
ƒ Gathering usage information associated with particular types of IPTV services.
ƒ Monitoring the status of provisioning requests and update accordingly.
ƒ Storing a database of hardware and software resources owned or leased by the service
provider.
ƒ Monitoring and managing residential gateways connected over the broadband network to
the IPTV data center.
center
ƒ Managing and supporting content providers.
ƒ Managing customer accounts, profiles, and invoicing.
ƒ Providing a self
self--service system, which allow subscribers to order new products via a Web
site.
ƒ Providing an Internet based Web portal that allows IPTV end users to access information
that will help
► IPTV CRM System
► IPTV Security System
► IP Video on Demand (VoD
(VoD)) Application Servers
ƒ VoD Server Cluster & Software
► IPTV Headend Middleware and Application Servers

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 IPTV p
platform (4)
( )
► A Network Time Server
ƒ IPTV data centers typically use a network time server to allow
synchronization between network components.
components
► IP Switching Infrastructure
► A Distribution Router
► IP Distribution Network
ƒ (1) The IP core is responsible for aggregating all the IP video
content in addition to other types of traffic in a triple-
triple-play
environment.
ƒ (2) The access or last mile part of the system uses a mix of
technologies such as DSL and WiMAX to bring requested services
to the IPTV end user.
► IPTVCDs
ƒ An abbreviation for IPTV consumer device, an IPTVCD is defined
as a hardware device that typically terminates an IPTV connection.
Examples of IPTVCDs include media center PCs, game consoles,
residential
id ti l gateways,
t and
d IP digital
di it l set-
sett-top
t b boxes.

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 IMS--based IPTV
IMS
► Reasons for using an IMS core: ƒ Centralized user profiles
ƒ Core service network that is shared between applications
i d
independent
d t off access ƒ Architecture
h designed
d d for
f
technology scalability and redundancy
ƒ Same application and service is
ƒ Common solution to achieve
available from any access
method or device quality of service
ƒ Ability to migrate and deploy ƒ Flexible charging for
across fixed and mobile users multimedia and combined
ƒ Standards allow scalable services.
se ces
deployment of new services ► For interactive features like
ƒ Evolution to combined services voting by short message
for enhanced user experience service (SMS) for a watched
(
(presence, messaging,
i address
dd IPTV program,
program IMS will
book) allow service providers to
unify billing as part of a
ƒ Security is built in — identity
triple play bundled service.
management, authentication,
authorization, and service ƒ Common
C provisioning
i i i
access
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 IPTV Evolution

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 IMS basics

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 IMS Basics

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 IMS--IPTV Arch
IMS

► IMS Core in IPTV Architecture

ƒ Terms: WS = Web Services; ESG = Electronics Service Guide
ƒ IAP = IPTV application platform
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 STB registration
g Seq
q Diagram
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 Suscription
p to IPTV Service

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 IPTV Standards
► DVB OVER IP NETWORKS
ƒ Digital Video Broadcasting — Internet Protocol Infrastructure (DVB-IPI) [5]
provides a set of technical specifications that cover the delivery of DVB
MPEG-2-based services over bidirectional IP networks, including
specifications of the transport encapsulation of MPEG-2 services over IP
and the protocols to access such services. Another important issue is the
specification of the service discovery and selection (SDS) mechanism for
DVB MPEG
MPEG-2-2 based
b d audio/video
di / id (A/V) services
i over bidirectional
bidi i l IP
networks to define the service discovery information, its data format, and
the protocols.
► ITU-T FG IPTV
ƒ ITU-T Focus Group IPTV [6] evaluates IPTV regarding various issues such
as services, architecture, IPTV middleware, security, and so on. It is
expected that IPTV will be included in the next ITU-T NGN
recommendations.
► ETSI TISPAN IPTV
ƒ In TISPAN NGN R2, several specifications address IPTV regarding service
requirements and architectures with a non-IMS IPTV subsystem, as well as
IMS-based IPTV.

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 IPTV Standards
► ATIS IPTV INTEROPERABILITY FORUM
ƒ The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) initiated the IPTV
Interoperability
p y Forum ((IIF)) that develops
p standards to enable the
interoperability, interconnection, and implementation of IPTV systems and services,
including video-on-demand and interactive TV services. The ATIS analyzes within
the IIF initiative several important aspects of IPTV and defines the IPTV logical
domains, IPTV reference architectures (IMS- and non-IMS-based IPTV and their
coexistence)) [10],
[ ], content deliveryy concepts
p with quality
q y of experience,
p , digital
g rights
g
management (DRM) requirements, and interoperability standards, as well as testing
requirements for the components, reliability, and robustness of service components.
► 3GPP MBMS
ƒ 3GPP specifies multimedia multicast/broadcast service (MBMS) specifications
[11] mainly to define an efficient way to deliver and control multicast and broadcast
services over 3G networks. MBMSs are limited at this moment to mobile TV channel
bandwidth, which is usually up to 200 kb/s. The advantage of MBMS in comparison
with DVB-handheld (DVB-H) is that the same IP-based common infrastructure is
used as for 3G data services.
► OMA BCAST
ƒ The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) introduces the concept of the mobile broadcast
services enabler to address functional issues that are generic enough to be common
to many broadcast services and that can be defined and implemented in a bearer-
independent way.

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 OpenIPTV Scope & Interfaces

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 Scope
p of OITF – managed
g model

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 Scope
p of OITF – Unmanaged
g model

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 OITF Architecture

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 Research Issues & Challenges
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► IMS & IPTV integration, architecture
► SOA,
SOA Service
S i Compositions
C iti
► Multicast for IPTV Apps
► QoE enhancement
h
► IPTV Security
ƒ Content Security, DRM
ƒ Network Security
► P2PIPTV
ƒ P2P Streaming
ƒ P2P VoD
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 Conclusion
► IPTV is the convergence of Media, Internet
and Telecom Industries,
Industries leading to the
future ubiquitous environment
► IPTV system is highly complex
► The combination of IMS and IPTV create the
great possibility of new third party value-
value-
added services
► IPTV standards are still ongoing process
► IPTV open a mass number of research
topics in academia.
academia
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