ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2010
Beyond the Internet? - Innovations for
future networks and services
ITU IPTV Standardization
Activities
Masahito Kawamori
ITU-T IPTV-Global Standards Initiative
masahito.kawamori@ties.itu.int
Pune, India, 13 – 15 December 2010
ITU-T’s Work on IPTV
ITU-T has been spearheading the standardization in
IPTV
Focus Group on IPTV (2006-2007)
Responding to market demands for standard
First set of draft on Architecture, QoS, Security,
End-Systems and Multimedia Application
IPTV Global Standardization Initiative (GSI) (2008-)
Building on the work of Focus Group,
Coordinating all ITU-T’s IPTV related activities
Comprising Recommendations approved by 6
Study Groups, (SGs 9,11, 12,13,16,17)
Every two to three months
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IPTV and New Generation NW
IPTV is part of the new wave, and one of
the most highly visible services to emerge
as part of work on the next generation
network .
It can be seen as both the business case
and principal driver for accelerating
deployment of NGN.
IPTV subscriptions around the world will
reach 48.8 million this year (Gartner).
Need for Global Standard
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Standardized IPTV would mean
Lower cost
Wider Market
Better Quality of Service and
Experience
More consorted security
Open infrastructure
Innovation and new services
Standardized HTML gave us Web;
Standardized IPTV will give a new
Internet
Standard IPTV Service
Deployment of ITU-T compliant
products will enable service providers
to offer value added services like
traditional (linear) TV, video on
demand (VoD) and interactive TV
over IP-based managed networks
such as NGN.
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ITU-T IPTV Standards will
Facilitate a market where service
providers, whether traditional
broadcasters, ISPs or telecoms service
providers, control over their platforms and
their offerings.
Encourage innovation, help mask the
complexity of services, guarantee QoS,
ensure interoperability and ultimately help
players remain competitive.
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IPTV at ITU
Defined as “multimedia services, such as
Television; Video; Audio; Text; Graphics; Data,
delivered over IP based networks managed to
provide the required level of QoS/QoE, security,
interactivity and reliability”.
3 Models of IPTV Architecture are defined (Y.1910)
Non-NGN IPTV
NGN without IMS IPTV
NGN with IMS IPTV
Enables a Progressive Migration
Promotes competition and innovation
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IPTV Value Chain
ITU-T IPTV Standards cover all IPTV Value
Chain
End to End Solution
Interact
with
content
Discover
and
acquire
service
End-user
Deliver Content
Network
Provider
Service
Provider
Monitor and
Manage service
Announce
and
advertise
service
Content
Provider
Content
Provisioning
“Questions” in IPTV-GSI (1)
Multimedia
Q13/16:Multimedia application platforms and end syste
ms for IPTV
Q21/16:Multimedia Architecture
QoE/QoS:
Q13/12: QoE/QoS performance requirements and asses
sment methods for multimedia including IPTV
Network Architecture and NGN
Q1/13:Coordination and planning
Q3/13:Requirements and implementation scenarios for
emerging services in NGN
Q4/13:Requirements and framework for QoS for NGN
Q5/13:Principles and functional architecture for NGN
Q12/13:Evolution towards integrated multi-service net
works and interworking
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“Questions” in IPTV-GSI (2)
Security
Q7/17:Secure Communication Services
Signaling Protocols
Q1/11:Network signaling and control functional
architectures in emerging NGN environments
Secondary Distribution
Q4/9:API for advanced cable television and soun
d program distribution within the scope of SG9
Q8/9:Voice and video IP applications over cable t
elevision networks
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IPTV Services discussed in ITU-T
Linear (Channel Service) Broadcast TV
Audio services
Video On Demand (VOD)
Karaoke
Gaming
E-government
Public Services (billboards, disaster Alert, traffic
news, etc)
E-publishing (e-Books, Newspaper)
E-commerce (banking, etc.)
E-Learning (distance learning)
E-Health (telemedicine, tele-healthcare)
Private and Community Broadcasting (sharing
videos)
Photo albums (sharing photos with your friends)
TV yellow pages
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… and much more
Characteristics of ITU-T IPTV
End-to-End Solution
Not to “reinvent the wheels” -- Use
existing standards as much as possible
Practical approach for faster deployment
and for meeting industry demands
Close collaboration with other SDOs,
broadcasters, and CE manufacturers
Conformance and Interop tests installed
Truly interoperable global standard
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ITU-T Liaisons on IPTV
To ensure interoperability and quality of standards, ITU-T IPTV is working
with many SDOs
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Current Status
The set of Recommendations for “Basic IPTV
Service” ready
Provides TV service as well as VOD and Interactivity
Published as “ITU-T IPTV Handbook”
To incorporate other SDOs work as well
Advanced features actively discussed
Audience Measurement
3D
Internet sourced Content
Conformance and Interoperability
Interoperability events conducted
Conformance and Interoperability tested
Conformance Recommendations drafted
Implementation Guidelines worked on
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Recommended Areas
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Architecture, Network and General Requirements:
(Y.1910 and Y.1901)
Quality of Service and Experience
(G.1080 series)
Multimedia and Interactive Application
(H.264, H.760 series)
IPTV Terminal Devices (STB, TV set, Mobile)
H.720 series
Metadata and Service Discovery
(H.750 and H.770)
Home-network : H.622.1
Protocols: Q.3010
Security: X.1191
Overview of ITU-T Recommendations for IPTV
Application and End System
Home Network
H.622.1: Req & Arch for
IPTV Home NW
Y.2007: NGN Capability Set 2
Y.sup5 IPTV Service use cases
Y.sup7 NGN Release 2 Scope
Y.1910 IPTV Functional Arch
H.750: Metadata for IPTV Services
H.721: IPTV-Terminal (Basic)
H.770 : IPTV Service discovery
H.761: Ginga-NCL
H.740: Application Event Handling
H.762: LIME
Quality of Experience
H.701: Content Error-Recovery
G.1080: IPTV QoE
Y.1901 IPTV Service Requirements
G.1081: Performance Monitoring
Architecture, Requirement, Network
Security and Content Protection
X.1911 Req & arch for IPTV security
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IPTV Services discussed in ITU-T
Linear (Channel Service) Broadcast TV
Audio services
Video On Demand (VOD)
Karaoke
Gaming
E-government
Public Services (billboards, disaster Alert, traffic
news, etc)
E-publishing (e-Books, Newspaper)
E-commerce (banking, etc.)
E-Learning (distance learning)
E-Health (telemedicine, tele-healthcare)
Private and Community Broadcasting (sharing
videos)
Photo albums (sharing photos with your friends)
TV yellow pages
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… and much more
T-Commerce with IPTV
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Purchasing Wine on IPTV
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© Tohoku Shinsha, Hakuhodo DY Media partners
Fixed/Mobile Converged IPTV
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Public Info Board on IPTV
(Bus traffic Info)
Check the route on the map
Traffic condition of the bus routes
Length of the Waiting queues (how long you would
have to wait.)
Signals your bus is arriving just 5 min. before the bus
comes
E-health Apps
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E-Health
LIME app does
obtains health data and
shows it on TV
Allows the user to send
the data to the doctor
via e-mail
Receives the reply
from the doctor to
show his professional
advice on the TV
screen
Clinics Watch
Widget
showing the
monitored
picture of
various
Clinics, with
updates a
few minutes
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© I2R, NTT
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Private and “SOHO” Broadcasting
Local community broadcasting and VOD service
can be provided very easily with IPTV
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ITU-T H.721 IPTV Terminals
Terminals based on ITU-T H.721 are available in the retail market
Customer can buy a TV or PC at a shop, connect to NW, and receive an
IPTV service
Conformance Tests ongoing to ensure conformance and interoperability
STB
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TV set
PC
Standard Managed “Connected TV”
H.721 terminals
support managed
“connected TV”.
Multiple RSPs can
provide managed
IPTV services on
any of these
standardized
terminals
(H.721).
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Back of REGZA for H.721;ether cable is directly connected
Adoption and Deployment
UK’s DTG (Digital TV Group) has adopted ITU-T
Y.1910 as its Connected TV Architecture
ITU-T H.264 widely adopted and used as IPTV
video content format
The following have been implemented and
deployed over 4 million terminals (STB, TV, PC),
and sold in market.
ITU-T
ITU-T
ITU-T
ITU-T
ITU-T
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H.721
H.701
H.762
H.770
H.750
(Terminal Device)
(error recovery),
(Interactive Framework LIME),
(service discovery)
(metadata)
Interop Events
First Successful Interop event held in Geneva,
July 2010.
Second, also successful, Interop held in
Singapore (Sept. 2010)
Third one in Pune, India in December 2010
At Sinhgad Technical Education Society Narhe
Campus
Co-organized by TechMahindra
Showcasing on 16-17
Workshop on 17, inviting representatives from
major players in the IPTV ecosystem – Telco,
Broadcasters, Content Creators, Solution
providers, Integrators,
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Interop Events
Companies like Cisco, Mitsubishi, NEC,NTT, OKI,
Panasonic, Sumitomo tested products conformant to
ITU-T Recommendations and showcased their
solutions
Attracting many participants from many countries
from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Americas
Many international organizations – e.g. EBU, WHO,
WIPO – supported the events
Much global interest expected through ITU’s
collaboration with EBU, WHO, WIPO
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Interop event for IPTV in Geneva
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Conclusion
ITU standards will encourage innovation,
ensure interoperability and ultimately help
players remain competitive.
Enables innovation on Next Generation
Networks
Some ITU IPTV Standards (e.g. H.721) are
already implemented and deployed
Interoperability events took place in 2010
ITU standards are truly global, open
standards deployed for horizontal market.
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Thank you!
For more information
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsi/iptv/
http://www.itu.int/interop
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