An Overview of IPTV
Standards Development
Chih-Hsiang Chou
Advisor: Prof Dr. Ho-Ting Wu
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering,
National Taipei University of Technology
Taiwan, ROC.
Data:12/05/29
Outline
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IPTV Introduction
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IPTV Standards Development Organizations
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DVB
ETSI TISPAN
ITU-T
OIPF
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Conclusion
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References
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IPTV Introduction
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IPTV is defined as multimedia services such as
television/video/audio/text/graphics/data
delivered over IP based networks managed to
provide the required level of quality of service
and experience, security, interactivity and
reliability.
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IPTV Introduction
IPTV features
 Support for interactive TV
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Time shifting
Personalization
Low bandwidth requirements
Accessible on multiple devices
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IPTV Introduction
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IPTV Introduction
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IPTV Introduction
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IPTV Introduction
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IPTV Introduction
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The interface to the access network is
generally common, but there are
significant variations on how the other
components are structured and behave.
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In a setting where even subtle variations
on protocols or data formats can be a
barrier to interoperability.
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IPTV Standards Development
Organizations
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Digital Video Broadcasting(DVB)
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European Telecommunications Standards
Institute Telecommunications and Internet
converged Services and Protocols for
Advanced Networking(ETSI TISPAN)
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International Telecommunications Union—
Telecommunication Standardization Sector
(ITU-T)
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Open IPTV Forum (OIPF)
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DVB
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DVB released DVB-IPTV 1.4 handbook in
2008.
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The goal of the handbook is to specify
technologies on the interface between an
IP network and a Home Network End
Device (HNED).
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DVB
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DVB
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DVB
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ETSI TISPAN
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ETSI TISPAN was chartered in 2004 to
standardize Fixed NGN, working alongside
3GPP which concentrated on mobile NGN.
 TISPAN
has published NGN R2 in June
2008. There are two variants of IPTV in
TISPAN R2 (and also in R3): Dedicated
IPTV and IMS-Based IPTV.
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ETSI TISPAN
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ETSI TISPAN
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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ITU-T responsible for fostering
cooperative standards for
telecommunications equipment and
systems.
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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Definition of IPTV: “IPTV is 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.”
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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IPTV Domains: Four IPTV domains are
identified including content provider,
service provider, network provider and
end user.
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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IPTV Architectural Approaches: Three
IPTV architecture approaches are
identified that enable service providers to
deliver IPTV services:
 Non-NGN IPTV functional architecture (NonNGN IPTV),
 NGN-based non-IMS IPTV functional
architecture (NGN-Non-IMS IPTV),
 NGN IMS-based IPTV functional architecture
(NGN-IMS-IPTV).
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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IPTV Functional Architecture: Functions
and functional blocks described in this
clause are common to all architectural
approaches.
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ITU-T IPTV Focus Group and GSI
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OIPF
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The objective to specify a common and
open end-to-end solution for supplying a
variety of IPTV and internet multimedia
services.
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OIPF
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Conclusion
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The pursuit of a single IPTV standard may have
failed.
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With so many available standards, vendors and
operators will need to make hard choices.
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References
[1] Julien Maisonneuve, Muriel Deschanel, Juergen
Heiles, Wei Li, Hong Liu, Randy Sharpe, and Yiyan
Wu. “An Overview of IPTV Standards Development”,
IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 55, No. 2,
pp. 315-328, 2009.
[2] "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Transport of
MPEG-2 TS Based DVB Services over IP Based
Networks“, ETSI TS 102 034, Ver 1.4.1.
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