IPTV Technology
IPTV Technology
IPTV Technology
25 May 2010
What is IPTV IPTV Services IPTV Requirements Network Architecture IPTV Components Key IPTV Technologies IPTV Security Future 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 quality of service and experience, security, interactivity and reliability.
Use Access Networks to reach clients, not general internet links IPTV is not audio/video through the internet
Internet TV
Transport Use general internet
IPTV
Use dedicated, private network Limited by service provider Guarantees high quality audio and video Set-Top-Box most of the time Provided by existing TV broadcasters
Basic and Premium Television Interactive TV / Two way communication HDTV Video on Demand Time shifted TV Instant Messaging TV Telephony Gaming and Betting on Demand Web and e-mail
Personalization Convergence Single device to watch TV, surf web and video calling
PC is not attractive due to lower picture quality, cost and boot time
Content Production
Content Aggregation
Content Delivery
Content Reproduction
Program Production
TV Stations
TV Sets
End User
Providing VoD
Need to unicast messages
Home Network
IP Core Network
RTSP
TCP IGMP
Acquiring video from different sources Video Encoding VoD delivering Content security EPG Server OBSS Subscriber management system
Conditional Access System (CAS) Digital Rights Management (DRM)
MPEG Encoder
MPEG Encoder
Live TV
Media Streamer
CAS DRM
VoD Server
OBSS
From IPTV Data Center to the subscriber 1. Fiber 2. DSL 3. Cable TV 4. Satellite 5. Wireless Broadband 6. Internet
Series1, 11.00%
FTTH, 0,
Series1, Other, 0, 2.00% DSL Cable modem FTTH Other Series1, DSL, 1, 65.00%
Series1, Cable
modem, 0, 22.00%
Middleware A distributed operating system to connect IPTV components Runs on IPTV servers and IP-STBs Integrates with VOD system, Headend, CA/DRM, STB and the network End-to-end configuration User management Interactive services Provides channel/package and program together with pay TV solutions Links the electronic program guide (EPG) with the content Acts as a boot server for the STB and ensures that all STBs run compatible software
IPTV hardware and software infra-structure at customer premises Runs the IPTV middleware at client side Decrypt the scrambled video stream Video decoding Produce composite (analog) video output Program navigation with EPG PVR
Hardware drivers and media codec Operating system and network stack IPTV Client TCP/IP Stack TV browser Various plug-ins
Multiplexer
OBSS
TV distribution network
EMM generator
Call collector
Transaction data
REL Application
Key generation
Encryption
Node A
Node B
Video Encoding
Improvement in compression to reduce BW requirement