Next generation IPTV services and technologies / Gerard O'Driscoll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Driscoll, Gerard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet television.

Webcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (510 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Detailed coverage of the underlying technologies required to build an end-to-end IPTV system The television entertainment industry is currently experiencing a major transformation as broadband subscribers and improvements in compression techniques for digital video content continue to grow. This growth is fueling the demand for a new generation of technology professionals who will be responsible for implementing IP-based video services and digital home services around the world. Next Generation IPTV Services and Technologies explores key challenges associated with successfully managing the technical operation of an IPTV networking infrastructure and provides networking and IT specialists entering the IPTV sector with sound coverage of state-of-the-art technologies used to build end-to-end IPTV systems. Coverage includes: IPTV network distribution technologies IPTV real-time encoding and transportation Broadcasting linear programming over IPTV IPTV consumer devices IPTV conditional access and DRM systems Moving IPTV around the house Video-on-demand over IP delivery networks Additionally, this book examines IPTV technical subjects that are not included in any other single reference to date: Quality of Experience (QoE), techniques for speeding up IPTV channel changing times, IPTV CD software architecture, Whole Home Media Networking (WHMN), IP-based high-definition TV, interactive IPTV applications, and managing an IPTV network on a daily basis. With a focus on changing job tasks and knowledge requirements for professionals, Next Generation IPTV Services and Technologies enables telecom operators, wireless mobile providers, cable TV companies, media companies, broadcasters, video production companies, and Internet portal companies to meet the demands of designing, implementing, and supporting end-to-end IPTV systems. Complete with helpful flowcharts and engineering schematics, it also serves as an ideal supplemental text for graduate- and postgraduate-level networking and IP protocol courses.

Contents:

Dedications

Preface

Organizational and Topical Coverage

Who should read this book

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Foreword

Chapter 1. The Ultimate Viewing Experience

1.1 Defining IPTV

1.2 Differences between IPTV and Internet TV

1.3 Overview of an IPTV Networking Infrastructure

1.4 Key IPTV Applications and Services

1.5 Growth Drivers for IPTV

1.6 Market Data

1.7 Industry Initiatives to Standardize IPTV

1.8 Summary

Chapter 2. IPTV Network Distribution Technologies

2.1 'Last Mile' Broadband Distribution Network Types

2.2 IPTV over a Fiber Access Network

2.3 IPTV over an ADSL Network

2.4 Next Generation Cable TV Networks

2.5 IPTV over a Satellite Based Network

2.6 IPTV over Wireless Networks

2.7 IPTV over the Interne t

2.8 IPTV Backbone Technologies

2.9 Network Factors Associated with Deploying IPTV

2.10 Summary

Chapter 3. IPTV Real Time Encoding and Transportation

3.1 Introduction to Real-Time Encoding

3.2 Compression Methods

3.3 Packetizing and Encapsulating Video Content

3.4 Summary

Chapter 4. Broadcasting Linear Programming over IPTV

4.1 Underlying Video Components of an end-to-end IPTV System

4.2 Different Approaches to Streaming IPTV Content

4.3 Multicasting across an IPTV Network

4.4 IPTV Multicasting Networking Architecture

4.5 Multicasting IPTV Content across IPV6 Networks

4.6 Introduction to Channel Changing

4.7 Fundamentals of Channel Changing

4.8 Techniques for Speeding up IPTV Channel Changing Times

4.9 Discovering Channel Program Information

4.10 Time Shifting Multicast IPTV

4.11 Channel Changing Industry Initiatives

4.12 Summary

Chapter 5. IPTV Consumer Devices (IPTVCDs)

5.1 About Residential Gateways

5.2 RG Technology Architecture

5.3 RG Functionality

5.4 RG Industry Standards

5.5 Introduction to Digital Set-top Boxes

5.6 The Evolution of Digital Set-top Boxes

5.7 Categories of Digital Set-top Boxes.

5.8 Major Technological Trends for Digital Set-Top Boxes

5.9 IP Set-top Boxes Defined

5.10 Types of IP Set-top Boxes

5.11 Other Emerging IPTV Consumer Devices

5.12 Summary

Chapter 6. IPTVCD Software Architecture

6.1 What Makes an IPTVCD Tick?

6.2 Interactive TV Middleware Standards

6.3 Proprietary Middleware Solutions

6.4 Summary

Chapter 7. IPTV Conditional Access and DRM Systems

7.1 Introduction to IPTV Security

7.2 Defining IPTV CA Security Systems

7.3 CA Industry Initiatives

7.4 Introduction to Next Generation DRM Solutions

7.5 IPTV Intranet Protection

7.6 Summary

Chapter 8. Moving IPTV around the House

8.1 About Whole Home Media Networking (WHMN)

8.2 WHMN Enabling Technologies

8.3 Fast Ethernet & Gigabit Ethernet (GigE)

8.4 802.11n

8.5 HomePlug AV

8.6 UPA-DHS

8.7 HomePNA(Tm) 3.1

8.8 WHMN Middleware Software Standards

8.9 QoS and WHMN Applications

8.10 Summary

Chapter 9. Video-on-Demand (VoD) over IP Delivery Networks

9.1 History of Pay-Per-View

9.2 Understanding PPV

9.3 The Emergence of RF and IP Based VoD

9.4 Types of IP-VoD Services

9.5 Underlying Building Blocks of an end-to-end IP-VoD Infrastructure

9.6 Video Server Architectures

9.7 Integrating IP-VoD Applications with other IP based Services

9.8 Protecting IP-VoD Content

9.9 Summary

Chapter 10. IP Based High Definition TV

10.1 Overview of SDTV and HDTV Technologies

10.2 HDTV over IP Defined

10.3 An end-to-end IP HDTV System

10.4 Summary

Chapter 11. Interactive IPTV applications

11.1 The Evolution of iTV

11.2 About iTV

11.3 Interactive IPTV Applications

11.4 IPTV Program Related Interaction Applications

11.5 Deploying Interactive IPTV Applications

11.6 Accessibility to IPTV Services

11.7 Summary

Chapter 12. IPTV Network Administration

12.1 An Introduction to IPTV Network Administration

12.2 Supporting the IPTV Networking Management System (NMS)

12.3 Managing Installation, Service Problems, and Terminations.

12.4 Network Testing and Monitoring

12.5 Ensuring Service Availability and Managing Redundancy

12.6 IP Address Space Management

12.7 Routine IT and Network Administrative Tasks

12.8 Managing IPTV Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements

12.9 Monitoring the IPTV Subscriber Experience

12.10 Remotely Managing in-Home Digital Consumer Devices

12.11 Scheduling and Managing Delivery of Software Updates to IPTVCDs

12.12 Troubleshooting IPTV Problems

12.13 IPTV and Business Continuity Planning

12.14 Summary

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on PDF viewed 10/24/2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611221911

9781281221919

1281221910

9780470230299

0470230290

9780470230282

0470230282

OCLC:

212120962