Table of Content 1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation 1.2 Background of IPTV Network Design 1.3 Project Goals 1.

4 Related Works 1.5 Project Outline 2. Basic Networking 2.1 Network topologies 2.2 Introduction of OSI model 2.3 IP / TCP model 3. IPTV Basics 2.4 What is IPTV? 2.5 Difference between IPTV and Internet TV 2.6 Types of IPTV Services 2.7 Advantages of IPTV Over Traditional TV 2.8 Basic IPTV network elements 2.8.1 video head end 2.8.2 Core network 2.8.3 Access network 2.8.4 Home network 2.9 Technologies for IPTV 2.9.1 Coding and Video compression 2.9.2 TV broadcast server 2.9.3 Video on Demand server 2.9.4 Auxiliary system 2.9.5 Set top boxes 2.9.5 Quality of services 4. Design of IPTV network 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Networking basics Core network design Access network design Quality of service design Traffic engineering Choosing video application components Proposed network topology and architecture

2.17 Cost analysis 5 Simulation Result 5.1 Performance metrics 5.1.3 Packet loss ratio 5.1.2 Packet delay 5.1.3 Throughput

6 conclusion and recommendation