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 What is IPTV
 IPTV Requirements
 Network Architecture
 IPTV Components
 Key IPTV Technologies
 IPTV Security
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Applications
 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.”
◦ ITU focus group on IPTV
 Use Access Networks to reach clients, not
general internet links
 IPTV is not audio/video through the
internet
 Internet TV IPTV
Transport Use general internet Use dedicated, private
network

Geographical Reach Can be access from Limited by service

anywhere in the globe provider
Service quality Not guaranteed Guarantees high
quality audio and
video
Access Mechanism A PC with media Set-Top-Box most of
player the time
Content Generation Use own content Provided by existing
TV broadcasters
 More control over service for user
◦ What to watch and when to watch
 More interactive
 Better Quality
◦ DVD quality video, CD quality music
 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 Content Content Content
Production Aggregation Delivery Reproduction

Program TV IPTV Service End User

TV Sets
Production Stations Providers

 IPTV Content Delivery:

◦ TV Head End
◦ IPTV Middleware
◦ VOD Systems
◦ Media Content Protection Systems (DRM)
◦ IP STB
 Bandwidth for access link
◦ 4 Mbps per channel for SDTV
◦ HDTV: 20 Mbps per channel
◦ VoD:
 Quality of Experience (QoE) – Step beyond QoS

QoE
Low downtime,
QoS maintenance intervals
Low delay, jitter and channel change
and packet loss time
 Bandwidth requirements for streaming
◦ High bandwidth continuously
◦ Last mile is the problem
◦ DSL originally employed for burst (web) traffic, Not
support MPEG-2
◦ Need to compress the video streams
 Reducing channel change time
◦ Due to multicasting it takes time
 Providing VoD
◦ Need to unicast messages
MPEG-4 / H.264
RTSP

RTP

UDP TCP

IP IGMP

XDSL, Metro Ethernet, ATM

  Acquiring video from different sources
 Video Encoding
 VoD delivering
 Content security
◦ Conditional Access System (CAS)
◦ Digital Rights Management (DRM)
 EPG Server
 OBSS – Subscriber management system MPEG
Encoder

MPEG
Encoder IPTV
CAS DRM Delivery
Live TV Media
Streamer Network

VoD Server OBSS

 High speed data network
 Technologies used:
◦ ATM and SONET/SDH
◦ IP and MPLS
◦ Metro Ethernet
 CAS – protect the contentTVfrom
Signal illegal use
CAS

ECM
TV Set-Top
generator Multiplexer distribution Box
network (decryption)
OBSS
EMM
generator

Call Transaction data

collector
 Smart card based CA system
 DRM – Protection against theft and piracy of
digital media content

Digital
REL Key DRM Client
water Encryption
Application generation module
marks
Provide other non-television services such
as multimedia or interactivity
Content remains in the network, and only
the content the customer selects is sent
into the customer’s home.
More Interactive that allows viewers to
search for content by title or actor’s name
just like channel surf without leaving the
program they’re watching using EPG.
 Parental controls can be set so that their
child can watch a documentary for a school
report, while they’re away from home.
 As IPTV uses standard networking
protocols, it promises lower costs for
operators and lower prices for users.
 Programs can be recorded and stored in STB
for future watchable purpose.
 Robust and scalable service delivery.
 Because IPTV uses Internet Protocol, it is sensitive
to packet loss and delays if the streamed data is
unreliable. Also exist some problems of delays
when the user decides to switch the channel.

 If the IPTV connection is not fast enough, picture

break-up or loss may occur

 Because of its high latency Satellite Internet Access

is not ideal for IPTV. This is due to the long
distance the data has to travel from the sender, to
the satellite and then back to earth. A cable or DSL
internet connection is more suitable for IPTV.
 TV set become a all in one box
◦ Replace the PC for entertainment (Limit it for
programming, documenting)
◦ Everything (e-mail reading, FB, answering calls)
from TV remote controller
 "IPTV Standardization on Track Say Industry
Experts". ITU-T Newslog. 27 October 2006.
Retrieved 17 January 2012.
 "ATIS IPTV Exploratory Group Report and
Recommendation to the TOPS Council" (PDF).
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry
Solutions. July 2006. Retrieved 17 January
2012.
 Cisco – Summary of Acquisitions Archived 21
August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.