ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Given the complexity of the subject at hand, it does not take a genius to predict the fact that this endeavor would not have been possible without able guidance of certain individuals who have helped us in our project work in several stages and in making our report a success. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all. Firstly, I would like to record my deep sense of gratitude towards our Principal Mr. M.B. Raju Sir for his concern and co operation. I am thankful to Mr. J.Sasi Kiran Sir, Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering for his whole hearted support and continuous encouragement by providing all the necessary facilities. I profusely thank my internal guide, Venkata Ramana sir, for being as a constant source of my inspiration in making this report successful. I express our gratitude to our beloved faculty members of the department of Computer Science and Engineering for standing by me throughout the report work by providing me all the technical support needed for the completion of the technical report. Last but not least I would like to express my sincere thanks to all our friends and our parents for their moral support and constant encouragement.

SINCERELY, CH.DINESH 09E21A0516

ABSTRACT

Technology has been evolving since 1995. Set-top boxes and other video building blocks have started following a Moore-like law in terms of cost versus capacity driven by digitization and increasing use of IP and Ethernet. Interoperability between the video building blocks has also accelerated over recent years, resulting in more attractive return-on-investment (ROI) models. The media industry is now seriously considering broadband as another distribution channel. And with recent deployments of Ethernet- and IP-based technologies on the access and aggregation side, together with cost-effective optical transport, service providers are now seriously reconsidering the viability of video over broadband.

Over the last few years, video over broadband in its various forms has been associated with the hype around convergence. Content digitization, new Broadband technologies and the promise of ubiquitous broadband access triggered high expectations in the media and telecommunications industries.

In spite of numerous lab and field trials (in Europe almost every telecom operator tested video over broadband) and impressive media industry consolidations, there have been no commercial launches of video over broadband services until very recently. Several factors can explain the gap between market expectations and the first deployment of video services, from business and legal challenges to technical challenges.

Video applicationsespecially a complex mix of broadcast and video ondemand (VoD), as well as the emergence of high-definitiondrive the need for large amounts of asymmetrical bandwidth and increase the need for intelligent video service admission control and video component resource management.

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Short form ADSL API CG CPI EPG FTTH GSM GUI IPTV SIM VoD

Abbreviation Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line CAM - Conditional Access Module Content Guide Content Provider Interface Electronic Program Guide Fiber to the Home Global System for Mobiles Graphical User Interface Internet Protocol Television Subscriber Identity Module Video on Demand

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LIST OF FIGURES

S.No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

FIGURE NAME IPTV Network Elements IPTV Triple Play IPTV Triple Play Network Design IPTV Network Architecture Segmentation of IPTV Network IPTV Home Network IPTV Traffic Queuing IPTV PVR Operation

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INDEX S.NO CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF FIGURES INTRODUCTION BROADBAND AS VIDEO DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL BANDWIDTH IS THE KEY IPTVS IMPACT THE IPTV NETWORK ELEMENTS 5.1. The Service Provider Core/Edge Network 5.2. The Access Network 5.3. The Home Network 5.4. Middleware: The IPTV Enabler 5.5 IPTV Video on Demand (VoD) IPTV TRIPLE PLAY SERVICE TRIPLE PLAY NETWORK DESIGN & DIMENSIONING IPTV NETWORK ARCHITECTURE IPTV/IP Video Traffic and the Queue IPTV SERVICES 10.1 IPTV Linear/Broadcast TV 10.2IPTV Video on Demand (VOD) 10.3 IPTV Audio services SUPPLEMENTARY FEATURES OF IPTV SERVICES 11.1Subtitles and captions 11.2Multilanguage audio tracks 11.2.1Trick mode functionality 11.2.2Interactive TV (iTV) 11.3Customer originated video/audio 11.4Communication/Messaging
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11.5Interactive Program Guide (IPG) 11.6 PiP (Picture in picture) IPTV SERVICES USAGE RECEIVE CALLER ID ON SCREEN BIBLOGRAPHY

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