Introducing mobile multimedia – the technologies, digital rights management and everything else you need to know for delivering cost efficient multimedia to mobile terminals Efficiency and cost effectiveness within multimedia delivery is fast becoming a hot topic in wireless communications, with mobile operators competing to offer inexpensive, reliable services. The selection of an appropriate technology and matching it with the offered mix of services will be essential to achieve the market success.
Multimedia Broadcasting and Multicasting in Mobile Networks discusses multimedia services, introducing the potentials and limitations of the multicasting and broadcasting technologies. The authors address the key points related to the deployment of the technology including digital rights management issues, particularly important in terms of the large, business scale deployment of multimedia services and business models. The book discusses the early trials and deployment of Internet Protocol Datacasting (IPDC) and Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) and offers an introduction to multicasting in wireless cellular networks.
Multimedia Broadcasting and Multicasting in Mobile Networks:
- Offers a tutorial introduction to multicasting in wireless cellular networks
- Provides an overview of the current technologies that deliver mobile multimedia, weighing of the potentials and limitations of various solutions
- Includes the early trials and deployment of Internet Protocol Datacasting (IPDC) and Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS)
- Details Digital Rights Management (DRM), MediaFLO, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), Terrestrial Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB-T) and others
- Contains business models, trials and user feedback
This book provides mobile operators, graduate engineers, network designers and strategists in mobile engineering with a thorough understanding of mobile multimedia and its impact on the telecommunications industry. Undergraduate and postgraduate students studying telecommunications will also find this book of interest.
Author(s): Grzegorz Iwacz, Andrzej Jajszczyk, Michal Zajaczkowski
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 206
Multimedia Broadcasting and Multicasting in Mobile Networks......Page 3
Contents......Page 9
About the Authors......Page 13
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 15
List of Figures......Page 21
List of Tables......Page 25
1 Introduction......Page 27
References......Page 30
2 Multicast......Page 31
2.1 The Idea of Multicast......Page 33
2.2 Justifying the Cost of Multicast......Page 35
2.3 Drawbacks of Multicast......Page 39
2.4 IP Multicast......Page 42
2.4.1 IP Multicast Networking Procedure......Page 44
2.4.2 Mobility of Users......Page 47
References......Page 48
3 Internet Protocol Datacasting......Page 49
3.1 System Architecture......Page 51
3.2 Digital Video Broadcasting......Page 54
3.2.1 DVB-T as a Basis for DVB-H......Page 55
3.2.2 Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld......Page 56
3.3 Electronic Service Guide......Page 66
3.4 Streaming......Page 69
3.5 Data Transmission......Page 72
3.6 Interaction Channel......Page 74
References......Page 77
4 Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS)......Page 81
4.1 MBMS Overview......Page 82
4.2 MBMS Architecture......Page 85
4.3 MBMS Services......Page 91
4.4 Performance of MBMS......Page 94
References......Page 95
5.1 MediaFLO......Page 97
5.1.1 Architecture......Page 98
5.1.2 System Performance......Page 99
5.1.3 Technical Description......Page 100
5.1.4 Summary......Page 103
5.2 Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)......Page 104
5.2.1 Multiplexing and Channel Coding......Page 108
5.2.2 Modulation and Transmission......Page 112
5.3 Terrestrial Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB-T)......Page 114
5.3.1 Overview of ISDB-T......Page 115
5.3.2 ISDB-T Transmission System......Page 116
5.4 Comparison of Technologies......Page 123
References......Page 125
6 Digital Rights Management (DRM)......Page 127
6.1 OMA DRM v2.0......Page 128
6.2 Windows Media DRM 10......Page 131
6.3 IPsec......Page 132
6.4 Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol......Page 134
6.5 ISMACrypt......Page 136
6.6 DVB Conditional Access......Page 137
6.7 Limitations of DRM Systems......Page 138
References......Page 140
7 Business Model......Page 141
7.1 Common Components......Page 142
7.2 Components Specific to IPDC......Page 145
7.3 Components Specific to MBMS......Page 147
7.4 Terminals and Network Infrastructure......Page 149
7.5 Charging Scenarios......Page 156
7.6 Spectrum for Mobile TV......Page 158
References......Page 164
8 Trials......Page 167
8.1 DVB-H Trials......Page 168
8.2 MBMS Trials......Page 175
8.3 MediaFLO Trials......Page 176
References......Page 177
9 User Feedback......Page 179
9.1 Interest......Page 180
9.2 Threats......Page 181
9.3 Business Issues......Page 183
9.4 Usage Schemes......Page 184
9.5 The User......Page 187
9.6 Comparison of Services......Page 189
9.7 Mobile TV and Interactivity......Page 191
9.8 Summary......Page 195
References......Page 196
10 Conclusion......Page 197
Further Reading......Page 201
Index......Page 203
