A Software and Hardware IPTV Architecture for Scalable DVB Distribution

Many standards and even more proprietary technologies deal with IP-based television (IPTV). But none of them can transparently map popular public broadcast services such as DVB or ATSC to IPTV with acceptable effort. In this paper we explain why we believe that such a mapping using a light weight fr...

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Main Authors: Georg Acher, Detlef Fliegl, Thomas Fuhrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/617203
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description Many standards and even more proprietary technologies deal with IP-based television (IPTV). But none of them can transparently map popular public broadcast services such as DVB or ATSC to IPTV with acceptable effort. In this paper we explain why we believe that such a mapping using a light weight framework is an important step towards all-IP multimedia. We then present the NetCeiver architecture: it is based on well-known standards such as IPv6, and it allows zero configuration. The use of multicast streaming makes NetCeiver highly scalable. We also describe a low cost FPGA implementation of the proposed NetCeiver architecture, which can concurrently stream services from up to six full transponders.
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spelling doaj-art-aff76bd1594445a9a03786e8936cd4d32025-08-20T03:39:15ZengWileyInternational Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting1687-75781687-75862009-01-01200910.1155/2009/617203617203A Software and Hardware IPTV Architecture for Scalable DVB DistributionGeorg Acher0Detlef Fliegl1Thomas Fuhrmann2BayCom GmbH, Guardinistr 47 81375 München, GermanyBayCom GmbH, Guardinistr 47 81375 München, GermanyLehrstuhl für Netzarchitekturen und Netzdienste, Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching bei München, GermanyMany standards and even more proprietary technologies deal with IP-based television (IPTV). But none of them can transparently map popular public broadcast services such as DVB or ATSC to IPTV with acceptable effort. In this paper we explain why we believe that such a mapping using a light weight framework is an important step towards all-IP multimedia. We then present the NetCeiver architecture: it is based on well-known standards such as IPv6, and it allows zero configuration. The use of multicast streaming makes NetCeiver highly scalable. We also describe a low cost FPGA implementation of the proposed NetCeiver architecture, which can concurrently stream services from up to six full transponders.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/617203
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