OpenCA: Conditional Access System in MediaFLO™

Author

Lee, Jangwon ; Chen, An ; Laurent, Piron ; Lehrer, Meir ; Siedle, David

Author_Institution

Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper we present OpenCA, a framework enabling any Conditional Access System (CAS) to be deployed on a Forward Link Only (FLOtrade) network. The OpenCA framework has been developed in conjunction with leading CAS providers. The goals are to: (1) support rapid deployment of various business models; (2) give operators the freedom to seamlessly switch the CAS solution without replacing devices; and (3) enable the simultaneous use of multiple CAS solutions. In this paper, we provide an overview of the OpenCA framework and describe the CAS-specific signal delivery mechanism and head-end architecture in the MediaFLO System.

Keywords

cryptography; mobile radio; mobile television; multimedia communication; telecommunication security; television broadcasting; television networks; broadcast network; business model; cryptography method; end-to-end mobile broadcast solution; head-end architecture; media forward link only network; mobile TV; open conditional access system; signal delivery mechanism; Content addressable storage; Content management; Cryptography; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Mobile communication; Multimedia communication; Protection; Subscriptions; Switches; Unicast; Broadcast networks; Conditional Access System; MediaFLO system; Mobile TV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, 2008 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1648-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1649-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISBMSB.2008.4536615

Filename

4536615