Converged media streaming and playback services across multiple media devices in home networks

Author

Chih-Lin Hu ; Cheng-Lun Lin ; Yi-Yu Su ; Pin-Chuan Liu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan

fYear

2014

fDate

22-25 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper proposes a new UPnP-compatible mechanism for enabling converged media streaming and playback services across multiple media devices in home networks. This mechanism design comprises three functional entities, including the UPnP AV media server, UPnP AV device controller, and converged media proxy. The functionality of this mechanism can accommodate heterogeneity of media content formats, transport protocols, and presentation styles among different media devices, thereby offering better user experience for home AV entertainment in residential environments.

Keywords

home networks; media streaming; transport protocols; UPnP AV device controller; UPnP AV media server; UPnP-compatible mechanism; converged media proxy; converged media streaming; functional entities; home AV entertainment; home networks; mechanism design; media content format heterogeneity; multiple-media devices; playback services; presentation styles; residential environment; transport protocols; user experience; Convergence; Home automation; Internet; Media; Rendering (computer graphics); Servers; Streaming media; home AV entertainment; home networks; media convergence; media playback; media streaming;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (ISCE 2014), The 18th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

JeJu Island

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCE.2014.6884402

Filename

6884402