Requirements for an IMS-based Quadruple Play Service Architecture

Author

Al-Hezmi, Adel ; Friedrich, Oliver ; Arbanowski, Stefan ; Magedanz, Thomas

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. FOKUS

Volume

21

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

33

Abstract

Quadruple play can be understood as the provisioning of high-speed voice, video (live broadcast or on demand services, such as video on demand), and data services over broadband connections with mobility support. Currently, there are several trials of the IP multimedia subsystem deployed worldwide that promise to provide telecommunication and advanced multimedia services. This article focuses mainly on the basic requirements of a cooperative service delivery platform for provisioning quadruple play services. As a result of this research, an IMS-based cooperative service delivery platform is presented. This supports various access technologies to acquire the streaming services. To validate our quadruple play architecture, we implemented a prototype based on DVB-H and UMTS as the access technologies. This prototype is part of the ongoing development of the proposed architecture

Keywords

3G mobile communication; IP networks; broadband networks; digital video broadcasting; mobility management (mobile radio); video streaming; voice communication; DVB-H; IMS-based quadruple play service architecture; IP multimedia subsystem; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; access technologies; broadband connections; cooperative service delivery platform; data services; digital video broadcasting - handheld; high-speed video services; high-speed voice services; mobility support; streaming services; 3G mobile communication; Automatic control; Digital video broadcasting; Displays; IPTV; Multimedia communication; Prototypes; Streaming media; TV; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MNET.2007.334309

Filename

4133933