DocumentCode
2004615
Title
A Channel Switching Scheme for IPTV Systems
Author
Manzato, Daniel A G ; Da Fonseca, Nelson L S
Author_Institution
Inst. of Comput., State Univ. of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
fYear
2010
fDate
6-10 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
One of the main challenges in IPTV systems is the reduction of startup delays, especially in channel switchings. While this problem does not exist in traditional television, in IPTV systems it is relevant, due to bandwidth limitation as well as the employment of buffers and overlay structures. Since the possibility of switching channels quickly is appreciated by users, the reduction of startup delays is an important issue to be addressed in IPTV systems. This paper proposes a novel scheme for fast channel switching that reduces the occurrences of latencies caused by buffers and overlay structures.
Keywords
IPTV; telecommunication channels; telecommunication switching; IPTV systems; fast channel switching scheme; overlay structures; startup delays; Bandwidth; Delay; Encoding; IPTV; Navigation; Streaming media; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2010), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Miami, FL
ISSN
1930-529X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5636-9
Electronic_ISBN
1930-529X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GLOCOM.2010.5684250
Filename
5684250
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