Design of an MPEG-based set-top box for video on demand services

Author

Huang, Yin-Hwa ; Chang, Yuo-Chuan ; Wu, Chi-Shyan ; Wu, Chien-Hsing

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Lab., Minist. of Transp. & Commun., Chung-Li, Taiwan

Volume

4

fYear

1995

fDate

9-12 May 1995

Firstpage

2655

Abstract

Presents the design of an MPEG-based set-top box for digital video decoding and interfacing with the ADSL-based network or fiber-coaxial network. The architecture of the set-top box consists of three major functional blocks: the central control unit, the digital video decoding unit and the network interface unit. A universal bus is used to connect these blocks and other add-on peripheral modules. Based on this bus, an extension slot is implemented to enhance the design flexibility in supplementing functionality and upgrading performance, such as the improvement from the original 1.544 Mbps T1 interface to a higher throughput network interface in order to provide high quality MPEG 2 video on demand (VOD) services

Keywords

cable television; channel capacity; decoding; digital television; interactive systems; interactive television; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication control; telecommunication services; telecommunication terminals; video equipment; video signal processing; 1.544 Mbit/s; ADSL-based network; MPEG-based set-top box; add-on peripheral modules; central control unit; design; digital video decoding; extension slot; fiber-coaxial network; high quality MPEG 2; network interface unit; performance; throughput; universal bus; video on demand services; Centralized control; Computer architecture; Costs; Decoding; Digital control; Hardware; Laboratories; Network interfaces; Optical fiber communication; Throughput; Transportation; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1995. ICASSP-95., 1995 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Detroit, MI

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2431-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.1995.480107

Filename

480107