IPTV and Triple-Play Networks and Services
Key Information
Prerequisites:
None, although familiarity with IP networks and/or ADSL networks is an advantage
Outline and Objectives:
Operators are increasingly bundling and integrating services including Digital TV, voice and broadband Internet access, to increase their revenue from users. This course looks at how the industry is being reshaped to achieve this, and the technical enablers and requirements to deliver these services across fixed and wireless access networks.
Course Contents:
- Commercial Perspective on Bundled Services: Satellite, Cable, Fixed Line Operators, and Third Parties
- VoIP Services Within Bundles: Functionality and Packages
- Fixed Mobile Convergence versus Fixed Mobile Substitution
- Network requirements for IPTV: Bandwidth, QoS, and Multicast
- Second Generation ADSL and Next Generation Access (NGA)
- Wireless Options for Bundled Services
- Rights Management: OMA, BCAST and DRM
- Competing Mobile TV Standards: DVB-H, MediaFLO, DMB and MBMS
- Regulation and Spectrum Management: Ofcom, EU and FCC Perspectives
