Abstract
The increased demand for multimedia services by mobile end users in recent years have driven both Broadcast and Wireless Network operators to develop new systems and architectures for the deployment of such services. The proposed solutions are nonetheless limited either in terms of QoS or Capabilities to deliver new interactive services. This paper highlights strengths and drawbacks of the existing technologies in terms of QoS, Security and Mobility. In order to fill the gap between current solutions we propose a new architecture that builds itself on the synergies created by a heterogeneous network made of existing delivering technologies, such as 3GPP/MBMS and DVB, where services can be delivered to end-users in the most appropriate way for end-users and operators alike. A prototype implementation is further described.
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Abbreviations
- 3GPP:
-
3rd Generation Partnership Project
- A4C:
-
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Auditing and Charging
- AR:
-
Access Router
- ASM:
-
Any-source Multicast
- BBC:
-
British Broadcasting Company
- BM-SC:
-
Broadcast Multicast Service Center
- BN:
-
Broadcast Network
- COPS:
-
Common Open Policy Service
- DMB:
-
Digital Multimedia Broadcast
- DRM:
-
Digital Rights Management
- DVB:
-
Digital Video Broadcast
- DVB-H:
-
DVB Handheld
- DVB-S:
-
DVB Satelite
- EDGE:
-
Enhanced Data Rates for GM Evolution
- FBU:
-
Fast Binding Update
- GERAN:
-
GSM EDGE Radio Access Network
- GGSN:
-
Gateway GPRS Support Node
- GPRS:
-
General Packet Radio Service
- HI:
-
Handover Initiate
- IETF:
-
Internet Engineering Task Force
- IN:
-
Interaction Network
- IPE:
-
IP Encapsulator
- ISP:
-
Internet Service Provider
- MBMS:
-
Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service
- M-CTX:
-
Multicast Context Transfer
- MLD:
-
Multicast Listener Discovery
- MPE:
-
Multi-Protocol Encapsulation
- MSKs:
-
MBMS Service Keys
- MT:
-
Mobile Terminal
- PDA:
-
Portable Digital Assistants
- PIM:
-
Protocol Independent Multicast
- PoA:
-
Point of Attachment
- QoS:
-
Quality of Service
- RAN:
-
Radio Access Network
- RP:
-
Rendezvous Point
- SB3G:
-
Systems Beyond 3G
- SEK:
-
Session Encryption Key
- SGSN:
-
Serving GPRS Support Node
- SI:
-
Service Information
- SM:
-
Sparse Mode
- SNMP:
-
Simple Network Management Protocol
- SPP:
-
Service Provisioning Platform
- SRTP:
-
Secure Real Time Protocol
- SSM:
-
Source Specific Multicast
- TEK:
-
Transport Encryption Key
- TV:
-
Television
- UDLR:
-
UniDirectional Link Routing
- UE:
-
User Equipment
- UTRAN:
-
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
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Gomes, D., Aguiar, R.L. & Sargento, S. A Cross-System Approach for Multimedia Services with IP Multicast in 4G Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 52, 651–668 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9626-7
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