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Putting to the test ITU’s IPTV Standards

ITU’s First Ever Interop Event on IPTV (20-23 July 2010)and Future Plans

Yushi NaitoITU-T Study Group 16 Chairman

Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability (Nairobi, Kenya, 30-31 July 2010)

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ITU Interop Events

Council-09 mandated the following lines to implement WTSA Resolution 76

a pilot conformity assessment database interoperability events human resources capacity building assistance in the establishment of test facilities in developing

countries a business plan for long term implementation

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Three main IPTV services:

live television

time-shifted programming

video on demand

ITU-T IPTV is delivered

over managed IP Networks instead of traditional radio, satellite, cable

or public Internet

via subscriber-based telco networks with high-speed access into set-

top boxes

ITU-T Suite of IPTV Standards (1/2)

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ITU-T IPTV is a global set of standards

Including;

H.770 (service discovery)

H.721 (IPTV terminal)

H.750 (metadata)

H.762 (LIME: interactive multimedia)

H.701 (error recovery) 　　

H.701 FEC testing for QoE has newly added

H.740 (audience measurement)

H.761 (ginga-NCL)

ITU-T Suite of IPTV Standards (2/2)

Put to the test during the first event

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1st part (20-21 July): Testing – closed event

Two types of testing carried out

Conformance testing: each company tests against a checklist

Interop testing: one-on-one testing

Testing was carried out with IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack environment

2nd part (22-23 July): Showcasing – open event

Prospective customers invited

ITU Secretary General gave welcome address

Film crew, ITU photographer and media team on site

ITU Interop Event on IPTV comprised two parts

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ITU IPTV Check List to become part of

ITU-T Recommendation Test report will be fed into the standards development process

H. 721 Conformity Check List

H. 762 Conformity Check List

H. 770 Conformity Check List

H. 750 Conformity Check List

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Eight organizations participated at 20-23 July event:

Cisco

Mitsubishi

NTT

NEC

OKI

PUC-Rio (Brazilian university)

Sumitomo

TVstorm

Participants paid a 3,000 CHF fee

Participating companies + fee structure

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Event highlight on YouTube, ITU website

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJmI_5aQrA)

ITU press release

(http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2010/31.aspx)

Photos on Flickr

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/)

Event Promotion

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4.5 (out of 5) for the overall satisfaction with the event 1)

 

High Evaluation from Participants

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satisfactory

Most participants of Geneva interop event already confirmed to participate in the next event

1) 14 questionnaires returned

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Broaden pool of test suites Enhance test bed with more servers, more

equipments Increase participation of contents providers

Lessons learnt from the event

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Singapore (23-27 September)

Tunisia (November, to be discussed) 　　

Pune, India (December) 14 - 17 December 2010

Workshops planned

Visitors including regulators, broadcasters, telecom

companies, system integrators, test laboratories, etc.

Future ITU IPTV Interop Events

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Singapore (23-27 September)

1st part (23-24 September): Testing – closed event

Two types of testing carried out

Conformance testing: each company tests against a checklist 　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　

Interop testing: one-on-one, criss-cross with different servers and content

New Item: H.701 testing FEC for QoE (Experience and Service)

Testing will be carried out with IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack environment

2nd part (27 September): Showcasing – open event

SEA governmental officials, media, stake-holders are invited

Participants: NTT, Mitsubishi, NEC, OKI, Sumitomo, Teraon,

TVSTORM,VoneMultimedia,

others to be confirmed

Details of 2nd ITU IPTV Interop Events

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Topics may include:

Home networking

VDSL 2

GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks)

Showcasing in ITU TELECOM (October, 2011)

Future ITU Interop Events

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Photos taken during the event Setting up

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Photos taken during the event Kick-off meeting

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Photos taken during the event Testing

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Photos taken during the event Showcasing with Secretary General’s attendance

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Photos taken during the event Showcasing

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Useful links

ITU Interop event (http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/cdb/interop.aspx)

ITU press release (http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2010/31.aspx)

Event highlight on Youtube(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJmI_5aQrA)

IPTV-Global Standards Initiative (IPTV-GSI)(http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsi/iptv/)

ITU-T Study Group 16 (SG16) – Multimedia coding, systems and applications(http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com16/index.asp)

SG16 Question 13 (Q13/16) - Multimedia application platforms and end systems for IPTV(http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com16/sg16-q13.html)

Resolution 76 of World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 08 (WTSA 08): Studies related to conformance and interoperability testing, assistance to developing countries, and a possible future ITU mark programme (http://www.itu.int/publ/T-RES-T.76-2008/en)