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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 Naito ITU-T Study Group 16 Chairman Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability (Nairobi, Kenya, 30-31 July 2010). ITU Interop Events.
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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 Naito ITU-T Study Group 16 Chairman Regional ITU Consultation on Conformance Assessment and Interoperability (Nairobi, Kenya, 30-31 July 2010)
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
ITU-T Suite of IPTV Standards (1/2) 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 (2/2) Put to the test during the first event 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 Interop Event on IPTV comprised two parts 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 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. 770 Conformity Check List H. 762 Conformity Check List H. 750 Conformity Check List
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
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
4.5 (out of 5) for the overall satisfaction with the event 1) High Evaluation from Participants 5 4 3 2 1 very satisfactory satisfactory neutral poor very poor • Most participants of Geneva interop event already confirmed • to participate in the next event 1) 14 questionnaires returned
Broaden pool of test suites Enhance test bed with more servers, more equipments Increase participation of contents providers Lessons learnt from the event
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
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
Topics may include: Home networking VDSL 2 GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks) Showcasing in ITU TELECOM (October, 2011) Future ITU Interop Events
Photos taken during the event Showcasing with Secretary General’s attendance
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)