IPTV Standards:

ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF)

Kevin Schneider
CTO, ADTRAN, Inc.
IIF Convener
Technology Adoption Cycle

From Norman:1998, and Moore: 1995

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Standards help bridge the chasm

STANDARDS

IPTV is Ready to Bridge the Chasm

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 Industry Standards

ƒ Fully Specified
• All components necessary for two parties to interoperate
ƒ Developed by an open process

ƒ Supported by Interoperability and Testing activities

• Test Plans
• Certification, etc.

ƒ Provides “Best of Breed” Solutions for Majority

Adoption
• Standards allow efficient markets for system components
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 IPTV and Standardization

ƒ IPTV uses Standards

• MPEG2, MPEG4/H.264, MPEG2-TS IP, UDP, RTP, TCP, etc.
• ADSL2+, VDSL, DHCP, PPPoE, ATM, 64/65 coding, VLANs, DSCP, …
• WT-101, ETSI TS 102 034 v1.1.1, …
• Java, J2EE, EAS, CableLabs 1.1, …
• Y.1540/1541, WT-126, …

ƒ Sometimes there are holes

• DRM
• V-Model

ƒ Sometimes its just a matter of picking which one!

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About the IIF

ƒ Established after ATIS BoD directed investigation

found need for focus on IPTV standards
• Identify IPTV ‘ecosystem’ requirements
• Identify specifications for interfaces/components
– Pick which standards to use
– Develop specifications or request the development of specifications
where they do not exist
• Establish test plans for interoperability testing

ƒ Initial meeting September 2005

ƒ Current membership includes (44 companies):
• Service Providers
• Equipment Suppliers (Access, Aggregation, Video,
Testing)
• Software Vendors (Middleware, Service Assurance)
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IIF Membership

Accenture ADTRAN Alcatel

AMDOCS AT&T Bell Canada
BellSouth Big Band British Telecom
Cingular Wireless CISCO Coaxsys
Digital Fountain Entrisphere Ericsson
IneoQuest Hewlett Packard JDSU
Juniper Leapstone Systems Lucent
Microsoft mphase Myrio/Siemens
NDS Neustar Nielsen
Nortel Optical Solutions (Calix) Qwest
Real Communications Rogers Wireless Sea Change
Spirent Sun Microsystems Symmetricom
TDS Telecom Telchemy Telcordia
Tellabs Terayon Verizon
Westell Widevine

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 IIF Goals

Long-Term: to fully specify all appropriate interfaces in the

IPTV architecture, and to identify and specify metrics
that are appropriate to measure the quality of IPTV
service across those interfaces.

Near-Term: Work from Top-Down:

1. Develop Architecture Requirements and Reference Model
2. Address Interoperability issues in Content Security (DRM)
3. Identify QoS Measurement Points, Metrics and Methods

ƒ Organized in Task Forces aligned with near-term goals

ƒ Issue Oriented – can take on new issues
ƒ Working with other SDOs to coordinate efforts
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Task Force Work Areas

ƒ Architecture
• Requirements (Scope) and Roadmap – March/April 2006
– Roadmap schedules future specification work
• Architecture Specifications (Target October 2006)
ƒ Digital Rights Management
• Content Security Requirements (March/April 2006)
ƒ Quality of Service Metrics (Target October 2006)
• End to End Metrics
• E-model equivalent (V-model)
• Quality of Experience
ƒ Testing work to Follow
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Architecture Requirements

Define IPTV
Architecture
Functional
Requirements
(Scope Follow-on
Specification Work)

Content Provider Service Provider Delivery Network Home Network

Requirements will Span these “Domains”

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 DRM – Content Security Requirements
Address Interoperability Server Side DRM System

between the following Broadcast

Real-Time Broadcast
Encryption

components Content
Server

• Service Provider Key Management

and

subscriber, service and

User Authentication
Rights/E
ntitleme
nts

asset management system Client Side

DRM

(middleware)
Video-On-Demand Component
Pre-Encryption
Client Side
Video-On-Demand
• Video-On-Demand server Content
DRM
Interface

• Broadcast content server Server Side

Receiving
Device
DRM Middleware

• Server side DRM system Interface

Video-On-Demand Server Receiving Device

• Receiver device Co
nt rol

middleware
• Client side DRM Subscriber/Service/Asset
Management System
IPTV Network
component “Server Middleware”

• Receiving Device (e.g. set

top box)
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Quality of Service Metrics Focus

ƒ Concepts and Definitions of QoS/QoE for IPTV

ƒ Identification of Metrics
• Definition, context, value
• Subjective/Objective
• Direct/Indirect
ƒ Measurement
• Measurement Points
• Measurement Techniques
ƒ Methodologies (for achieving metrics)
• Network Design and Planning
• Signaling and Policy Mechanisms
• Quality Assurance Infrastructure such as Planning Tools,
Timing and Frequency Synchronization, Test &
Measurement Tools
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Join the IIF

www.atis.org/iif

ƒ Maria Estefania, ATIS Senior Director

• mestefania@atis.org, 202 434-8842

ƒ Joy Jump, IIF Committee Administrator

• jjump@atis.org, 202 434-8840

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ADTRAN in Access

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Network Evolution to Packet

ƒ Two key drivers for service providers

• Increase revenue
– New video opportunities
– Expanded broadband opportunities
• Decrease operational cost
– Eliminate multiple redundant networks
– Optimize service delivery
ƒ IP is enabling the convergence of multiple services across a single
network

Voice

Converged services over

Video IP
copper or fiber

Data

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 ADTRAN and IPTV
ƒ ADTRAN’s Focus is Access
• Electrical and Optical Access Equipment
• Wireless Access Infrastructure
• IPTV is one of several applications enabled by access equipment

ƒ ADTRAN Involvement in IPTV service initiatives

• Experience both as IPTV lead and a component vendor
• In both cases, lack of standards has caused difficulties
– Increased system integration time -- SI has to provide specs
– Reduced choice in system components
– Lack of component level testing/certification leads to “finger-pointing”

ƒ Looking for IIF work to provide a standard for IPTV

• Allows the industry to coalesce around a single architecture
• Increased choice of components
• Specification and testing for components allows reduced system integration time
• Provides scale and cost reduction needed for IPTV to bridge the “chasm” and become
a mainstream application

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Thank You
IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF)

Mission Statement: The IIF enables the interoperability,

interconnection, and implementation of IPTV systems/services
by developing ATIS standards and facilitating related technical
activities. This forum places an emphasis on North American
and ATIS Member Company needs in coordination with other
regional and international standards development
organizations.

The scope of the work in the IIF includes the following areas:
ƒ Coordinate standards activities that relate to IPTV technologies. This includes
providing a liaison function between the various Standards Development
Organizations (SDOs) and Industry Forums that are each working on important
components of IPTV, but may not have visibility to other aspects of the application.
ƒ Develop interoperability agreements, technical reports, or other types of ATIS
standards where appropriate.
ƒ Provide a venue for interoperability activities.
ƒ Provide a venue for the assessment of IPTV issues in the context of NGN directions
All dates are intended for planning purposes only and are subject to change.