Standardization Activities for IPTV Set-Top Box Remote Management

Author

Wey, Jun Shan ; Luken, J. ; Heiles, Jürgen

Volume

13

Issue

3

fYear

2009

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

39

Abstract

IPTV services are gaining widespread use, requiring service providers to have effective methods for remotely configuring and managing IPTV set-top boxes (STBs). Solutions for such remote management are becoming standards-based. This article examines published specifications and ongoing activities on IPTV STB remote management in four standards organizations: the Broadband Forum, the Digital Video Broadcasting Project, the Open IPTV Forum, and the Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions IPTV Interoperability Forum. The authors compare the protocol and data model definitions, investigate interoperability test events, and comment on possible future directions for standardization.

Keywords

IPTV; digital video broadcasting; open systems; standardisation; telecommunication network management; Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions IPTV Interoperability Forum; Broadband Forum; Digital Video Broadcasting Project; IPTV set-top box remote management; Open IPTV Forum; interoperability test events; standardization activities; Communication industry; Data models; Digital video broadcasting; IPTV; Project management; Protocols; Standardization; Standards organizations; Testing; US Department of Transportation; IPTV; remote management; set-top box;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2009.69

Filename

4907684