• DocumentCode
    1106019
  • Title

    Standardization activities in the ITU for a QoE assessment of IPTV

  • Author

    Takahashi, Akira ; Hands, David ; Barriac, Vincent

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Service Integration Labs., Tokyo
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    2/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    84
  • Abstract
    This article gives an overview of the state of the art of objective quality assessment of audio and visual media and its standardization activities in the ITU. IPTV services are becoming one of the most promising applications over next generation networks. To provide end users with comfortable, stable, and economical services, QoE assessment methodologies for quality design and management are indispensable.
  • Keywords
    IP networks; digital television; quality of service; standardisation; telecommunication network management; telecommunication standards; television standards; IPTV; ITU; Internet protocol television; QoE assessment; audio media; objective quality assessment; quality management; quality of experience; standardization activities; visual media; Codecs; Condition monitoring; IPTV; Internet telephony; Payloads; Predictive models; Quality assessment; Speech; Standardization; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.2008.4473087
  • Filename
    4473087