Title :
DTV architecture design for multimedia network environments
Author :
Matsubara, Fernando M. ; Miura, Shin ; Imai, Shigeru ; Akatsu, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes a novel architecture for DTV (digital TV) using middleware based on UPnP™ (universal plug and play) and DLNA (digital living networking alliance) to enable interoperability with a variety of digital CE devices supporting content of diverse formats transported over IP (Internet protocol) and IEEE 1394. Additionally, content metadata, capability discovery, and format transcoding features are included to match the device capabilities with media formats to enable rendering of content on diverse digital CE devices interacting with the DTV.
Keywords :
IP networks; digital television; meta data; middleware; multimedia communication; open systems; transcoding; transport protocols; DTV architecture design; Ethernet; IP network; Internet protocol; capability discovery; content metadata; digital TV; digital living networking alliance; format transcoding feature; home networking; middleware; multimedia network environment; universal plug and play; Decoding; Digital TV; Home appliances; Law; Multimedia systems; Physical layer; Plugs; Protocols; Transcoding; User interfaces;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.2005.1405740
