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

Volume

51

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

328

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2005.1405740

Filename

1405740