Multimedia information broadcasting using digital TV channels

Author

Atzori, L. ; Natale, F. G B De ; Gregorio, M. Di ; Giusto, D.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Cagliari Univ., Italy

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

383

Lastpage

392

Abstract

In this paper, the structure of a new system to broadcast multimedia information within a digital TV channel is outlined. The proposed scheme is based on the DSM-CC (digital storage media command and control) functions, and uses a newly developed protocol that allows to efficiently convey multimedia information. Such information has the same characteristics of HTML files used in WWW environments, as it may contain text, images, sounds and animation organized as hypertext. The transport structure used is the MPEG-2 transport stream, which is the most popular standardized platform for the development of new digital TV services. Prototype software was developed to encode the file system by means of DSM-CC operations and include it in a MPEG-2 compatible transport system

Keywords

digital television; hypermedia; multimedia communication; software prototyping; telecommunication channels; telecommunication computing; telecommunication standards; television broadcasting; television standards; transport protocols; DSM-CC; MPEG-2 transport stream; animation; digital TV channels; digital storage media command and control; file system; hypertext; images; multimedia information broadcasting; protocol; prototype software; sounds; text; transport structure; Command and control systems; Digital TV; Digital multimedia broadcasting; HTML; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Streaming media; TV broadcasting; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.664021

Filename

664021