DLNA-Based IPTV Platform

Author

Gallego, Isabel Lloret ; Garcia, Francisco Rodriguez ; Valverd, Jose Manuel Palacios ; Rizaldos, Joaquin Lopez ; Vidal, Francisco Gonzalez

fYear

2009

fDate

10-13 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

DLNA (digital living network alliance) enabled devices allow users to enjoy distributed content anywhere in the home without requiring user configuration. However, currently DLNA usage is restricted to the home domain. The solution proposed in this paper expands DLNA usage to IPTV (IP Television) services provided by Telco operators. User experience is enhanced because all content, no matter whether it is an IPTV provided TV channel or a video on demand (VoD), or a content residing in the home, is integrated into a single application and can be accessed from any DLNA device. Furthermore, we have evaluated the proposed solution building a test bed including DLNA media players that can be bought at stores.

Keywords

IPTV; multimedia communication; video on demand; IP television services; IPTV; Telco operators; digital living network alliance; home domain; media player; video on demand; Access protocols; Context; Guidelines; IPTV; Plugs; Sections; TV; Testing; Video on demand; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. CCNC 2009. 6th IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2308-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2309-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784833

Filename

4784833