ROUTE/DASH IP Streaming-Based System for Delivery of Broadcast, Broadband, and Hybrid Services

The delivery of digital television services over broadcast channels using the MPEG-2 transport stream (TS) is a well-established concept. Despite the success of this technology, the advances and success of Internet protocol (IP)-based delivery models with browser-centric media endpoints that combine...

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Published inIEEE transactions on broadcasting Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 328 - 337
Main Authors Walker, Gordon Kent, Stockhammer, Thomas, Mandyam, Giridhar, Ye-Kui Wang, Lo, Charles
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.03.2016
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
AL-FEC
ALC
Broadband communication
Digital broadcasting
Digital TV
DRM
EME
FEC
HTML
HTTP streaming
IETF
Internet
IP networks
LCT
Media
MPEG DASH
MPEG-2 TS
MSE
Protocol
Protocols
ROUTE
Success
Transform coding
MPEG DASH
ROUTE
FEC
HTML
IETF
AL-FEC
MPEG-2 TS
HTTP streaming
ALC
EME
LCT
CA
DRM
MSE
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Summary:The delivery of digital television services over broadcast channels using the MPEG-2 transport stream (TS) is a well-established concept. Despite the success of this technology, the advances and success of Internet protocol (IP)-based delivery models with browser-centric media endpoints that combine broadband and broadcast technologies as well as new service requirements have resulted in alternatives to the MPEG-2 TS. These IP-based approaches are considered essential to maintaining the success of broadcast-centric television services. This paper discusses an IP centric approach which is respectful of clean layering and combines the over the top and the broadcast worlds. Central to this approach is a protocol named real-time object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE), which is based IETF protocols such as layered coding transport over user datagram protocol. The dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP format is used for both broadband and broadcast delivery. HTTP is used as the broadband delivery protocol, and ROUTE is used as the broadcast delivery protocol. It is demonstrated that the ROUTE-based approach is a lean and powerful media delivery method optimized for streaming media and non-real time media delivery with available application layer forward error correction. Thanks to its merits, this approach has been incorporated into the advanced television systems committee 3.0 design.
ISSN:0018-9316
1557-9611
DOI:10.1109/TBC.2016.2515539