Media Networks

Chapter 2

Open-IPTV Services and Architectures

Emad Abd-Elrahman and Hossam Afifi

Contents

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Definitions and Terminologies

2.2.1 Definitions

2.2.2 Open-IPTV Services

2.2.2.1 Physical Set-Top-Box (P-STB)

2.2.2.2 Software Set-Top-Box (S-STB)

2.2.2.3 Virtual Set-Top-Box (V-STB)

2.2.2.4 Open Set-Top-Box (O-STB)

2.2.3 Some IPTV Terminologies

2.3 Open-IPTV Architectural Components

2.4 Content Transmission Forms (Managed and Unmanaged Networks)

2.4.1 Unicast Transmission

2.4.2 Multicast Transmission

2.4.3 Validations-Based Testbed