IPTV over Bitstream Rashid AlAhmedi Director Fixed Access
IPTV over Bitstream Rashid Al-Ahmedi – Director, Fixed Access Network Planning
Outline • How it is done? • What are the challenges? • The impact of future IPTV 2
IPTV over BSA – How? 3
What is Bitstream? • Bitstream Service is an interconnection service provided through establishing interconnection between two Telecom segment (operators) • IP based traffic transported between two networks over interconnection links with different capacity and streamed to end users providing multiple services 4
IPTV over Bitstream IPTV Head end Point of interconnect Ac ne cess tw ork Access Provider Core Access network IPTV RP Access Seeker ess Acc ork w net Access Seeker CPE/STB Access Provider Network Access Seeker Network
IPTV over BSA • • Using multicast VPN Using different multicast IP groups Access list (Traffic Control) Dimensioning and Planning 6
The Challenges! 7
The Challenges of IPTV over BSA • • • Bandwidth in the Core Network Number of multicast groups on Access Network Unicast traffic Multi-providers Bitstream network Commercial and Regulation issues Standardization 8
The Impact of Future IPTV 9
The Future of IPTV and BSA • • OTT applications Stream TV Scheduled TV IPTV Channel Wholesale 10
Thank you… Q&A
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