Engineering wireless broadband access to IPTV

IPTV is now extending to wireless broadband access. If broadband video streaming is to achieve competitive quality the video stream itself must be carefully engineered to cope with challenging wireless channel conditions. This paper presents a scheme for doing this for H.264/AVC codec streaming across a WiMAX link. Packetization is an effective tool to govern error rates and, in the paper, source-coded data-partitioning serves to allocate smaller packets to more important data. A packetization strategy is insufficient in itself, as temporal error propagation should also be addressed by insertion of intra-coded data. It may be necessary to include redundant packets when channel conditions worsen. The whole should be protected by application-layer rateless coding. Therefore, the contribution of the paper is a complete scheme comprised of various protection measures aimed at robust IPTV streaming. Due to computational overheads, the scheme is aimed at the new generation of smartphones with GHz CPUs.     

浅谈IPTV技术

IPTV是一种最新流行的、以“电视机+机顶盒”为主要终端设备、能为用户提供互动多媒体服务的宽带增值业务,它为我国广大电视用户提供了全新的宽带体验方式。IPTV技术是一项系统技术,包括多方面的内容,文章主要介绍了IPTV技术中的音视频编解码、流媒体传送、宽带接入网络、IP机顶盒等技术。     

Measures to quantify the gain of multicast with application to IPTV transmissions via WiMAX networks

In applications like IPTV, multicasting provides beneficial services. However, due to overhead and problems of multicast transmission, multicasting is not always profitable. In order to make well-justified decisions whether it is worthwhile to use multicasting or not, its efficiency must be quantified. Therefore, the metric of ‘multicast gain’ is introduced as a measure for the bandwidth reduction which can be expected when using multicast (instead of multiple unicast). Different definitions for multicast gain are given to cover different types of links. As an application of our metric, multicast transmission of live TV channels in WiMAX-based access networks is analyzed. WiMAX as one of the 4G candidates can transmit IPTV services to mobile subscribers because of salient features such as multicast support, wide coverage range and high bandwidth. In OFDMA-based WiMAX the smallest logical bandwidth allocation unit is a slot. In this article, we use the term slot to measure the efficiency of multicasting in WiMAX networks. We show that for unpopular TV channels, using unicast flows can be preferable.     

Improving IPTV Forwarding Mechanism in IEEE 802.16j MMR Networks Based on Aggregation

Internet protocol television (IPTV) service depends on the network quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth of the broadband service provider. IEEE 802.16j mobile multihop relay Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access networks have the opportunity to offer high bandwidth capacity by introducing relay stations. However, to actually satisfy QoS requirements for offering IPTV services (HDTV, SDTV, Web TV, and mobile TV) for heterogeneous users' requests, providers must use a video server for each IPTV service type, which increases the network load, especially bandwidth consumption and forwarding time. In this paper, we present a solution for forwarding IPTV video streaming to diverse subscribers via an 802.16j broadband wireless access network. In particular, we propose a new multicast tree construction and aggregation mechanism based on the unique property of prime numbers. Performance evaluation results show that the proposed scheme reduces both bandwidth consumption and forwarding time.     

WiMAX应用潜力分析

文章分析了WiMAX在固定宽带无线接入场合和便携、移动通信场合的应用前景.文章认为:在固定宽带无线通信中,WiMAX会广泛应用于家庭用户、IP语音用户、传输承载用户和集团客户,为他们提供宽带无线接入;在便携、移动通信中,IEEE802.16即将集成到笔记本电脑和个人数字助理(PDA)等便携式电子设备中,实现在城域网范围内的可移动的宽带无线数据服务;用户需求加上WiMAX设备的批量上市及终端成本的下降,WiMAX的应用潜力巨大,市场将呈几何级增长.     

WiMAX技术应用及其发展前景

WiMAX被定义为无线城域网解决方案。它的技术应用十分广泛。大致可以分为固定接入应用、游离式接入应用、全移动接入应用、便携式接入应用几方面。可以为不同的用户提供不同的应用领域。特别是在政府公共事业中的应用非常突出,并且将成为IPTV无线到户的另一种选择。此外,预测了WiMAX的发展前景。     

Proposed Prediction Framework for Improving the Accuracy of Path loss Models of WiMAX Network

Wireless Personal Communications - Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is an advanced wireless broadband access technology for delivering high speed voice, video and multimedia...     

WiMAX点对点宽带无线接入容量分析

随着通信技术的迅猛发展,移动宽带化和宽带移动化是通信网发展的必然趋势。WiMAX城域网无线宽带接入技术,可提供大范围及高速率无线接入,同时支持视距传输和非视距传输,能提供面向互联网的高速无线连接。WiMAX可作为线缆和用户数字线的无线扩展技术,实现无线宽带接入。首先简要介绍WiMAX的应用模式,然后重点分析其点对点应用中上行链路和下行链路的通信容量,提供相关工程技术人员进行方案设计的参考。     

Comparing WiMAX and HSPA — a guide to the technology

Intel has referred to WiMAX as ‘the most important thing since the Internet itself’. So is this true and if so what is so special about WiMAX? This paper provides a basic overview of WiMAX in terms of what it is and how it works, its throughput, coverage and security features as well as the services it could support. The paper also looks at high-speed packet access, another broadband wireless access technology, and compares it with WiMAX.     

无线接入新技术应用研究

简要介绍超宽带、无线保真及全球微波接入互通等无线接入技术,着重讨论无线保真与全球微波接入互通宽带无线接入技术的技术特点、发展现状及其应用情况,分析了“无线城市”与城域宽带无线网络的应用前景,举例说明“无线城市”的通信模型,最后,展望无线接入新技术的发展前景。     

宽带无线接入系统WiMAX的应用与部署

介绍了宽带无线接入系统WiMAX的关键技术，并与其他接入技术作了比较；阐述了WiMAX的主要应用、组网部署；也指出了WiMAX存在的一些主要问题。     

Adaptive power allocation and call admission control in multiservice WiMAX access networks [Radio Resource Management and Protocol Engineering for IEEE 802.16]

To achieve a successful broadband wireless access solution, the IEEE 802.16 subcommittee has released a series of standards for WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access). From a technical viewpoint, WiMAX is a feasible alternative to the wired Internet access solutions such as cable modem and DSL. Nevertheless, from the commercial viewpoint, whether the promise of WiMAX will be materialized still depends on its revenue rate to telecom operators and its service quality to the subscribers. In such a context, this article addresses two resource management mechanisms in WiMAX access networks, that is, adaptive power allocation (APA) and call admission control (CAC), from the perspectives of both service providers and WiMAX subscribers. APA emphasizes how to share the limited power resource of base station among different WiMAX subscribers and further influences the access bandwidth of each subscriber; CAC highlights how to assign a subscriber's access bandwidth to different types of applications. Moreover, to build a WiMAX access network, APA and CAC have to work cooperatively to provide cross-layer resource management. In this article we focus on the OFDMA-TDD system, which allows high spectrum-utility efficiency on uplink and downlink channels in the asymmetric scenario of "lastmile" Internet access. We conclude the article with an optimization strategy to balance service provider's revenue and subscriber's satisfaction     

Multicast Broadcast Services Support in OFDMA-Based WiMAX Systems [Advances in Mobile Multimedia]

Multimedia stream service provided by broadband wireless networks has emerged as an important technology and has attracted much attention. An all-IP network architecture with reliable high-throughput air interface makes orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA)-based mobile worldwide interoperability for microwave access (mobile WiMAX) a viable technology for wireless multimedia services, such as voice over IP (VoIP), mobile TV, and so on. One of the main features in a WiMAX MAC layer is that it can provide'differentiated services among different traffic categories with individual QoS requirements. In this article, we first give an overview of the key aspects of WiMAX and describe multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) architecture of the 3GPP. Then, we propose a multicast and broadcast service (MBS) architecture for WiMAX that is based on MBMS. Moreover, we enhance the MBS architecture for mobile WiMAX to overcome the shortcoming of limited video broadcast performance over the baseline MBS model. We also give examples to demonstrate that the proposed architecture can support better mobility and offer higher power efficiency.     

WiMAX宽带无线接入在SDH宽带光城域网的应用模型

WiMAX是一种应用于城域网并提供宽带无线接入的技术。针对我国宽带IP城域网建设的实际情况,结合WiMAX技术优势和应用特点,建立了采用WiMAX接入技术的城域网的网络结构,提出了网络配置方案和各种WiMAX设备的接口要求,并对该应用模型所对应的协议栈进行了分析和设计。对今后WiMAX技术在SDH宽带IP城域网的应用具有实际意义。     

WiMAX在IPTV接入网中的应用

在分析IPTV业务在接入网技术上的要求和WiMAX技术特点的基础上,结合IPTV接入网的现状及面临的问题,详细阐述了将WiMAX技术应用到IPTV接入网的网络结构和组网方式及其特点和优势,认为WiMAX在IPTV接入网中将发挥重要作用。     

The Mobile Broadband WiMAX Standard [Standards in a Nutshell]

Mobile worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) is a wireless standard that introduces orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and other key features to enable mobile broadband services at a vehicular speed of up to 120 km/h. WiMAX complements the and competes with wireless local area networks (WLANs) and the third generation (3G) wireless standards on coverage and data rate. More specifically, WiMAX supports a much larger coverage area than WLAN, does not require line of sight for a connection, and is significantly less costly compared to the current 3G cellular standards. Although the WiMAX standard supports both fixed and mobile broadband data services, the latter have a much larger market. Therefore, this article will briefly present the Mobile WiMAX standard, the technologies deployed for the air interface and the network, and the development of the standards to support mobile multihop relays in a WiMAX network.     

WiMAX关键技术及网络结构探讨

WiMAX支持非视距传播条件下的无线宽带接入,它致力于为无线网络提供低时延、高质量的语音和数据服务,正迅速发展并将在无线城域网中扮演重要角色。WiMAX技术因其定位于城域级的无线宽带接入,具有覆盖范围广、传输距离远、传输速率快等优势,在未来的无线宽带移动通信领域将会占有相当重要的主导地位。文中从WiMAX的基本特征、关键技术和网络结构及应用3个维度对WiMAX进行了分析与探讨。