Examining the issues facing broadcasters using broadband distribution networks

Scope

The core activity of BBN is media delivery on the Internet. The group concentrates on the backend of media delivery over IP networks.

- Definition of free-to-air vs. managed broadband services
 

- Investigate issues on Network Neutrality
  

- Migration installations to IPv6 and exploiting the opportunites afforded

- Evaluate Broadband distribution technologies like: adpative streaming, DASH, RTSP, RTMP, RTP, UDP, HTTP

- Understanding the opportunities of advanced network topologies to increase the QoS and reduce the costs, e.g. P2P, advanced CDNs, multicasting

- Exchange of experiences and potentially code, i.e. FFMPEG, Network monitoring, etc.

- Specify end-to-end QoS in home network scenarios including both DVB-HN and DLNA devices

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