Triple Play Building the converged network for IP, VoIP and IPTV

by Hens, Francisco J.; Caballero, José; M.

• ISBN13: 9780470753675
• ISBN10: 0470753676
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-19
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Triple Play is the grouping of Internet access, TV and telephone service. This book is about the migration from traditional circuit-switched networks to IP-centric networks. This book addresses these issues from a technological point of view, while acknowledging business and marketing implications. Additionally, the authors analyze and question all the triple play implementation alternatives including Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line 2 (VDSL2), International Telecommunication Union standard (ADSL2+), Passive Optical Network (EPON/GPON), Ethernet (frame-based computer networking), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (NG-SDH) and System Initiation Protocol (SIP). The Triple Play Challenge explains how and why the telecommunications industry is facing the transition to IP-centric networks, how to define, implement and offer these new services, and establishes the technology that is the driving force behind the converged network. Moreover, the book will examine two innovative video services: IPTV and VoD. The Triple Play challenge also considers another building block of the converged architecture, Ethernet, providing an in-depth analysis of existing Ethernet services and their alternatives in detail. The Triple Play Challenge is a self-contained working knowledge of Ethernet, SDH, and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) architecture. Extensive research into IMS and fixed/mobile convergence is also presented in the book. Covers the latest innovations in Triple Play services such as Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), VDSL2, pseudowires and Provider Backbone Transport (PBT). Provides a global approach that covers access networks, transport, signaling, service definition and business models. Explores video solutions (encoding, IPTV, VoD) alongside transmission and switching technologies (Ethernet, DSL, PON, SDH). Describes the elementary concepts of triple play service provision and gives detailed technical information to highlight key aspects. Dedicates a chapter to IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and fixed/mobile convergence. Engineers developing careers in telcos, carriers, network equipment manufacturers, installers and IT managers, directors, telecommunications operators and graduates students will all benefit form this book.

Author Biography

Francisco J. Hens is a senior technology specialist at Trends Communications Ltd. He holds a B.Eng. and an M.A. in Telecommunications from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Francisco has a wide experience in local and extended networks, and many of his interests include most of the technologies deployed in the field of triple play, voice, video and data applications: TCP/IP architecture and routing, Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet, SDH, ATM, and DSL. He has published books, articles and white papers on these subjects.

José M. Caballero is the International Marketing manager for Trend Communications Ltd. He has an M.B.A., B.S. and an M.A. in computer communications. José has previously worked as a Communications Developer, Consultant at IBM, and is currently Director of Telecommunications in the UOC university. He is an acknowledged expert in next-generation networks and has published several articles, interviews and books on these subjects in the U.S., UK, Spain and Mexico. Over the last ten years José has given over 90 international lectures, seminars and conferences on Triple Play, NGN, SDH/SONET, 3G and Gigabit Ethernet.

Table of Contents

Business Strategies

Expanding Telco Businesses

Triple Play Applications

Driving factors of Triple Play

Telcos Strategies

Infrastructures

Triple Play market

Conclusions

IP Telephony

Coding of Voice Signals

Network Performance Parameters

Opinion Quality Rating

Objective Quality Assessment

Market Segments

Audiovisual Services

Digital Television

Questioning the IPTV business models

Regulatory framework

Architectonic design

Television and Video Services and Applications

Format and Protocols

MPEG Compression

Service provision

Contents

Service assurance

Signaling

The Real-Time Transport Protocol

The Real-Time Control Protocol

The Session Initiation Protocol

IP Multicasting

IP Multicast Groups and Their Management

Multicast Routing

QoS in Packet Networks

QoS Basics

End-to-End Performance Parameters

Marking

The Triple Play Challenge

Scheduling

Congestion Avoidance

Congestion Control and Recovery

QoS Architectures

QoS in ATM Networks

QoS In IP Networks

Broadband Access

Broadband Services over Copper

The Passive Optical Network

Ethernet in the First Mile

Contents

Service Provisioning

The Quadruple Play

Cellular Communications Overview

Wireless Communications Overview

The IP Multimedia Subsystem

Carrier-Class Ethernet

Ethernet as a MAN / WAN Service

End-to-End Ethernet

Limitations of Bridged Networks

Multi-Protocol Label Switching

Migration

Next Generation SDH/SONET

Streaming Forces

Legacy and Next Generation SDH

The Next Generation Challenge

Core Transport Services

Generic Framing Procedure

Concatenation

Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme

Conclusions

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