By
Amitabh Kumar and S. Merrill Weiss
Description
Exclusively dedicated to Mobile TV, this book provides a detailed insight to mobile multimedia characterized efficient compression techniques, protocols formalized by 3GPP or 3GPP2, capabilities of broadcast, and mobile networks for delivering multimedia content. Network requirements such as spectrum; chipsets, software and handsets which enable multimedia services; delivery platforms and content protection technologies which provide revenue assurance are covered in detail. Written with a global perspective, this book takes a detailed look at the networks deployed worldwide with examples and is rich in diagrams providing extraordinary visualization of the new technologies.
* A complete introduction and overview of mobile multimedia, mobile TV, and multimedia networks worldwide
* Includes multimedia services for streaming, live TV, downloads, MMS, VoD in the mobile environment
* Describes enabling technologies and protocols such as MPEG-4, H.264, AAC+,3GPP-PSS and 3G-324M
* Detailed chapters on DVB-H, DMB and 3G technologies for mobile TV
* Content security, conditional access and DRM for the mobile world
* Handset features for mobile TV and multimedia services
Contents
1. What you should know about Mobile TV
2. Introduction to Digital Multimedia
3. Streaming and Mobile Multimedia
4. Overview of Cellular Mobile Networks
5. Overview of Technologies for Mobile TV
6. Services on 3G Networks
7. Using DVB-H Technologies
8. Using DMB Technologies
9. Spectrum for Mobile TV services
10. Mobile TV Services Worldwide
11. Chipsets
12. Operating Systems and Software
13. Handsets for Mobile TV and Multimedia
14. Content
15. Mobile TV Interoperability
16. Content Security
17. Interactivity
18. Mobile TV: The Future