Internet Protocol Television: Real Implementation of Telecommunication Model for Service Providers

Watching television is now an indispensable part of multimedia services. This fact is also acknowledged by the providers of telecommunication services, which also include television among the standard services provided. Providing such a service is possible with multiple transmission technologies and protocols. In this article, we will focus on the transmission of such a service over an IP communications network, which is directly beneficial to IP providers. This standard allows the transmission of a television signal directly through the packet network operator to the end device.

I. Introduction

We faced digital revolution, where many new services and applications were introduced such as Smart Home (i.e., remote data access [1], remote measurement services [2], secure communication service [3]), Smart City (i.e., street/public light [4], [5], artificial intelligence driven traffic [6], wireless sensor networks [7] or intelligent navigation system for waste collection [8]), Smart Grid (smart metering [9], secure low-power sensors networks [10–12], power quality measurements [13], [14], remote control [15]), Smart Industry (i.e., high secure and performance solutions [16]), and many others. Among the others, the Smart Home provides to the customers the high-comfort solutions and impact their every-day life (quality of life) [17]. One of such a services might be considered Internet protocol television (IPTV), which is slowly replacing the traditional television [18].