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IPTV Architecture, DRM Requirements Outlined by ATIS
May 25, 2006, Washington – Standardization efforts for IPTV took a significant step forward today with the publication and release of ATIS’ requirement overview documents for IPTV architecture and Digital Rights Management (DRM).
“By developing these requirements, ATIS has created the industry roadmap for IPTV network architecture and defined what is needed to deliver a quality IPTV experience,” said ATIS President and CEO Susan Miller.
IPTV Architecture Requirements (ATIS-0800002) defines, in broad terms, the scope of IPTV services and identifies the high level requirements that will guide the development of architecture specifications over time. The architecture document focuses on services that may comprise IPTV; the functions necessary for content providers to deliver content to service providers; functions required by service providers and network providers to offer IPTV; and the home networking functions necessary for the consumer to receive IPTV services.
The second document, the IPTV DRM Interoperability Requirements (ATIS-0800001), defines the requirements for the interoperability of systems and components in the IPTV DRM/security environment. These requirements will be used by ATIS to create an IPTV DRM/security interoperability specification.
ATIS will share its requirements documents with other standards organizations active in the IPTV space to ensure full interoperability exists for the network provider, service provider and consumer.
Both requirements documents were produced by the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF), which develops IPTV technical requirements and standards and facilitates technical activities that enable the interoperability, interconnection and implementation of IPTV systems and services.
Guidelines on timing or relative dependencies of IPTV Architecture requirements will be completed by the ATIS IIF Architecture Task Force by July 2006, with additional documents on Quality of Service metrics, an Architecture Reference Model, and Ethernet packet loss expected in late 2006.
About ATIS
ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Participants from more than 350 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 23 industry committees and Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org
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