1. ITU-T IPTV standards development
DOCUMENT #:
GSC13-PLEN-14
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
ITU-T
AGENDA ITEM:
Plenary 6.6
CONTACT(S):
John Visser, ITU-T Ghassem Koleyni, ITU-T
ITU-T IPTV standards development
John Visser, Chairman SG 19
Ghassem Koleyni, IPTV-GSI TSR Coordinator
International Telecommunication Union
Submission Date: July 1, 2008

2. Highlight of Current Activities (1)
April 2006: ITU-T created the focus group on IPTV (FG IPTV) to look at the end-to-end aspects of providing IPTV services
Took into account existing work of ITU SGs, plus work of SDOs, Fora and Consortia: developed a set of deliverables in Dec 2007
Freely available at
FG IPTV deliverables were transferred to the relevant SGs as input to the development of new Recommendations
With multiple SGs involved, the IPTV-GSI (Global Standards Initiative) was created to provide an overall home for the work
A GSI is a package of work conducted through co-located meetings of the involved SGs and Rapporteur groups under the umbrella of a coordinated work plan managed by a JCA
Questions (working groups) from different SGs meet co-located
Meet more frequently than regular study group (five times in 2008)‏
Experts in all related fields meet together, expediting progress

3. Highlight of Current Activities (2)
In response to market needs, the IPTV-GSI is aggressively developing the global standards to facilitate interoperability:
IPTV services requirements
IPTV architecture
Quality of experience requirements for IPTV services
Performance monitoring for IPTV
Traffic management mechanisms for the support of IPTV services
Architecture and functional requirements for Home Network supporting IPTV services
Multimedia application platforms & end systems for IPTV
IPTV Terminal Devices and End-System
IPTV security aspects
ITU-T is the focal point for global IPTV standards in response to market needs and to facilitate interoperability

4. Strategic Direction
Be responsive to the global market need
Developing standards which provide end-to-end solution for IPTV and facilitate interoperability
Promoting and keeping liaison relationship with all SDOs and fora involved with the development of IPTV standards
Incorporating as much content from national and regional standards into ITU-T standards, based on members consensus, thus helping interoperability
Making global standards happen through collaboration, not competition
In today’s environment, national/regional standards need to be supersets of global standards

5. IPTV-GSI achievements
Consented three Recommendations
Y.1910, IPTV functional architecture (SG 13, May 2008)
G.1080, Quality of experience requirements for IPTV services (SG 12, May 2008)
G.1081, Performance monitoring points for IPTV (SG 12, May 2008)
Approved one supplement
Supplement 5 to Y-series Recommendations, ITU-T Y.1900-series, Supplement on IPTV service use cases (SG 13, May 2008)

6. Challenges
Timely completion of standards to meet industry / market needs
Coordination with recognized SDOs to avoid duplicate standards
Providing a set of standards that:
Support end-to-end solutions
Ensure interoperability between suppliers
Ensure interoperability of services

7. Next Steps/Actions Complete the first sets of Recommendations
Look to developing further IPTV related Recommendations
Attention will be given to Recommendations which are indirectly related to IPTV but essential to its operation
Revisit NGN-related Recommendations to ensure they fully support IPTV services

8. Supplemental Slides

9. IPTV functional architecture

10. Three architectural approaches
“NGN-based” and “IMS-based” architecture
An IPTV service component is drawn on top of the “other NGN service components” in NGN architecture.
The IPTV service component is achieved by using IMS
“NGN-based” and “non-IMS-based” architecture
An IPTV service component is drawn on top of the “other NGN service components” in NGN architecture
The IPTV service component is achieved without using IMS
“Non-NGN-based” architecture
The architecture does not depend on NGN architecture