Rapid prototyping and fast user trial of multimedia broadcast and cellular services

Abstract

This paper presents the results of fast user trial of multimedia services that are enabled when a mobile terminal has access to converged services over digital broadcast and mobile telecommunications networks. It first describes the motivations behind developing this system and describes the service scenarios that benefit most from it. It then provides an overview of the service components of the test case scenario. Finally, it presents the results of fast user trials on end users of the services that were developed. This work was conducted as part of the EU-funded CISMUNDUS project.Keywords: rapid prototype; fast user trial; broadcast and cellular service.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Cosmas, J., Cruickshank, L., Elgohari, L., Itagaki, T., Lucas, A., Krishnapillai, K. and Zheng, L. (2005) 'Rapid prototyping and fast user trial of multimedia broadcast and cellular services ', Int. J. Mobile Communications, Vol. 3,No. 3,. Lizhi Zheng received his BS in Electronic Engineering from ShenZhen University, China in 1997 and his MS in Microelectronics and Telecommunication from Liverpool University, UK in 1998. He is currently a PhD candidate and also a research assistant working for the EU-funded project INSTINCT in the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, at Brunel University, UK. He has contributed towards the EU-funded projects CISMUNDUS and INSTINCT. His research interests are focused on parallel computing, video processing, converged broadcast and telecom service.

A QoS Monitoring System in a Heterogeneous Multi-Domain DVB-H Platform

“…The QoS-MS proposed in this paper guarantees up to standard QoS levels and efficient network management without which operators face low service penetration with serious implications for revenue. The effect of QoS on technology penetration and success is evident from the results of a fast user trial of interactive services depending on convergence and the service scenarios that benefit most from them [6].…”

“…Hence, in an environment of multi-domain convergent networks one of Manuscript the biggest challenges is to deliver real-time DVB-H services with a quality of service (QoS) acceptable to the end-users. Addressing this challenge is considered crucial to the success of such convergent services [6]. Apart from the "lossy" nature of the IP networks feeding the DVB-H transmitters, there are many other factors that are detrimental to the delivery of satisfactory QoS to the end-users.…”