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10. Resources10.1. Standardization OrganizationsATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee): ATSC is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television. ATSC Digital TV Standards include digital high definition television (HDTV), standard definition television (SDTV), data broadcasting, multi-channel surround-sound audio, and interactive television. 3GPP (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project): A collaboration agreement established in 1998 to make 3G mobile phone system specifications. 3GPP specifications are based on evolved GSM specifications, now generally known as the UMTS system. The organization defined technical specifications and reports for GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA and HSUPA. Collaboration partners are ETSI (Europe), ARIB/TTC (Japan), CCSA [1] (China), ATIS (North America) and TTA (South Korea). 3GPP2 (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2): The standardization group for CDMA2000, which was created by a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998 between ARIB/TTC (Japan), CCSA (China), TIA (North America) and TTA (South Korea). EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance): EIA is a national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of U.S. manufacturers. The Alliance is a partnership of electronic and high-tech associations and companies whose mission is promoting the market development and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry through domestic and international policy efforts. ETSI (The European Telecommunications Standards Institute): An European non-profit organization to produce telecommunications standards. IEC (The International Electrotechnical Commission): An international organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. Some of its standards are developed jointly with ISO. IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): A non-profit professional association for the advancement of technology. IEEE has a standard association with nearly 1,300 standards either completed or under development. IETF (The Internet Engineering Task Force): An international community to produce technical and engineering documents that include protocol standards (called RFC), best current practices, and informational documents of various kinds. ISO (International Organization for Standardization): An international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standards bodies ITU (The International Telecommunication Union): An international standard (called Recommendation) setting boy within the United Nations System located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was known as CCITT prior to 1992. SAC (Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China): SAC is a government organization to exercise the administrative functions and carry out centralized administration for standardization in China. SMTPE (Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineering): Founded in 1916 to develop standards in the motion picture industry.
10.2. Forums and Consortiums3G Americas: Founded in January 2002, 3G Americas, LLC promotes and facilitates the deployment throughout the Americas of GSM and its evolution to 3G and beyond - GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS/HSDPA. bmco-forum (Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum): bmcoforum is an international organization of companies targeting to shape an open market environment for mobile broadcast services. bmcoforum coordinated a DVB-H trial in Berlin in 2005. CDG (CDMA Development Group): An international consortium of companies to promote the adoption CDMA wireless systems. This site provides news, events, CDMA technology, subscriber statistics, resources, white papers, and services for members. DigiTAG: An organization that aims to encourage and facilitate the implementation and introduction of digital terrestrial television services using the standards developed by Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB). DLNA (Digital Living Network Association): DLNA is focused on delivering a wired and wireless interoperable network of Personal Computers (PC), Consumer Electronics (CE) and mobile devices in the home. DMB- Portal: A portal that promotes terrestrial and satellite DMB technologies and products. DVB-H: This is the official DVB-H website maintained by the DVB Project Office. The DVB Project Office is a consortium of more than 270 companies for designing open, interoperable standards for digital broadcasting. This web site has information about DVB-H technology, products, and services. EBU (European Broadcasting Union): The Technical pages of EBU, a professional association of national broadcasters. It contains information on DVB-H and mobile TV. FinnishMobileTV: A web site for the Finnish Mobile TV pilot project. It has the summary of what they found about mobile TV from a three-month pilot research in Spring 2005 in Finland. IPDC Forum (IP Datacast Forum): An international nonprofit industry association to facilitate the growth of IP-based multimedia services for deployment over broadband networks including DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) and DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance): ISMA is a global alliance driving the integration of multimedia IPTV standards. MediaFLO forum: A forum that involves in developing MedaiFLO-based networks, products and services for the wireless industry. MMCA (MultiMediaCard Association): An association for developing open standards for memory cards and promoting worldwide adoption of storage media and peripheral I/O devices designed especially for mobile phones and digital imaging devices. Mobile DTV Alliance: An open industry consortium that focuses on promoting practices and standards to deliver broadcast television to mobile devices based on DVB-H standards in North America. The alliance includes Intel, Modeo, Motorola, Nokia and Texas Instruments. Mobile Media Consortium: The Mobile Media Consortium is an academic/industry partnership dedicated to exploring the power and potential of mobile media iunder University of Georgia. MobileTV Forum: This website, hosted by Nokia, includes a news section, a discussion board, along with information on DVB-H pilots with which Nokia is involved. OMA (Open Mobile Alliance): An organization to promote global adoption of mobile data services. The OMA Technical Plenary is responsible for the delivery of technical specifications for application and service frameworks. Members include mobile operators, information technology companies, wireless vendors, and content providers. TIA (telecommunication Industry Association): TIA is an association for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. TIA represents the communications sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). UMTS Forum: An industry forum for promoting UMTS and WCDMA technology. This site provides news, white papers, conferences, and deployment status of UMTS systems for members. WiMedia Alliance: An alliance of corporations and research institutions to develop specifications, certifications tests, and educational programs for Ultra Wideband (UWB). 10.3. Tradeshows and ConferencesCebit: Annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology. March 15 2007, Hanover, Germany. CTIA Wireless 2007: March 27 ~ 29 2007. Orlando, Florida. A telecommunications event dedicated to wireless, broadband convergence and mobile computing technologies. ICWMC 2007: The Third International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications. March 4-9, 2007 - Guadeloupe, French Caribbean Mobile TV World Congress: January 23 to 26 2007 in Paris, France. MoTV: Mobile Video and TV Forum is produced in association with NAB as part of its NAB2007 Convention and Multimedia World Conference. This summit takes place during NAB at the Las Vegas Convention Center as an official NAB program. NAB2007: National Association of Broadcasters Show. April 14 ~ 19 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada. Streaming Media: a tradeshow show that covers the business of video on the net and the technology of streaming, downloading, IPTV and mobile video delivery. SM.COM offers three shows - East 2007 May 14-16, Europe 2007 Oct. 4-5, and West 2007 Nov. 6-8. TelcoTV 2007: October 23 2007. Georgia, Atlanta. Winsys2007: A technical conference on wireless information networks and systems. July 28 ~ 31 2007. Barcelona, Spain. WowGao, Inc: Provides conferences and exposition in wireless and mobile industry in Canada. The 2007 Wireless & Mobile Expo and Conference: July 17 & 18, 2007. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. IQPC: Provides conferences and seminars in various areas. The following conferences are related to video over wireless: MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) Summit, January 29 - 31, 2007, Tucson, AZ. IMS Evolution Summit: February 27 - 28, 2007, Coral Gables, FL. Mobile TV: April 23 - 25, 2007, Berlin, Germany. 10.4. Integrated Circuits Manufacturers10.4.1. ICs for HSDPA and EV-DO
10.4.2. Video Coding and Conversion ICs
10.4.3. Mobile TV Tuner and Demodulator Chips
10.5. Contents ProvidersGoTV Networks: GoTV Networks is a MVNO that creates on-demand television programming customized to the mobile devices. MobiTV: A media content provider for handheld devices through the Internet infrastructure. MobiTV service is available in the US through Sprint, AT&T, Cingular, Alltel. Virgin Mobile: A multimedia content provider for mobile devices including games, ringtones, graphics, etc. AMPd Mobile: The company is a MVNO and operates on the Verizon Wireless CDMA EV-DO network. Helio: an MVNO wireless provider and a joint venture between SK Telecom and Earthlink. Mobile ESPN: Service ended in December 31, 2006. 10.6. Books10.6.1. Signaling and Transport Protocols for Video1) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) by Ulrich Reimers 2) Internet Communications Using SIP: Delivering VoIP and Multimedia Services with Session Initiation Protocol by Henry Sinnreich and Alan B. Johnston 3) Mastering Internet Video: A Guide to Streaming and On-Demand Video by Damien Stolarz 4) Multicast Communication: Protocols, Programming, and Applications by Ralph Wittmann and Martina Zitterbart 5) RTP: Audio and Video for the Internet by Colin Perkins 6) Scalable Continuous Media Streaming Systems: Architecture, Design, Analysis and Implementation by Jack Lee 7) SIP Beyond VoIP: The Next Step in the IP Communications Revolution by Henry Sinnreich, Alan B. Johnston, Robert J. Sparks, and Vinton G. Cerf 8) SIP Demystified by Gonzalo Camarillo 9) SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol, Second Edition by Alan B. Johnston 10) The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming by David Austerberry 11) Transporting Compressed Digital Video by Xuemin Chen 12) Video Over IP: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications by Wes Simpson 13) Wireless Video Communications: Second to Third Generation and Beyond by Lajos Hanzo, Peter Cherriman, and Jurgen Streit 10.6.2. Video Format and Coding1) Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP by John Miano 2) Digital Television: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and Principles of the DVB System by Herve Benoit 3) Digital Video and HDTV Algorithms and Interfaces by Charles Poynton 4) Digital Video Compression by Peter Symes 5) H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression: Video Coding for Next Generation Multimedia by Iain E. G. Richardson 6) Digital Video Image Quality and Perceptual Coding by H.R. Wu and K.R. Rao 7) Digital Video Transcoding for Transmission and Storage by Huifang Sun, Tihao Chiang, and Xuemin Chen 8) Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering by Yun Q. Shi and Huifang Sun 9) Image/Video Processing by Kotropoulos and Pitas 10) Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards by Marina, Bosi and Richard E., Goldberg 11) JPEG2000: Image Compression Fundamentals, Standards and Practice by David Taubman and Michael Marcellin 12) Multidimensional Signal, Image, and Video Processing and Coding by John W. Woods 13) A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks by Cliff Wootton 14) Understanding MPEG 4: Technology and Business Insights by Sebastian Moeritz and Klaus Diepold 15) Video Coding for Mobile Communications: Efficiency, Complexity and Resilience by Mohammed Al-Mualla, C. Nishan Canagarajah, and David R. Bull 16) Video Coding for Wireless Communication Systems by King N. Ngan, Chi W. Yap, and Keng T. Tan 17) Video Demystified, Fourth Edition by Keith Jack 18) Video Over IP: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications by Wes Simpson 19) Voice Over IP: Systems and Solutions by Richard Swale 10.6.3. 3.5G and 4G Wireless1) The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds, Second Edition by Gonzalo Camarillo and Miguel-Angel García-Martín 2) 4G Roadmap and Emerging Communication Technologies by Young Kyun Kim and Ramjee Prasad 3) Advanced Wireless Networks: 4G Technologies by Savo G. Glisic 4) Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation: 2G/2.5G/3G... Evolution to 4G by Ajay R. Mishra 5) HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS: High Speed Radio Access for Mobile Communications by Harri Holma and Antti Toskala 6) Introduction to EVDO: Physical Channels, Logical Channels, Network, and Operation by Lawrence Harte 7) Mobile Broadband Multimedia Networks: Techniques, Models and Tools for 4G by Luis M. Correia 8) TCP Performance over UMTS-HSDPA Systems by Mohamad Assaad and Djamal Zeghlache 9) UMTS Signaling: UMTS Interfaces, Protocols, Message Flows and Procedures Analyzed and Explained by Ralf Kreher and Torsten Ruedebusch 10) WCDMA: Towards IP Mobility and Mobile Internet by Tero Ojanpera and Ramjee Prasad (Hardcover - Mar 15, 2001) 11) WCDMA (UMTS) Deployment Handbook: Planning and Optimization Aspects by Christophe Chevallier, Christopher Brunner, Andrea Garavaglia, and Kevin P. Murray 10.6.4. Other1) DoCoMo--Japan's Wireless Tsunami: How One Mobile Telecom Created a New Market and Became a Global Force by John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade 2) Hacking Mobile Phones by Ankit Fadia 3) Mobile Media and Applications, From Concept to Cash: Successful Service Creation and Launch by Christoffer Andersson, Daniel Freeman, Ian James, and Andy Johnston 4) Mobile Video Telephony by David Myers 5) Real-time mobile video communications by Liang Cheng 6) Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV by Shelly Palmer 10.7. Web Sites3G.CO.UK: A web site in UK with forum, store, news, and information related to 3G mobile devices. 3G World provides 3G related news from chips sets to services in Asia, USA and Europe. Emblaze: Emblaze group offers products and solutions for wireless operators in providing services. Products and solutions include Emblaze Mobile, a customized handset design, Emblaze VCON, a wireless video communications technologies and conferencing solutions, emoze, a free global Push Email service, Emblaze SmartContent, a content-push over wireless, and Visual Defence (LSE: VDI), a IP video solutions for military and homeland security markets. HP Streaming Media Systems Group: The Streaming Media Systems Group's research focus is on media communication and services over wireless and wire-line next-generation networks (e.g., WLAN, 3G, and 3.5G networks). Research topics include media streaming over infrastructure-based networks and infrastructure-free peer-to-peer networks, high-quality video conferencing, secure media communication, and video services in mobile social networking. Mobile Handset Design Line: A tech only community run by CMP Meida LLP with information about mobile handset design. Topics include baseband and multimedia processing, batteries, power management, RF/antenna design, software, security, and storage architectures. Mobileinfo.com: a website for mobile computing information. The information includes products and services, vendors, market, networks, application development, system design, conferences, events, forums, news, etc. Mobile Media: A company doing business related to mobile video including mobile entertainment, interactive TV, mobile marketing, personal broadcaster, mobile storefront, and games. MobieTV News: A web site with information related to mobile TV including news, research paper and reports, industry events, and IP TV. PacketVideo: PacketVideo offers technology and engineering expertise to create integrated application suites for multimedia capabilities in mobile devices. The application suites include VoD, music download, Internet radio, videophone, multimedia answering service, photo sharing, multimedia chat, community gaming, etc. RealNetworks: RealNetworks, Inc. offers products, services and solutions to create, send and receive audio, video and other multimedia services over the Internet. The company offers tools for media creation, play and management, hosting services and solutions for mobile carriers and broadband carriers.
StreamingMedia.com: A web site with streaming media related info including white papers, research reports, events, discussion, jobs, and directory and publishes magazines and newsletters. Streaming Media World: A web site with streaming media related news and resources thePlatform: thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast, is a broadband video ASP for content providers, broadband media sites, and mobile businesses. Thin multimedia, Inc.: tmi is a provider of mobile multimedia codecs including H.263, MPEG-4, and proprietary technology to wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and content providers. uVuMobile: SmartVideo Technologies Inc. is a provider of hosting, marketing, and integration service to provide interactive media solutions for mobile devices. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB): The WTB is a bureau under FCC in the US. It handles all US wireless telecommunications programs and policies, including cellular telephone, paging, personal communications services, public safety, and other commercial and private radio services except those involving satellite communications or broadcasting. |
