The Mobile Television Market

• what services are being proposed?
• what services or trials have been launched?
• who are the players?
• what are the predictions for the market?
• revenue predictions
• handset/handheld availability
• content availability
• Digital Rights Management (DRM)
• standards and standards bodies

Overview of Mobile Television Technologies

• introduction to mobile television technologies
• spectrum issues
• content formats for mobile television

Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Services

• unicast v multicast models
• multicast in 3GPP networks
• the architecture of the Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS)
• protocols for MBMS
• impact of MBMS on the network and other services
• the 3GPP2 Broadcast and Multicast Service (BCMCS)
• the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) broadcast requirements

Digital Broadcasting

• the Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standards
• Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), terrestrial and satellite modes
• DVB-Handheld (DVB-H) technology and its relationship to DVB
• coupling DVB-H and 3GPP networks
• the principles of IP-Datacasting (IPDC)
• the DVB-H Open Air Interface (OAI)
• other regional standards (ATSC and ISDB-T)
• Electronic Service Guides (ESG)
• Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology

Streaming Services

• the 3GPP Packet Switched Streaming (PSS) service
• architecture and protocols for PSS
• alternative streaming technologies

Audio and Video Coding for Digital Television

• parameters of audio signals and coding requirements
• ISO, ITU and proprietary audio codecs
• parameters of video signals and coding requirements
• video formats (Common Intermediate Format and Video Graphics Array)
• ISO and ITU video codecs (MPEG and ‘H’ series)

IETF Protocols

• Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP) and RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE)
• related coding, format and markup protocols

Wireless Technologies

• characteristics and comparison of wireless delivery technologies:
• 3GPP/3GPP2
• WiMAX
• WiBro
• Satellite
• terrestrial broadcast
• wireless LANs
• spectrum for mobile television
• the regulatory view

Device Requirements

• screen technologies and display capabilities
• architecture of a dedicated handheld receiver
• impact of mobile television on cellular handset architecture
• energy requirements