Oipf, originated from the open IPTV solution in the telecom camp

What is oipf?

Oipf is a scaling-down of open IPTV forum. It is initiated by the pan-Industrial Group to develop open end-to-end IPTV standards, in order to enable the new generation IPTV system to enter large-scale market applications. Its "Openness" is manifested in the openness of standards and norms and the openness of organization members (open to any industrial group ). The author predicts that in the near future, radio and television operators will adopt oipf solutions, especially MSO.

What is the objective of oipf?

Specifically, the goals of oipf include:

Establish and promote the oipf project certification and logo program to ensure end-to-end system compatibility.

All key manufacturers and institutions in the industry chain should be considered as members, including terminal equipment manufacturers, content providers, network operators, service providers, network equipment manufacturers, and home network equipment suppliers.

Unlike traditional standard organizations, oipf emphasizes time-to-market ).

The standard covers all aspects required for sending IPTV services, including service discovery, content Sending, security mechanisms, billing, operations, maintenance, and management.

○ Based on existing technologies and standards as much as possible.

○ Define some necessary extensions for the part lacking in existing standards; provide feedback to other standards organizations for further improvement. Currently, available standards include dlna, IMs, dvbipi, Internet portals, webbrowser, and multimedia middleware.

 

Relationship between oipf and other standards

Figure 1 describes the relationship between oipf and other international standards-there are basically three relationships: reference, cooperation, and coordination. This is also the reason why oipf can develop and release a more complete standard series in a short period of time.

Oipf System Structure

Figure 2 shows the oipf architecture. A single architecture is used to support multiple business models. As mentioned above, oipf not only supports managed networks, but also Internet-based businesses, including Internet TVs.

Main content of the oipf Standard

On July 6, January 2009, The oipf Standard Edition 1 was officially released, which included a total of 7 volumes: Volume 1 Introduction System Architecture (39 pages), volume 2 Discussion media format (22 pages) volume 3 covers the metadata of the content (41 pages), volume 4 defines the Protocol (176 pages), Volume 5 and Volume 6 discusses the application environment (223 pages, 67 pages) 7. discussed the security mechanism and Content Protection (87 pages ).

As of completion of this article, the second version of the standard released includes the functional architecture version (234 pages), Business and platform requirements (46 pages), Business and function definitions (10 pages ).

Features and services defined in version 1

Businesses defined in version 1 include:

Scheduled Program, also known as broadcast or linear TV business

On-demand programs, also known as on-demand videos, including program download advertisements

Support for hybrid businesses

Features defined in version 1 include:

Access Network support. Version 1 only supports fixed network access networks, such as DSL and Pon.

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Billing and Billing

The content format defines the video and audio, subtitles, and SD and HD graphics formats.

Program Guide

Home Network

Interactive applications

QoS (Service Quality)

Security Mechanism

Two business modes are defined: open networks, such as the Internet and managed networks.

User Interface

User Management

Web Access

Service portability-users can access IPTV services from different devices anywhere through different access networks

Remote Management

Features and services defined in Version 2

Based on version 1, version 2 expands related services and defines new services.

Apsaravideo for VOD extends the basic playback control functions of version 1, such as skipping chapters, Setting bookmarks, and time-based playback. For the downloaded on-demand program service, version 2 provides the content synchronization function, and Version 2 also provides users with the function of inserting information and comments into the program, these messages and comments can be viewed by other users.

In version 2, PVR also provides extensions for basic playback functions, such as skipping chapters, Setting bookmarks, and time-based playback. In addition, you are authorized to use devices such as mobile phones or PDAs to arrange PVR recording and manage program content.