3rd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications

Research Article

Design and Implementation of a Multimedia Content Delivery System for Portable Devices

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1859,
        author={Jos\^{e} D. Gonz\^{a}lez Arvelo and Josep Paradells Aspas},
        title={Design and Implementation of a Multimedia Content Delivery System for Portable Devices},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications},
        proceedings_a={MOBIMEDIA},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Broadcasting networks reliable multicast personalized contents mobile devices multimedia services.},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1859}
    }
    
  • José D. González Arvelo
    Josep Paradells Aspas
    Year: 2010
    Design and Implementation of a Multimedia Content Delivery System for Portable Devices
    MOBIMEDIA
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1859
José D. González Arvelo1,*, Josep Paradells Aspas2,*
  • 1: Master Student Technical University of Catalonia. Barcelona, Spain
  • 2: Wireless Networks Group – Telematics Department Technical University of Catalonia. Barcelona, Spain Mod. C3 Campus Nord, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034.
*Contact email: gonzalez.josedavid@gmail.com, josep.paradells@entel.upc.edu

Abstract

This paper describes the design of a multimedia contents delivery system able of offering TV, radio, podcast and file services to portable devices. These services are distributed using reliable multicast, specifically FLUTE protocol (File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport). An alternative mechanism for transmitting TV contents is also proposed in this paper. This mechanism is based in podcast and seeks to take advantage of the mobile broadcasting networks currently in development. In addition, an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) has been designed to inform the users about the available contents. Such ESG allows client applications to personalize contents according to user's tastes and interests. The paper is structured as follows: first, it provides an introduction about mobile television; second, it explains briefly key aspects for the reliable multicast transport and mobile broadcasting technologies; then, our system design is exposed and finally, the system implementation is described.