IPTV over Bitstream Rashid Al-Ahmedi – Director, Fixed Access Network Planning

Outline How it is done? What are the challenges? The impact of future IPTV 2

IPTV over BSA – How? 3

What is Bitstream? Bitstream Service is an interconnection service provided through establishing interconnection between two Telecom segment (operators) IP based traffic transported between two networks over interconnection links with different capacity and streamed to end users providing multiple services 4

IPTV over Bitstream Access Seeker Access Seeker Access Provider Core Access Provider Core Access network Access network Access network Access network Access network Access network Point of interconnect Access Seeker Network Access Provider Network Access Seeker CPE/STB IPTV RP IPTV Head end

IPTV over BSA Using multicast VPN Using different multicast IP groups Access list (Traffic Control) Dimensioning and Planning 6

The Challenges! 7

The Challenges of IPTV over BSA Bandwidth in the Core Network Number of multicast groups on Access Network Unicast traffic Multi-providers Bitstream network Commercial and Regulation issues Standardization 8

The Impact of Future IPTV 9

The Future of IPTV and BSA OTT applications Stream TV Scheduled TV IPTV Channel Wholesale 10

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