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Internet Protocol Television (IPTV): The Killer Application for the Next-Generation Internet

2007; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 45; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/mcom.2007.4378332

1558-1896

Yang Xiao, Xiaojiang Du, Jingyuan Zhang, Fei Hu, Sghaier Guizani,

Image and Video Quality Assessment

Internet protocol television (IPTV) will be the killer application for the next-generation Internet and will provide exciting new revenue opportunities for service providers. However, to deploy IPTV services with a full quality of service (QoS) guarantee, many underlying technologies must be further studied. This article serves as a survey of IPTV services and the underlying technologies. Technical challenges also are identified.