PLATON: Principles and Conceptual Design of Scientific and Interactive HD Television in the PIONIER Network
Czyrnek Mirosław *, Mazurek Cezary **
Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center
Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznań, Poland
*e-mail: majrek@man.poznan.pl
**e-mail: mazurek@man.poznan.pl
Received:
Received: 1 September 2010; revised: 29 October 2010; published online: 23 November 2010
DOI: 10.12921/cmst.2010.SI.01.101-107
OAI: oai:lib.psnc.pl:678
Abstract:
The results of the PLATON project in the area of HD multimedia production and delivery will provide the community with the integrated service that will promote the research outcome, support the educational scenarios and ease the knowledge sharing. It will also open the possibility to promote locally the content produced in other countries and host/deliver it for better end-user experience. In the paper we present the principles and conceptual design of country-wide service for interactive delivery of HD television within the PIONIER network. The concept covers five functional components which we are describing: media production, digital media repositories, live virtual channels creation and management, scalable content delivery, interactive application-on-demand provisioning (AoD).
Key words:
Content Delivery Networking, digital media management, HD video content production, high quality media delivery
References:
1] D. Olesen, Collaborative Achievements in European Research and Education Networking. accessed from,http://- www.man.poznan.pl/pcss/public/komunikaty/index.html?lang=pl
[2] A. Binczewski, N. Meyer, J. Nabrzyski, S. Starzak, M. Stroiński, J. Węglarz, First experiences with the Polish Optical Internet. Computer Networks 37 (6) 747-760 (2001).
[3] N. Ciulli et al. Architectural approaches for the integration of the service plane and control plane in optical networks. A Computer Networks Journal, Optical Switching and Networking 5 (2, 3), 94-106 (2008).
[4] L. Gharai, T. Lehman, A. Saurin, C. Perkins, Experiences with High Definition Interactive Video Conferencing. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Toronto, Canada, July 2006
[5] J. Alcober et al.,High Definition videoconferencing. The future of collaboration in healthcare and education. eChallengese, 2009 Conference, in press.
[6] M. Czyrnek, E. Kusmierek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroinski, Large-Scale Multimedia Content Delivery over Optical Networks for Interactive TV Services, Future Generation Computer Systems 22 (8), 1018-1024 (2006).
[7] C. Perkins, L. Gharai, T. Lehman, A. Mankin, Experiments with Delivery of HDTV over IP Networks. Proceedings of the 12th International Packet Video Workshop, Pittsburgh (2002).
[8] E. Kuśmierek, M. Czyrnek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroinski, iTVP: Large-scale content distribution for live and on-demand video services. In: R. Zimmermann, C. Griwodz (eds.) Multimedia
Computing and Networking SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging 6504. SPIE (2007). Article CID 6504-8.
[9] L. Matyska, E. Hladka, P. Holub, M. Liska, High Quality Large Scale Virtual Classroom. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of European University Information Systems (EUNIS 2008), Arhus, Denmark (2008).
[10] World’s First International Real-time Streaming of 4K Digital Cinema over Gigabit IP Optical Fiber Networks. www.physorg.com/pdf6807.pdf
[11] A. Binczewski, M. Glowiak, B. Idzikowski, M. Stroinski, M. Strozyk New generation media in research and entertainment. presented at TERENA Networking Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania (2010).
[12] PLATON website, http://www.platon.pionier.net.pl/online/?lang=en
[13] J. Nabrzyski, S. Starzak, M. Stroiński, J. Węglarz – „Concept of the Academic and Research European Multicolour Network”, ISThmus2000, 11-13. kwietnia 2000, Poznań, pp. 31-38.
[14] M. Czyrnek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroiński, Two-level content delivery system in PIONIER Optical Network for interactive TV services, Ambient multimedia, Bartkowiak M. et al., Proceedings of 11th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP’04, Poznań, PTETiS, 457-460 (2004).
[15] M. Czyrnek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroiński, Management and publishing of digital content on the iTVP Platform, Ambient multimedia, Bartkowiak M. et al., Proceedings of 11th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP’04, Poznań, PTETiS, 481-484 (2004).
[16] M. Czyrnek, E. Kuśmierek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroiński, J. Węglarz, Content Delivery Networks Series: Lecture Notes Electrical Engineering. Buyya, Rajkumar; Pathan, Mukaddim; Vakali, Athena (Eds.) 9 (13), 317-342 (2008).
[17] ResearchChannel, http://www.researchchannel.org
[18] TF-Media: Task Force on Media Management and Distribution. http://www.terena.org/activities/media/
The results of the PLATON project in the area of HD multimedia production and delivery will provide the community with the integrated service that will promote the research outcome, support the educational scenarios and ease the knowledge sharing. It will also open the possibility to promote locally the content produced in other countries and host/deliver it for better end-user experience. In the paper we present the principles and conceptual design of country-wide service for interactive delivery of HD television within the PIONIER network. The concept covers five functional components which we are describing: media production, digital media repositories, live virtual channels creation and management, scalable content delivery, interactive application-on-demand provisioning (AoD).
Key words:
Content Delivery Networking, digital media management, HD video content production, high quality media delivery
References:
1] D. Olesen, Collaborative Achievements in European Research and Education Networking. accessed from,http://- www.man.poznan.pl/pcss/public/komunikaty/index.html?lang=pl
[2] A. Binczewski, N. Meyer, J. Nabrzyski, S. Starzak, M. Stroiński, J. Węglarz, First experiences with the Polish Optical Internet. Computer Networks 37 (6) 747-760 (2001).
[3] N. Ciulli et al. Architectural approaches for the integration of the service plane and control plane in optical networks. A Computer Networks Journal, Optical Switching and Networking 5 (2, 3), 94-106 (2008).
[4] L. Gharai, T. Lehman, A. Saurin, C. Perkins, Experiences with High Definition Interactive Video Conferencing. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Toronto, Canada, July 2006
[5] J. Alcober et al.,High Definition videoconferencing. The future of collaboration in healthcare and education. eChallengese, 2009 Conference, in press.
[6] M. Czyrnek, E. Kusmierek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroinski, Large-Scale Multimedia Content Delivery over Optical Networks for Interactive TV Services, Future Generation Computer Systems 22 (8), 1018-1024 (2006).
[7] C. Perkins, L. Gharai, T. Lehman, A. Mankin, Experiments with Delivery of HDTV over IP Networks. Proceedings of the 12th International Packet Video Workshop, Pittsburgh (2002).
[8] E. Kuśmierek, M. Czyrnek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroinski, iTVP: Large-scale content distribution for live and on-demand video services. In: R. Zimmermann, C. Griwodz (eds.) Multimedia
Computing and Networking SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging 6504. SPIE (2007). Article CID 6504-8.
[9] L. Matyska, E. Hladka, P. Holub, M. Liska, High Quality Large Scale Virtual Classroom. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of European University Information Systems (EUNIS 2008), Arhus, Denmark (2008).
[10] World’s First International Real-time Streaming of 4K Digital Cinema over Gigabit IP Optical Fiber Networks. www.physorg.com/pdf6807.pdf
[11] A. Binczewski, M. Glowiak, B. Idzikowski, M. Stroinski, M. Strozyk New generation media in research and entertainment. presented at TERENA Networking Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania (2010).
[12] PLATON website, http://www.platon.pionier.net.pl/online/?lang=en
[13] J. Nabrzyski, S. Starzak, M. Stroiński, J. Węglarz – „Concept of the Academic and Research European Multicolour Network”, ISThmus2000, 11-13. kwietnia 2000, Poznań, pp. 31-38.
[14] M. Czyrnek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroiński, Two-level content delivery system in PIONIER Optical Network for interactive TV services, Ambient multimedia, Bartkowiak M. et al., Proceedings of 11th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP’04, Poznań, PTETiS, 457-460 (2004).
[15] M. Czyrnek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroiński, Management and publishing of digital content on the iTVP Platform, Ambient multimedia, Bartkowiak M. et al., Proceedings of 11th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP’04, Poznań, PTETiS, 481-484 (2004).
[16] M. Czyrnek, E. Kuśmierek, C. Mazurek, M. Stroiński, J. Węglarz, Content Delivery Networks Series: Lecture Notes Electrical Engineering. Buyya, Rajkumar; Pathan, Mukaddim; Vakali, Athena (Eds.) 9 (13), 317-342 (2008).
[17] ResearchChannel, http://www.researchchannel.org
[18] TF-Media: Task Force on Media Management and Distribution. http://www.terena.org/activities/media/