Telecom Services For The Digital Age

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Telecom Services For The Digital AgeFred Huffman
NAB 99 Las Vegas, NV Convention Center Room
N234/236
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Telecom Services For The Digital Age

• Topic List
• Current and Emerging Network Infrastructure
• New Approaches Trends In Digital Content
  Transport
• Examples Of New Digital Service Offerings
• Network Change In The Future

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Telecom Services For The Digital AgeCurrent
End-End Service Model
Service Characteristics Analog Audio/Video
Input-Output AD - DA Conversion In The
Network Compression - Decompression In The
Network Dedicated Private Line Service Proprietary
Non-Standard Network Interface
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Telecom Services For The Digital AgeIndustry
Change

• Current Situation
• Analog satellite and terrestrial private lines
  dominate content transport.
• Moores Law Storage Cost Driving Technological
  Change
• Broadcast Production Products
• Communications Network Products
• Regulatory Change
• FCC 5th 6th Report Order
• Telecom Act Of 1996
• Implications
• The motion imaging industry is poised at the
  verge of a technological change that will be as
  profound as the one the industry underwent in the
  past thirty years. - Bill Miller, SMPTE
  Engineering Vice President, SMPTE Journal,
  September, 1998

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Telecom Services For The Digital AgeCurrent
Evolving Network Infrastructure
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Telecom Services For The Digital Age Emerging
End-End Service Model
Service Characteristics Standard Digital
(SMPTE259-ITU-R601 Television Interface
Compression Optional Depending On Bandwidth
Availability Network Interface Device
Capability Dedicated Private Line
Service Proprietary Non-Standard Network Interface
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Telecom Services For The Digital Age Emerging
End-End Service Model
Service Characteristics Standard Digital
Television Interface - SMPTE259/305/310 Standard
Telecom Interface - T1/E1, 100BT
(TCP/IP) Schedule Provision Services
On-The-Fly Locate NID On Premises Or In The
Network Multiple Compression Choices Flexible
Architecture For The Future
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Telecom Services For The Digital Age

• Examples Of Current Digital Services
• Bell Atlantic
• Bell South
• MCI Worldcom
• SBC - Pacific Bell
• US West
• Vyvx

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Digital Television Content Transport
Prepared For Discussion In Video Services Forum,
Pasadena, CA 1/13/99 Fred Huffman MCI Worldcom
Engineering 400 International Parkway Richardson,
TX 75081 1972-729-4146 fred.w.huffman_at_mci.com
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Video Services Forum

• Develop Common Terminology
• Survey existing standards
• Survey international work
• Determine availability of optimized service
  offerings
• Define quality of service metrics, e.g. picture
  quality, sound fidelity, robustness, reliability,
  time to repair, etc
• Define grade of service metrics, e.g.
  availability of service, suitability of service
  for specific needs
• Ad Hoc Groups
• DCTS
• MSM

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Telecom Services For The Digital Age Trends
New Approaches To Program Content Transport

• The Communications Industry
• Digital Bitstreams Payloads Continue To
  Increase
• Unit Cost Of Bandwidth Continues to Decline
• Competition For Growing Content Transport Will
  Increase Customer Choice
• Switched Digital Services Will Replace Analog
  Private Lines FTP/Non-Real Time Content
  Transport Will Grow Rapidly

• The Broadcast Industry
• Increased Use Of Hard Drive Storage, Editing
  Automation Technology Will Fracture Age-Old
  Manual Work Flow Processes
• Increased Standardization
• Competition For Audiences Driving Use Of
  Innovative Content Transport Methods Lower Unit
  Cost