Featured at NAB 2008, April 11-18, 2008 Las Vegas

Table of Contents

Mobile Broadcasting with WiMAX
Principles, Technology and Applications

Preface

Prologue: WiMAX - The New Broadcasting Frontier

Section-I Introduction to Wireless Networks and Mobile Multimedia

1. Why WiMAX for Broadcasting

1.1 Being a 4th Generation Broadcaster
1.2 Wireless and Mobile Networks
1.3 WiMAX- a new opportunity for multimedia broadcasting
1.4 WiMAX- The fastest growing wireless technology
1.4.1 Universal Client devices
1.4.2 Trend towards High Data Rate Applications and Mobility
1.4.3 Trend towards all IP Networks
1.4.4 Quality of Service in Mobile Wimax networks
1.4.5 Multimedia broadcast requirements in city environment
1.4.6 Security Architectures
1.5 Services over WiMAX networks

2. Introduction to Broadband Wireless Technologies
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Why are Wireless devices important?
2.2 Wireless Local Area Networks
2.2.1 IEEE 802.11
2.2.2 IEEE 802.11b
2.2.3 IEEE 802.11a
2.2.4 IEEE 802.11g
2.2.5 IEEE 802.11n
2.2.6 Application Example of 802.11a/b/g/ n - Apple TV
2.2.7 Long Distance WiFi
2.2.8 Wireless Mesh technologies
2.3 Broadband Metropolitan Area Networks
2.3.1 IEEE 802.16
2.3.2 IEEE 802.16a
2.3.3 Fixed WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004
2.3.4 WiMAX Forum Certification profiles
2.3.5 Quality of Service in Fixed WiMAX
2.4 Performance comparison of WiMAX and Wi-Fi systems
2.5 IEEE 802.16e- Mobile WiMAX
2.5.1 Challenges of Mobile wireless environment
2.5.2. Mobile WiMAX technology
2.5.3 Mobile WiMAX certification profiles- Release 1

3. Introduction to Mobile Multimedia (20 pages)
3.1 Mobile WiMAX: The new mobile ecosystem
3.2 What is Mobile Multimedia?
3.3 Mobile Media in 3GPP
3.3.1 3GPP standardization areas
3.3.2 3GPP mobile media formats
3.3.3 3GPP media formats and WiMAX
3.3.4 File formats for mobile multimedia in 3GPP
3.3.5 3GPP releases, new services and multiple content types
3.4 Graphics in Mobile environment
3.5 Media Synchronization and Presentation Format in 3GPP

Section II: Broadband Wireless Technologies

4. Understanding WiMAX
4.1 Basics of OFDM
4.1.1 Orthogonality in frequency
4.1.2 Time domain representation of OFDM signals
4.2 Protocol layering in WiMAX
4.2.1 Fixed WiMAX PHY
4.2.2 Estimating Data Rates in Fixed WiMAX
4.2.3 Sub Channels and Framing in Fixed WiMAX (IEEE802.16-2004) PHY
4.2.4 Sub Channels
4.2.5 Frame Structure
4.2.6 Authentication services
4.2.7 Propagation Models
4.3 Mobile WiMAX ( IEEE 802.16e-2005)
4.3.1 Mobile WiMAX PHY layer
4.3.2 Subchannelization in Mobile WiMAX
4.3.3 Frame Structure in Mobile WiMAX
4.3.4 Other physical layer features of mobile WiMAX:
4.3.5 Data Rates in Mobile WiMAX environment
4.3.6 Framing in WIMAX
4.3.7 MAC layer in Mobile WiMAX
4.3.8 Mobility Management in Mobile WiMAX
4.3.9 Handoffs in Mobile WiMAX
4.4 Advanced Antenna Systems and MIMO in WiMAX
4.4.1 SIMO
4.4.2 Multiple Output Multiple Input (MIMO):
4.4.3 BEAMFORMING TECHNOLOGIES
4.4.4 MIMO and Mobile WiMAX Certification profiles
4.5 Subscriber densities in WiMAX
4.5.1 Statistical performance estimation
4.6 Summary: Features of Mobile WiMAX

5. Design of WiMAX Transmission Networks
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Link Analysis of WiMAX Systems
5.2.1 Path Loss and Link Budgets
5.2.2 Link Analysis for Mobile WiMAX receiver
5.2.3 Antenna Techniques in WiMAX
5.2.4 Comparison of MIMO and Advanced Antenna System (AAS) usage
5.3 Frequency Planning in WIMAX
5.4.1 Cellular deployment and frequency reuse
5.4.2 Frequency Reuse in WiMAX Systems
5.4.3 Examples of support of sectorization and frequency reuse in WiMAX base stations
5.4.4 Transmission environment in WiMAX
5.4
5.5 Tools for Design of WIMAX transmission Networks
5.6 Examples of WiMAX networks for specific applications
5.6.1 WIMAX deployments with Wi-Fi as last mile
5.6.2 WiMAX networks for fixed, nomadic or mobile access
5.7 Timing and Synchronization in WiMAX Networks

6. Broadband Wireless Networks – Deployment Status worldwide
6.1 Brief history of Wireless Broadband Deployments
6.2 Region and Country Specific implementations
6.2.1 Asia
6.2.2 Middle East
6.2.3 Europe
6.2.4 Latin America
6.2.5 Africa

7. Standards Convergence in the Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting
7.1 Introduction- A view of the standards world
7.2 Standards Bodies and Industry Associations
7.3 An overview International Standards Organizations
7.3.1 IETF
7.3.2 DVB
7.3.3 IEEE
7.3.4 ITU
7.3.5 MPEG
7.3.6 ETSI
7.4 Other Standards Bodies and Operator Associations
7.4.1 WiMAX Forum
7.4.2 3rd Generation Partnership Projects-3GPP and 3GPP2
7.4.3 ISMA
7.4.4 ATIS
7.4.5 Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
7.4.6 Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
7.4.7 Open Handset Alliance
7.5 How far are we from truly converged standards?

8. Chipsets for WiMAX devices
8.1 Realizing WiMAX Functions in Physical Devices
8.2 Requirements of Chipsets for Mobile WiMAX
8.3 Systems on Chip (SoC) for WiMAX
8.4 Fixed WIMAX SOCs
8.4.1 Fujitsu IEEE 802.16-2004 Fixed WiMAX SoC
8.5 Mobile WiMAX Chipsets
8.5.1 Fujitsu IEEE 802.16e-2005 Mobile WiMAX SoC
8.5.2 Beceem BCS200
8.5.3 Intel WiMAX Connection 2300
8.5.4 Runcom RNA200
8.5.5 TelSIS® wireless 2X2 MIMO SoC
8.5.6 Wavesat UMobile™
8.5.7 Intel Montevina
8.6 Base Stations
8.7 Handsets
8.7.1 Mobile WiMAX PDA Phone Samsung SPH M-8100
8.7.2 Developments in WiMAX SOCs

9. Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs) for WiMAX
9.1 Importance of WiMAX Certification profiles
9.2 WiMAX CPEs
9.3 Fixed WiMAX (IEEE 802.14-2004) Subscriber Stations
9.4 Mobile WiMAX (IEEEE 802.16e) CPEs
9.4.1 WiMAX enabling devices- PC Cards
9.4.2 USB Adapters
9.4.3 Mobile WiMAX Home gateways and Indoor CPEs
9.5 WiMAX with Cellular Phones
9.6 Stand Alone devices for Mobile WiMAX
9.6.1 Ultra Light PCs
9.6.2 Gaming Devices
9.6.3 Will WiMAX CPEs be as ubiquitous as the WiFi?
9.7 Trends in Mobile WIMAX CPEs

10. Software Architectures for Mobile Multimedia Wireless Devices
10.1 Evolution of Mobile Operating Systems
10.1.1 Application Environment Definition
10.1.2 Software Structure Definition
10.1.3 What is special about the Mobile Wireless devices?
10.2 Operating Systems for Mobile devices
10.2.1 What are important features of operating Systems for mobile wireless devices?
10.2.2 Operating System based Support of 3GPP and Wireless features
10.2.3 Symbian™
10.2.4 Symbian 9.5 FreeWay™
10.2.5 Linux Based Operating Systems
10.2.6 Garnet™ OS
10.2.7 Windows Mobile
10.2.8 BREW
10.2.9 Android
10.3 Middleware in Mobile Wireless Devices
10.3.1 Trends in Mobile Devices Firmware- Support of Web 2.0 Services
10.3.2 Java based Mobile Device Architectures
10.4 Application Clients
10.4.1 Jabber based mobile clients
10.4.2 SIP or IMS Mobile Clients
10.4.3 Application Clients for other Services
10.5 Summary

11. Spectrum for WiMAX Networks
11.1 An Overview of Frequency allocation Process by the ITU-R
11.2 An overview of spectrum bands
11.3 Considerations in the use of Spectrum for WiMAX
11.3.1 Which bands are best suited for Mobile WiMAX?
11.4 Spectrum Bands
11.5 Spectrum for WiMAX Services
11.5.1 Adoption of Mobile WiMAX standard under ITU
11.5.2 WiMAX Forum Certification Profiles
11.5.3 Wimax usage in unlicensed bands:
11.5.4 WiMAX usage in licensed bands
11.5.5 Channelling Plans
11.6 Country specific Plans
11.6.1 USA
11.6.2 European Union
11.7.3 India
11.6.4 Canada
11.7 Interference by WiMAX networks

12. Mobile WiMAX Networks
12.1 Mobile WiMAX Network Architecture
12.2 Mobility Management
12.2.1 WiMAX network reference model for mobility
12.3 ASN Profiles
12.4 Mobile IP
12.5 Interface to other networks
12.5.1 Do WiMAX networks necessarily need IMS?
12.6 Generic Network Access: 3GPP TS43.318
12.6.1 Example of UMA access in WiMAX and Cellular 3G networks
12.7 Network architecture for practical broadcast applications
12.7.1 Setting up multicast over wireless networks

Part III: Mobile Broadcasting Technologies

13. Broadcasting Mobile Multimedia using WiMAX- Network Architectures
13.1 The Mobile Ecosystem
13.1.1 IMS and Google Talk™
13.2 Understanding IMS
13.2.1 IMS Architecture
13.2.2 An Example of IMS for UMTS and PSTN connectivity
13.2.3 IMS Architecture –A service enabler
13.3 IPTV and IMS
13.4 Delivering Multimedia content to portable devices
13.5 Planning a WiMAX multimedia communications and broadcast system based on IMS
13.6 Google Protocols
13.6.1 Google Instant Messaging and Presence
13.6.2 Google Talk™
13.6.3 Google APIs
13.7 How can operators implement XMPP based network architectures?
13.7.1Jabber XCP
13.7.2 Open Presence Network (OPN)-Adobe

14. Mobile TV Technologies – A Strategic Overview
14.1 Introduction- Mobile TV Services
14.2 A brief overview of broadcasting technologies for Mobile TV and Multimedia
14.3 Mobile TV Services based on Cellular Mobile Networks
14.3.1 3 G Networks for Mobile broadcasting
14.3.2 Technology for mobile TV on 3G networks
14.3.3 Networks
14.3.4 HSDPA
14.3.5 HSUPA
14.3.6 EV-DO
14.4 Mobile TV services based on terrestrial broadcasting
14.4.1 DVB-H
14.4.2 DMB-T
14.4.3 FLO™ Mobile TV services
14.4.4 ISDB-T services
14.5 Satellite based Mobile TV Services
14.5.1 DMB-S services
14.5.2 ISDB-S Services Japan-MobaHo!™
14.5.3 DVB-SH Services-Europe
14.5.4 DVB-SH USA : Mobile Interactive Media(MIM)
14.5.5 STiMi China (Satellite and Terrestrial Interactive Multi-service Infrastructure)

15. IPTV and WiMAX
15.1 Basics of IPTV
15.1.1 IPTV Network Architecture and Services
15.2 Internet Video-IPTV is not Internet TV
15.2.1 Internet Video
15.2.2 TV over DSL
15.2.3 IPTV and Internet TV
15.2.4 Coming to grips with multiple standards for IPTV
15.3 Microsoft IPTV
15.4 IPTV using native RTP
15.4.1 Implementing IPTV with Native RTP- Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
15.4.2 Implementing IPTV- Example of IPTV Multicasting Router
15.5 IPTV based on DVB-IPI
15.5.1 Example of a DVB-IPI IPTV Network
15.5 IPTV for HDTV Content
15.6 Extending IPTV to mobile and wireless networks
15.6.1 Wireless Networks
15.6.2 IPTV in mobile environment
15.6.3 Architectural framework for providing IPTV to 3G mobile devices
15.7 IPTV and WiMAX
15.7.1 Network architecture for IPTV on WiMAX
15.7.2 Korea Telecom WiBro Multicasting Channel Service

Section IV: Converged Architecture, Design and Applications

16. Mobile Broadcasting using WiMAX – A Technology overview
16.1 How are Broadcast and Multicast Services Provided over Mobile Networks?
16.2 Multimedia Broadcast & Multicast Service (MBMS)
16.3 Mobile WiMAX Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS)
16.4 Broadcast Technologies: DVB-H
16.4.1 Common Implementation Profiles for Multicasting / IP Datacasting Services
16.4.2 MediaFLO™
16.5 Setting up a Multicasting Service: Higher Layer Protocols
16.6 3GPP: Addressing Internetwork Issues and Service Definitions
16.7 WiMAX Interworking with 3 GPP
16.8 WiMAX Application Classes
16.9 Relative Positioning of WIMAX with 3G and evolved networks
16.9.1 HSDPA
16.9.2 EV-DO Rev 0
16.9.3 EV-DO REV A and REV B
16.9.4 EV-DO Rev C -Ultra mobile broadband
16.9.5 Positioning of WiMAX in “Evolving technologies”

17. Broadcast Applications of WiMAX networks
17.1 Internet Radio
17.2 TV over WiMAX
17.2.1 How to set up a WiMAX TV service
17.2.2 Interfacing to WiMAX Networks
17.2.3 Commercial Platforms for WiMAX TV-Samsung Personal Intelligent™ IPTV Platform
17.2.4 Examples of WiMAX TV Networks
17.2.5 Adding Web 2.0 Services to a WiMAX TV Service
17.3 News gathering Networks
17.3.1 Electronic News Gathering and News Room Automation Systems
17.4 Cable TV- Wireless Extensions using WiMAX
17.5 Surveillance networks
17.6 Video Conferencing over WiMAX

18. WiMAX and Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting- Interactive Applications
18.1 Interactive Broadcasting
18.1.1 The Power of Communities
18.1.2 Conventional Broadcasting to Interactive Broadcasting
18.1.3 Targeted advertising
18.1.4 Google TV Ads program
18.2 Broadcast and Multicast Associated Interactive services
18.2.1 Using “Presence” features
18.3 Designing Broadcast Applications for High Bandwidth interactive networks
18.3.1 Usage Created Content (UCC) TV
18.3.2 Background programming: Push VoD to mobile devices
18.4 Peer to Peer (P2P) Internet TV
18.4.1 NDS ShareTV and Distribited DVR

19. Content Security in WiMAX Networks
19.1 Security in Wireless environment
19.1.1 Security in Wireless Networks
19.2 Content Security in WiMAX Environment
19.2.1 Security in IEEE802.16-2004 Fixed WiMAX environment
19.2.2 Security in Mobile WiMAX environment
19.3 Practical Aspects of Mobile WiMAX security
19.3.1 Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Open Specifications for Mobile Phone Security
19.4 Conditional Access and Content Security
19.4.1 Transmission System Security- Conditional Access (CA)
19.5 Digital Rights Management
19.5.1 Types of DRM Systems
19.5.2 Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) DRM
19.5.3 DRM 2.0
19.5.4 How is OMA DRM content security handled in Practice?
19.5.5 OMA BCAST 1.0
19.5.6 DRM in IPTV
19.5.7 Microsoft Windows Media DRM
19.6 Implementation Examples and Platforms
19.6.1 NDS WIMAX TV

20. The Business Case for Mobile WiMAX
20.1 Initiating Mobile WiMAX Overlay
20.2 Business Models for Mobile WiMAX
20.2.1 Broadband Data Centric Model
20.2.2 Triple play overlay model
20.3 Resource Costing
20.4 Revenue Elements
20.4.1 Business Case for a WiMAX network with Broadband Centric Model
20.5 Business Case for a Video Multicast Service
20.5.1 Planning receiver devices
20.6 Other business Opportunities

21. Case Studies of WiMAX Networks
21.1 WiBro-Korea
21.1.1 Technical Specifications of WiBro
21.1.2 Network Architecture of WiBro
21.1.3 Portable subscriber stations and client devices:
21.1.4 Services available on WiBro Network
21.2 KDDI
21.3 M-Taiwan project
21.3.1 WiMAX Spectrum for the M-Taiwan program
21.3.2 Applications in M-Taiwan Program
21.3.3 Infrastructure for M-Taiwan Project
21.3.4 User devices in M-Taiwan program
21.4 Clearwire®
21.5 Ertech® Argentina
21.6 Sprint Nextel WiMAX Network-XOHM™

22. WiMAX Services- The Future
22.1 Positioning of 3G Networks and Long Term Evolution Technologies
22.2 Factors Governing Growth Mobile WiMAX
22.3 Challenges for WiMAX
22.4 Broadcast and Multimedia Services over WiMAX Networks
22.5 IMT Advanced or 4G Technologies

Glossary

Index