Summary of ResultsStudy Period 2005-

2008

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networks and television and sound transmission)

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Terms of Reference

Use of cable and hybrid networks, primarily designed for television and sound programme delivery to the home, as integrated broadband networks also carry voice or other time critical services, video on demand, interactive services, etc. Use of telecommunication systems for contribution, primary distribution and secondary distribution of television, sound programmes and similar data services.Lead SG for:

– Integrated broadband cable and television networks

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Management Team

Chair: Mr. Richard Green (USA)

Vice-Chairs:

Mr. Charles Sandbank (UK)

Mr. Shuichi Matsumoto (Japan)

Mr. Yuri D. Shavdiya (Russia)

TSB: Mr. Masamichi Niiya

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Highlights of achievements (I)

1. IPCablecom, IPCablecom 2

2. Cable Modem

3. Network Transport

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Highlights of Achievements (II)

4. Application programming interfaces (API) for interactive TV services over cable networks

5. Conditional Access and Webcasting

6. IPTV framework

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Highlights of achievements (III)

7. Next Generation Set-box and Home Networking

8. Quality Assessment

9. Transmission of Large Screen Digital Imagery (LSDI) programmes

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Future WorkRefinement and enhancement of IPCablecom and IPCablecom 2 to optimize the architecture for wide-scale deployment Enhancement of the next generation set-top box to support a new architecture which bundles various service platforms and assures cross-platform and multi-platformDevelopment of an appropriate platform architecture to provide advanced multimedia services such as tele-medicine, remote-learning, etc along with sound and TV program over IP networksApplication Programming Interfaces (API) for advanced content distribution services and for use in next generation set-top boxesDevelopment of IPTV related Recommendations aligned with IPTV-GSI effortMeasurement of the QoS and QoE (Experience) for TV transmission on contribution and distribution networks

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Conclusion

Study Group 9 in the Study Period of 2005 -2008 was very productive and successful by developing more than 97 new/revised RecommendationsProposed Questions for the new Study Period will bring about new Recommendations that are strongly required to meet the demand of new services

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Supplemental Slides

Management team

Statistics

Workshop

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Statistics (I)

20 Rapporteurs meetings held201 contributions received7 SG meetings heldSG participants:- Max: 98

- Min: 56- Average: 70

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Statistics (II)

97 New/Revised Recommendations approved

15 Questions assigned by WTSA-04

5 New or revised Questions during study period

13 Questions proposed for next period

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WorkshopOpportunities and Challenges in Home Networking (Geneva, 13-14 October 2005)http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/homenetworking/index.html

- Presentations given by : ITU-T SGs 9, 5, 12, 15, 16, 17, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25, ISO TC 215, IEC TC 100, UPnP Forum, DLNA, DSL Forum, TVAF, ECHONET Consortium, SDOs, Broadcasting companies and manufactures

- 118 participants from 22 countries - The sessions • Worldwide status of Home networking • Home Network Architecture and Technologies • Home Networking Services and Business Models • Security and Digital Rights Management • Quality of Service in the Home Network • Electromagnetic Interface in the Home Environment • The Home Networking Future: Efforts and Challenges • Wrap-up

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Thank you!Dr Richard Green is President and CEO of CableLabs. He has over 20 years of experience in the communications industry. In 1999, Dr. Green received the Vanguard Award, the cable television industry's highest award, for his achievements in technological development.

Before joining CableLabs, Dr. Green worked for three major television networks, PBS, CBS, and ABC. Prior to becoming president of CableLabs, he was Senior Vice President of broadcast operations and engineering at PBS. He has also managed ABC's Videotape Post-Production department and has done basic research in laser technology for the Hughes Aircraft Company.

Dr. Green holds a Ph.D. in Astro-Physics from the University of Washington, an M.S. in Physics from the State University of New York in Albany, as well as a B.S. from Colorado College.