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HDVC initiative and LTE as an enabler for HD Video communication on IMS

Maurizio De Paola

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Many flavors of videocommunication

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Tele-Presence Services

Different Service profiles

Telepresence
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For a niche of Top customers. Need strong infrastrucural and requirements. Mainly Intracompany. networking

Highest Definition

Top
Traditional room based videoconferencing

Operators

Traditional Video

Many proprietary solutions that work only in closed environments. Mainly intracompany or intercompany (through operators service centres)

Enterprise

Web

Web Based Conferencing & OTT solutions Entry-level solution, with no particular bandwidth requirements and with a low quality definition. Community-based and integrated with voice/chat (often free of charge)

webex

SME/Soho
Potential for an increased volume /Consumer and lower price
OTT

Market growth opportunities for Operators

Tablet/Smartphone diffusion video-client HDTV-IP introduction (es. Sony, Samsung, ecc), at limited expenditures Reduced bandwidth capacity to support HD Videocommunication IP-based control platforms for VoIP services (IMS) are natively videoready TO BtoB BtoC & CtoC FROM BtoB

Videocommunication adoption extended also to the Consumer Market

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and market growth limits

Although video services demand is growing (e.g. video in Skype traffic is > 50%), the videoconferencing market is constrained by several factors: lack of interoperability among networks and manufacturers closed solution environments Complexity in switching between networks and/or video equipment from different manufacturers located in different countries Costly single vendor solutions can target only high profile corporate customers Need to unite a fragmented and non-interoperable market place by involving players from the ITC sector to create a common set of standards based on openness and interoperability

HDVC

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What is HDVC (High Definition Video Conference)?

Effort of an open group of operators and equipment manufacturers to apply existing and emerging open standards to high quality video communication HDVC technical profile is based on 3GPP IMS

More Operators & Vendors are welcome to join us!!

COMMUNITY (reuse of traditional fixed & mobile telephone numbers) EASY TO USE & ACCESS (many access many device: TV/PC/Tablet/Smartphone LTE) QUALITY (managed service) INTEROPERABILITY (any device to any network; any provider to any provider) COST SCALABILITY (economies of scale for device and network equipment)
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HDVC mission
Provide business and consumer customers with easy to use, interconnected, and interoperable high quality video conferencing services globally.

Define minimum profiles of features from existing standards for the user to network and network to network interfaces.
Validate the profiles through the demonstration of interoperable video conferencing across multiple operators and utilizing equipment from multiple vendors.

Encourage the participation of additional operators, service providers,

network suppliers, and equipment manufacturers that are aligned with and actively contributing towards the mission.

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HDVC profile
Existing and agreed standards in 3GPP IMS cover all needed specifications, interfaces and interworking already
Select subset (profile) for quick time to market

Hand over to global foundation: GSMA

Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint video communication with a multi-device approach

Service-provider based
As easy as a phone call Service quality assured Inter-operable

Supporting fixed and mobile access (fixed and mobile: xDSL, Ethernet, LTE)
Featuring High Definition Video and High Quality Audio

IR.39
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HDVC profile

3GPP TS 29.165

IPX

IR.39

The HDVC group has produced two technical documents UNI specification using GSMA IR.92 (VoLTE) as a base and now becoming IR.39 IMS Profile for High Definition Video Conference (HDVC) Service . NNI specification built by profiling 3GPP TS 29.165
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HDVC profile
The UNI / NNI documents are a profile (i.e. a minimum set of functions that all equipment must support) of the SIP/IMS specifications, covering e.g.
SIP registration Authentication Addressing (SIP URIs and E.164 tel-URI) Call establishment Supplementary Services RTP/RTCP profile Voice (Mobile/Fixed NB: AMR/G.711, WB: AMR-WB/G.722, FB: G.719/AAC-LD ) and video (H.264) codecs

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Possible devices

PCs with HDVC compliant application using a broadband connection (fixed or mobile LTE)

Tablet with a HDVC application using WiFi or mobile broadband LTE

Smart phone with a HDVC application using WiFi or mobile broadband LTE

HDVC profile in GSMA

Lennart Norell (Ericsson)

Document Number Meeting Date Meeting Venue For Approval For Information Version Security Classification

RILTE Doc xxxx xxx Meeting

X x Confidential to Full, Associate, Group and Rapporteur members

Dedicated dual-screen HDVC device using a wireline broadband connection

Confidential Information GSMA 2010 All GSMA meetings are conducted in full compliance with the GSMAs anti-trust compliance policy

HDTV device with HDVC compliant application using a wireline broadband connection

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HDVC strenghts
End to End interoperability - UNI profiling ensures interoperabilty between any networks and any device; NNI profiling ensures multivendor/multicarrier interoperability Identities - Operators can choose whether to reuse traditional telephone number (e.g. TEL:+391721234512) or SIP-URI (e.g. name@operatordomain). Reuse of E.164 simplifies user experience. Same platform as Voice over IMS HDVC reuses the same network infrastructures Operators will launch for mobile and fixed telephony (IMS). The main difference is the introduction of the MRF (conference focus) to handle point-to-multipoint services. Open interworking to other solutions - NNI profile can be used as a global reference for interconnection between networks implementing different videocomunication solutions. Basic service concept - Point to Point, Ad-hoc conferencing, Meetme, Content Sharing in conference, supplementary service support (Originating/Terminating Identification Presentation, )
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HDVC Demo at Mobile World Congress (Barcelona 2012)

Multi-country, multi-operator, multi-vendor live demo
Technical Achievements
Interoperability between endpoints/terminals Quanta and Polycom
Point-to-multipoint

Interoperability between endpoints and IMS core networks Ericsson, ItalTel, and IBM IMS core Interconnectivity between commercial IPX network operator networks through

Use Cases
Meet Me conference (B2B scenario, B2C scenario) Point to Point calls (B2C scenario, C2C scenario)
Point-to-Point

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Precommercial Trial Architecture

Customer 6 PC with HDVC compliant application

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Different Telco participating to the precommercial trial PtoP and PtoM services E.164 Numbering Scheme (+39011333400) 720p and 1080p resolution Fixed BB access and mobile LTE access Different devices

IMS - HDVC Other Operators

IPX

HD room system device

Broadband Access
IMS - HDVC TELECOMITALIA TELECOMITALIA Sparkle

Smart phone with HDVC app

LTE/EPC

IPX

UNI

NNI 3GPP TS 29.165

IMS - HDVC Other Operators

IR.39

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HDVC on LTE
The bandwidth requirement is of 2 Mbit/s for 720p and 4 Mbit/s for 1080p. The bandwidth can be reduced adopting H.264 High Profile. This profile isnt available on portable device. End-to-End QoS is needed for large deployment to guarantee the bandwidth on radio interface. A bidirectional-simmetrical bandwidth requirement. Latency: Apart from large bandwidth requirements, a small round trip time is required for reduced delays between frames. Any delay beyond 150-300ms becomes noticeable and distracting.

HDVC service specifically require LTE access to be delivered on mobile networks.

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End-to-End QoS on LTE (1/2)

Radio Bearer E - RAB

S1 Bearer

S5 Bearer

External Bearer

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End-to-End QoS on LTE (2/2)

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Remarks
HDVC identifies only a technical profile (on top of standards capability), necessary for UNI & NNI interoperability. Standards (3GPP, HDVC) are essential but not sufficient for service enablement. The following operational aspects were intentionally left out of profiling activity, but will need to be addressed: QoS assurance (over fixed access and at interconnection) Commercial settlement between Operators NAT/Firewall traversal Scheduling & management facilities Consistent dial plan Device Certification

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Conclusions
Today there are different Videoconference Systems but there are still many problems to define a fully interoperable service like the GSM ones. IMS can be considered as and enabler to develop a fully interoperable Videoconference service between different Telcos.

Telecomitalia and other operator, network equipment providers and terminal provider have worked in GSMA to define HDVC service profile to be integrated in IR.39.
This profile define also the IP interconnectivity based on IPX and NNI SIP interconnection between Telcos based on TS. 29.165.

The idea of HDVC as Open Forum where different Telcos, Network Equipments Provider and Terminal provider can participate to implement this approach.

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Thank You Questions ?

maurizio.depaola@telecomitalia.it

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