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A DVB/IP QoS aware Backhaul Networking Environment

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The paper discusses a DVB/IP backhaul networking environment that enables users to access triple-play IP services at a guaranteed end-to-end QoS level. Utilising the DVB-T stream in a regenerative configuration, it presents the formation of a QoS aware backhaul that interconnects intermediate distribution nodes and service/content providers (e.g. ISPs, IPTV multicasters, etc.), for enabling always-on and triple-play services access, even from rural or dispersed areas. The capability of the proposed QoS aware DVB/IP backhaul networking environment is validated through experimental tests, that were conducted under real transmission/reception conditions at a prototype infrastructure that conforms to the discussed architectural design issues.

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  1. Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Samos, Greece

    George Mastorakis & George Kormentzas

  2. Department of Applied Informatics and Multimedia, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Evangelos Pallis

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Mastorakis, G., Pallis, E. & Kormentzas, G. A DVB/IP QoS aware Backhaul Networking Environment. Wireless Pers Commun 52, 637–649 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9625-8

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