Triple play digital cable terminal under development - digital cable TV, set-top boxes, interactive
The past two years, experts in different fields, are in the front line operators, all of the "triple play" of the concept of a multi-dimensional set. In the wisdom of the collision, a basic consensus has been reached, that is, "triple play at this stage does not mean the telecommunications network, computer network and Cable television The physical unity of the three major networks network, but mainly refers to the integration of high-level business applications. Through technological transformation of the three major networks are able to provide, including voice, data, images and other integrated multimedia business communications class, the information society is composed of a network infrastructure. "In fact, outside the context of information technology, more use of" triple play "(TriplePlay) to refer to the" triple play. "This shows that, from a business point of view instead of network technology to measure, is the most the basic law of the network economy, the main operator competition pattern, the actual needs of consumers thought. In this point, we should also be able to find the transaction costs and integration of least resistance solution.
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Them, the most direct and frequent interface is the end! After years of discussion and even controversy, "triple play" network technology
Basic operation has been confirmed that the number of IP-based. For radio and television cable network operators, this process precisely and Digital TV Overall conversion Process synchronization; while the overall conversion has IP-based digital transformation has provided a rare opportunity for a series of policies, capital, technology, human and other resources, and are subject to the overall transformation of the overall situation, for the transformation of radio and television cable network provided strong support. In order to "post-integration era," take a strong competitive position in the business, cable operators must first build a high-quality two-way network that is based broadband integrated service network, the Internet can be achieved in a broadband multimedia, telephone, data and other integrated services, so as to satisfy the full range of consumer needs. From the overall technical point of view, this integrated service network will be based on the most aggressive in recent decades, IP protocol-based core network integration.
In the core network convergence, service convergence trend, multi-access media to compete, such as Coaxial cable, UTP, fiber, terrestrial wireless, satellite broadcast; and Ethernet has become the trend of fixed access. But for ordinary consumers, the demand is the end of the fusion! Users do not care who's using network access, but to AllinOne?? 1 set of equipment, a remote control, 1 bill, will be able to watch TV, Internet, phone and other information services to get rid of all this is the user where the real demand.
In fact, from a technical origin of view, digital media, the 0 and 1 replaced the analog signal of diversification, so that voice, video, data services, integrated and network transmission bandwidth by a certain household. Therefore, the content access can be from any access conditions, which are objectively requires the terminal to fit a variety of different networks, and provide services as diverse media (microphones, video cameras).
Current, digital STB (Or future one machine) is a business-oriented digital video and audio terminals. Digital cable television is still mainly to resolve the upgrade from analog to digital, but the face of "triple play", and then face the operator's role from a simple path transmission to integrated information services, digital video and audio from the terminal must have business extended to the access network adapter, voice and data services provided or forwarded.
This leads to a "second-generation digital set-top box" needs.