Zap time (channel switching time) is a critical quality of experience (QoE) metric for IPTV
systems where synchronization, signaling, and propagation delays are the components …

Internet protocol TV (IPTV) is one of the most important multimedia applications for next-
generation networks. IPTV provides triple-play services that require high-speed access …

This letter proposes a weighted scheduling mechanism for Internet protocol television (IPTV)
to improve the loss performance of multicast transmission over an Ethernet passive optical …

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is a service to present digital TV over Internet. The IPTV
network architecture consists of two main components: core network and access network …

In an increasingly content-centric world where users consume large amounts of multimedia
content, video delivery platforms over packet networks, such as Internet Protocol Television …

The recent development of new applications and services, primarily multimedia applications,
has driven the need for higher bandwidth and a faster access network, but these cannot be …

Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs) have emerged as one of the most promising
access network technologies. Propelled by rapid price declines in fiber optics and Ethernet …

The Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) is one of the most promising broadband
access networks. We propose a new dynamic scheduling algorithm, referred to as cyclic …

Internet protocol TV (IPTV) is one of the important multimedia applications for the next-
generation network. IPTV can provide triple play services that require high-speed access …

EPONs are a low cost, high speed solution to the bottleneck problem of broadband access
networks. To support point-to-point and shared LAN emulation, EPONs use the multi-point …