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What is IP Datacast (over

Chapter 23
Handbook of Research on Mobile Multimedia, Second Edition
DVB-H) ( IPDC): This is an end-to-end broadcast system for delivery of any type of digital content and services using IP-based mechanisms optimized for devices with limitations on computational resources and battery.
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Video and Data Dissemination in Mobile Broadcasting Environments
Panayotis Fouliras (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-046-2.ch023
Abstract
Data dissemination has already been identified as one of the most important aspects for mobile environments and particularly so for large volumes of data such as video, with the additional constraints of speedy, accurate, and isochronous delivery to thousands of users. With the adoption of mobile broadcasting standards this factor has increased in importance. In this chapter, we present the respective issues involved, technical as well as financial and regulatory. The reader is provided with a brief, yet concise, picture of the most important traditional broadcasting techniques and video broadcasting standards for the mobile environment. We then conclude with a detailed comparative evaluation in order to better understand the merits of each approach.
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