Keynote at International Conference on Telecommunication and Multimedia (TEMU 2008), Ierapetra, Crete, Greece, July 2008

1. The MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework for Integrated Management of Environments enabling Quality of Service Christian Timmerer Klagenfurt University (UNIKLU)  Faculty of Technical Sciences (TEWI) Department of Information Technology (ITEC)  Multimedia Communication (MMC) http://research.timmerer.com  http://blog.timmerer.com  mailto:christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at

3. UMA Challenge and Concept 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Rich Multimedia Content Diverse Set of Terminal Devices, User Preferences Heterogeneous Networks, Dynamic Conditions Universal Multimedia Access := any content should be available anytime , anywhere Universal Multimedia Experiences := User should have worthwhile , informative experience anytime, anywhere Content Adaptation for Universal Access Growing mismatch  Need for scalable content , descriptions, negotiation, adaptation

7. MPEG-21 Organisation – Parts 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Vision, Declaration, and Identification Digital Rights Management Adaptation Processing Systems Misc Pt. 4: IPMP Components Pt. 5: R ights E xpression L ang Pt. 6: R ights D ata D ictionary Pt. 7: D igital I tem A daptation Pt. 10: D igital I tem P rocessing Amd.1 : Convers. And Permissions Amd.2 : Dynamic and Distributed Adaptation Pt. 1: Vision, Technologies and Strategy Pt. 2: D igital I tem D eclaration Pt. 3: D igital I tem I dentification Pt. 9: File Format Pt. 16: Binary Format Pt. 18: D igital I tem S treaming Pt. 8: Reference Software Pt. 11: Persistent Association Pt. 12: Test Bed Pt. 14: Conform. Pt. 15: Event Reporting Pt. 17: Fragment Idenfication Amd.1 : Add‘l C++ bindings Amd.1 : DII relationship types

9. DID Example 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria < DIDL > < Item > < Descriptor > < Statement mimeType=&quot;text/plain&quot; > Best of Mozart </ Statement > </ Descriptor > < Descriptor > < Component >< Resource mimeType=&quot;image/jpg&quot; ref=&quot;cover.jpg&quot; /></ Component > </ Descriptor > < Item > < Descriptor > < Statement mimeType=&quot;text/plain&quot; > Le nozze di Figaro KV 492, Overtüre, 4:08 </ Statement > </ Descriptor > < Component > < Descriptor > < Statement mimeType=&quot;text/plain&quot; > Bitrate 192kbps </ Statement > </ Descriptor > < Resource mimeType=&quot;audio/m4a&quot; ref=&quot;track01.m4a&quot; /> </ Component > </ Item > <!-- further items ... --> </ Item > </ DIDL >

15. End-to-End QoS through Integrated Management of Content, Networks and Terminals 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Integrated Management of Content (Digital Items) Integrated Management of Services Content- and Context-aware Digital Item Service Management Integrated Management of Connectivity Services of Heterogeneous Networks Integrated Management of Heterogeneous Terminals 1 2 3 4 5

16. ENTHRONE System Architecture Metadata Management Model Metadata Management and Search (MATool) Enhanced Features Quality of Service and Adaptation 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Adapters Delivery layer ENTHRONE Integrated Management Supervisor EIMS Supervision layer Interfaces Business Actors Business level (simplified)

17. ENTHRONE System Architecture Metadata Management Model Metadata Management and Search (MATool) Enhanced Features Quality of Service and Adaptation - Adaptation management And extended functionalities : - End to end (QoS) management - Service management (SM) - Terminal Device Management (TDM) 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Adapters Delivery layer ENTHRONE Integrated Management Supervisor EIMS Supervision layer Interfaces Business Actors Business level (simplified)

18. ENTHRONE System Architecture Metadata Management Model Metadata Management and Search (MATool) Enhanced Features Quality of Service and Adaptation Generic model for - Metadata management - Metadata storage MAtool implementation using MPEG-7/-21, TV-anytime, ... 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Adapters Delivery layer ENTHRONE Integrated Management Supervisor EIMS Supervision layer Interfaces Business Actors Business level (simplified)

19. ENTHRONE System Architecture Metadata Management Model Metadata Management and Search (MATool) Enhanced Features Quality of Service and Adaptation - Multicast management - Content caching and CDN management 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Adapters Delivery layer ENTHRONE Integrated Management Supervisor EIMS Supervision layer Interfaces Business Actors Business level (simplified)

20. ENTHRONE System Architecture Metadata Management Model Metadata Management and Search (MATool) Enhanced Features Quality of Service and Adaptation New entity. More open business models 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria Adapters Delivery layer ENTHRONE Integrated Management Supervisor EIMS Supervision layer Interfaces Business Actors Business level (simplified)

21. MPEG-21 for End-to-End QoS Management enabling UMA 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria DI Model/Declaration/Identification Rights Expression Basic Content Descr. Enhance with DIA AdaptationQoS/UCD according to E2E QoS Model Add’l Rights Expression, License Service-related Metadata Capabilities of Adaptation Engines Adaptation Decision-Taking Engine: exploit Content- and Context-related Metadata Signaling of Characteristics and Conditions using UED Request and configure monitoring system through Event Reporting UED: User Characteristics and Terminal Capabilities Event Reporting: req./conf. Monitoring System 1 2 3 4 5

23. Thank you for your attention ... questions, comments, etc. are welcome … >> Visit the IT campus Carinthia << >> http://www.it-campus.at << Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Christian Timmerer Klagenfurt University, Department of Information Technology (ITEC) Universitätsstrasse 65-67, A-9020 Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA [email_address] http://research.timmerer.com/ Tel: +43/463/2700 3621 Fax: +43/463/2700 3699 © Copyright: Christian Timmerer 2008/07/16 Christian Timmerer, Klagenfurt University, Austria