3DTV Content Capture, Encoding and Transmission: Building the Transport Infrastructure for Commerci al Services

Daniel Minoli has many years of IT, telecom, and networking experience for end users and carriers, including work at AIG, ARPA think tanks, Bell Telephone Laboratories, ITT, Prudential Securities, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore/Telecordia), AT&T, Capital One Financial, and high-tech incubator Leading Edge Networks, Inc. In addition to his full-time actvites, he is also the author of several books on video services, information technology, telecommunications, and data communications. Minoli has taught as an adjunct professor at New York University, Rutgers University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Monmouth University.

Preface. About the Author. 1 Introduction. 1.1 Overview. 1.2 Background. 1.2.1 Adoption of 3DTV in the Marketplace. 1.2.2 Opportunities and Challenges for 3DTV. 1.3 Course of Investigation. References. Appendix A1: Some Recent Industry Events Related to 3DTV. 2 3DV and 3DTV Principles. 2.1 Human Visual System. 2.1.1 Depth/Binocular Cues. 2.1.2 Accommodation. 2.1.3 Parallax. 2.2 3DV/3DTV Stereoscopic Principles. 2.3 Autostereographic Approaches. References. 3 3DTV/3DV Encoding Approaches. 3.1 3D Mastering Methods. 3.1.1 Frame Mastering for Conventional Stereo Video (CSV). 3.1.2 Compression for Conventional Stereo Video (CSV). 3.2 More Advanced Methods. 3.2.1 Video Plus Depth (V + D). 3.2.2 Multi-View Video Plus Depth (MV + D). 3.2.3 Layered Depth Video (LDV). 3.3 Short-term Approach for Signal Representation and Compression. 3.4 Displays. References. Appendix A3: Color Encoding. Appendix B3: Additional Details on Video Encoding Standards. B3.1 Multiple-View Video Coding (MVC). B3.2 Scalable Video Coding (SVC). B3.3 Conclusion. 4 3DTV/3DV Transmission Approaches and Satellite Delivery. 4.1 Overview of Basic Transport Approaches. 4.2 DVB. 4.3 DVB-H. References. Appendix A4: Brief Overview of MPEG Multiplexing and DVB Support. A4.1 Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) Packets and Transport Stream (TS) Unit(s). A4.2 DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)-Based Transport in Packet Networks. A4.3 MPEG-4 and/or Other Data Support. 5 3DTV/3DV IPTV Transmission Approaches. 5.1 IPTV Concepts. 5.1.1 Multicast Operation. 5.1.2 Backbone. 5.1.3 Access. 5.2 IPv6 Concepts. References. Appendix A5: IPv6 Basics. A5.1 IPv6 Overview. A5.2 Advocacy for IPv6 Deployment-Example. 6 3DTV Standardization and Related Activities. 6.1 Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). 6.1.1 Overview. 6.1.2 Completed Work. 6.1.3 New Initiatives. 6.2 MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF). 6.3 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 3D Home Entertainment Task Force. 6.4 Rapporteur Group On 3DTV of ITU-R Study Group 6. 6.5 TM-3D-SM Group of Digital Video Broadcast (DVB). 6.6 Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). 6.7 HDMI Licensing, LLC. 6.8 Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). 6.9 Other Advocacy Entities. 6.9.1 3D@Home Consortium. 6.9.2 3D Consortium (3DC). 6.9.3 European Information Society Technologies (IST) Project "Advanced Three-Dimensional Television System Technologies" (ATTEST). 6.9.4 3D4YOU. 6.9.5 3DPHONE. References. Glossary. Index.