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                Broadcast solution
                Release 3.0.

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Nokia Mobile Broadcast solution - Release 3.0.
A future-proof                                             Open Air Interface

          solution for mobile                             Terminal

          TV broadcasting

                                                                                                                 Encapsulator
                                                                                                                  Broadcast
                                                                                                                                Broadcast       Content
                                                                           DVB-H        Broadcast                                Service
                                                                                         Network                                Manager
          Nokia Mobile Broadcast
          Solution is an open                                          2G/3G
                                                                                                                                Broadcast
                                                                                          Cellular                               Account
          standard server solution                                Purchase                Network                               Manager
          to support broadcasting
                                                                                                                    Mobile Broadcast
          digital content via DVB-H                       Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution,                             Solution 3.0
                                                          Release 3.0:
          to mobile terminals. It is                      • Generates and maintains Electronic Service Guide
          a safe, secure, and future-                     • Real time streaming control for multiple content sources and destinations
                                                          • Supports both free-to-air and paid broadcast services
          proof choice of server                          • Service protection and support for content protection
          solution for Mobile TV                          • Support for interactive services
                                                          • Based on open standards
          broadcasting.                                   • Professional services for 24/7 support, maintenance, delivery, and integration                                 Main features

          Open and commercial                             • Supports interactive content to enhance TV
                                                          • Electronic Service guide promoting
                                                                                                           Main features                                                   and specificatio
                                                                                                                                                                           the mobile term
          solution                                          channels in handset                            Electronic Service Guide                                        consumer can a
                                                          • Accurate viewing statistics collected          Electronic Service Guide (ESG) is the service                   the advertised p
          Nokia’s Mobile Broadcast Solution is              automatically by the platform                  discovery tool both for the consumer and
          globally the first DVB-H server platform                                                                                                                        The ESG protocol s
                                                                                                           for the client applications on the mobile
          intended for commercial Mobile TV services.     Datacast / Broadcast Network Operator                                                                          Mobile Broadcast S
                                                                                                           terminal. The ESG provides the consumers
          These services can utilize the current          • Tested technology and architecture                                                                           described in the p
                                                                                                           with rich, up-to-date information about the
          TV content with minimal impact to the             (third generation)                                                                                           Interface 1.0 speci
                                                                                                           services. ESG also serves the mobile terminal
          existing production systems. The system         • Dynamic traffic configuration to support         middleware with signaling data to enable
          output can be broadcast with any                  a country-wide DVB-H deployment                                                                              Streaming
                                                                                                           service look-up from the DVB-H stream and
          standards-compatible DVB-H transmitters,        • Supports multiple pricing models for same                                                                    All the content, be
                                                                                                           playback with the correct client software
          even nationwide.                                  services offered by different operators                                                                      is transmitted as m
                                                                                                           and codecs.
                                                          • Open Air Interface supporting multi-vendor                                                                   the Nokia Mobile B
          In August 2005, Nokia published version           mobile terminal market                                                                                       signaling for the m
                                                                                                           The ESG enables the user of a new Mobile
          1.0 of the Open Air Interface specification      • Future backwards compatibility to the first                                                                   to select the corre
                                                                                                           TV device to automatically discover all the
          for the Mobile TV service at www.nokia.           generation of mobile terminals                                                                               with the SDP files
                                                                                                           service platforms and services available in
          com/mobiletv. The Nokia Mobile Broadcast                                                                                                                       generated by the B
                                                                                                           the usage area, and it even prompts the
          Solution 3.0 fully implements the published     Mobile / TV Service Operator                                                                                   based on administ
                                                                                                           user to make purchases.
          specification, thus enabling the same services   • Open standards to support commercial
          to be offered through multiple handset            roll-out of industry                                                                                         Protocols, which a
                                                                                                           The ESG implementation also offers a tool
          makers’ mobile terminals. When the still-       • Interoperability supporting multiple device                                                                  Open Air Interface
                                                                                                           to strengthen customer loyalty to the
          proceeding standardization activities for the     manufacturers                                                                                                FLUTE/ALC for file t
                                                                                                           services through brand imagery and various
          protocols are complete, Nokia is committed      • Accommodates multiple subscription types                                                                     RTP and AAC+/RTP
                                                                                                           possibilities to interact with the broadcast
          to the standards while maintaining                including free view, preview, ongoing, and                                                                   respectively. The B
                                                                                                           service. In addition to the multiple audio and
          backwards compatibility to the published          pay-per-view possibilities                                                                                   also supports any
                                                                                                           video streams, a service can include dynamic
          specification.                                   • Post- and pre-paid subscriber support in                                                                     via the configurab
                                                                                                           links and a whole dedicated data stream
                                                            single platform                                that populates the mobile terminal memory                     defined ESG extens
          Nokia offers also training, implementation,     • Customer self-management for keeping                                                                         terminal client is, o
                                                                                                           with files supporting the experience with
          integration, maintenance, and support             operations costs low                                                                                         receive such servic
                                                                                                           the live stream.
          services to facilitate the offering of
          commercial Mobile TV services to the            General                                                                                                        Relying on IP mult
                                                                                                           Examples:
          consumers.                                      • Nokia Mobile TV experience with server                                                                       has many advanta
                                                                                                           • During a sports broadcast the data stream
                                                            platform operation and mobile TV                 can be utilized for athlete introduction and                nature of the DVB-
                                                            terminals since 2003                             background material                                         static, the multicas
          Summary of benefits                              • Credible development roadmap for               • During a music program the data channel                     these channels is n
                                                            both the mobile terminal and                     can offer the songs as ring tones, which                    allocated for a serv
          Content Provider / Broadcaster                    broadcast solution towards a mature,             the user can try out and buy                                may vary. Addition
          • Streaming with freedom to select the            fully standardized market and even             • During a commercial for a product the                       services can vary f
            encoding product vendor                         more features                                    data channel can transfer product details                   to another and the

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according to the so-called 18C specification.                   constantly control
                                                                                                                                 The services are protected at two levels:                      process to execute
                                                                                                                                                                                                parts of the netwo
                                                                                                                                 1. The actual payload IP traffic is encrypted                   are broadcast.
                                                                                                                                    with 128-bit AES encryption in the
 st       Content                                                                                                                   Broadcast Encapsulator with a frequently                    The Broadcast Serv
e
                                                                                                                                    changing key (even every few seconds).                      generates and mu
er
                                                                                                                                                                                                broadcast area. Th
                                                                                                                                 2. The traffic decryption keys for each service                 area pick up the ES
 st                                                                                                                                 are broadcast along the encrypted service                   their local ESG dat
 t                                                                                                                                  in the OMA DRM 2.0 protected key stream
er                                                                                                                                  so that only a mobile terminal with the                     Service protection
                                                                                                                                    proper DRM rights object can decrypt it                     operators, via a sim
 t                                                                                                                                  and access the service.                                     content providers
                                                                                                                                                                                                Service operators c
                                                                                                                                 Both the service key (OMA DRM Rights Object)                   service packages a
                                                                                                                                 purchase order and delivery are carried out                    stored in the centr
                                                                                                                                 via the cellular network so that the user                      packaging data co
                                                                                                                                 may start consuming the content                                encryption process
                                                                                                                                 immediately after making the purchase.                         ESG generation so
                                                                                                                                 The architecture allows several distinct                       presented with the
                                                                                                                                 service operators to package and price a
 ion                             Main features                                                                                   common set of broadcast services to their                      Broadcast Accou
                                                                                                                                 own customer bases with great flexibility.                      The Broadcast Acc
                                                                                                                                 In addition to the common services, a                          service fulfillment
                                                                                                                                 service operator can offer exclusive content                   paid mobile broad
                                 and specifications in HTML format to            Solution automatically generates an ESG to       to differentiate from the competition.                         who selects a pay-
                                 the mobile terminal, from which the            match the content offering. Finally, using                                                                      prompted to try it
                                 consumer can access a web shop to buy          multicast optimizes the capacity of each link    Although Solution 3.0 implements stronger                      agrees to make th
G) is the service                the advertised product                         in the transport network between the head        encryption algorithms and OMA DRM 2.0,                         routed via the cell
  onsumer and                                                                   end and broadcast cells provided that IP         the purchase and protection architectures                      to the Broadcast A
 n the mobile                  The ESG protocol supported by the Nokia          transport is used.                               are essentially the same as the one                            processes the requ
  he consumers                 Mobile Broadcast Solution 3.0 is fully                                                            trialed successfully in more than a dozen                      appropriate rights
mation about the               described in the publicly available Open Air     The streaming protocols supported by the         deployments of the previous 2.2 release.                       proceed to enjoy t
   mobile terminal             Interface 1.0 specification.                      Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution 3.0 are                                                                         operator is entitled
 data to enable                                                                 described in the publicly available Open Air     Usage Tracking
  B-H stream and               Streaming                                        Interface 1.0 specification (see www.nokia.       The TV application in the Nokia DVB-H mobile                   The Broadcast Acc
 ient software                 All the content, be it audio, video, or data,    com/mobiletv).                                   terminals supports collection of TV usage log                  fulfill customer ord
                               is transmitted as multicast streams with                                                          data. The Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution                      operator intervent
                               the Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution. The         Service Protection and Payment                   collects and combines the logs for analysis                    in the network tha
 a new Mobile                  signaling for the mobile terminal to be able     Recent studies indicate that the consumers       purposes. Accurate viewing statistics are vital                or provisioned for
discover all the               to select the correct application is achieved    are ready to pay for receiving even the basic    in order to match the services offered to the                  a subscription, wh
 es available in               with the SDP files in the ESG, which are          TV services on their mobile terminals. The       Mobile TV user profiles and usage patterns,                     offering broadcast
 prompts the                   generated by the Broadcast Service Manager       Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution features         which differ greatly from the traditional                      maximize the app
                               based on administrator-generated profiles.        a comprehensive protection, purchase and         TV ones.                                                       Broadcast Account
                                                                                payment system to realize this revenue                                                                          post-paid and pre-
  o offers a tool              Protocols, which are compatible with the         potential.                                                                                                      even in a single in
 alty to the                   Open Air Interface 1.0 specification, are
                               FLUTE/ALC for file transport and H.264 AVC/       Any broadcast services can be offered as free-
                                                                                                                                 Nokia Mobile Broadcast                                         From the service o
 gery and various
  the broadcast                RTP and AAC+/RTP for video and audio,            to-air, pay-per-view, subscribed, or as a        Solution 3.0 architecture                                      Broadcast Account
multiple audio and             respectively. The Broadcast Service Manager      combination of both pay-per-view                                                                                between the new
  include dynamic              also supports any other multicast protocol       and subscribed. In addition to the service       Broadcast Service Manager, Release 3.0                         and the existing a
   data stream                 via the configurable profiles and user-            access, also the content may be protected        The Broadcast Service Manager controls the                     authorization as w
 erminal memory                defined ESG extensions – a dedicated mobile       to prevent forwarding of recorded content        encapsulation, multicast routing, encryption,                  The interfaces offe
 perience with                 terminal client is, of course, required to       from the consumer’s mobile terminal to           ESG generation, and DRM aspects of the mobile                  to seamlessly integ
                               receive such services.                           other users. The pay-services can include a      broadcast services. One Broadcast Service                      service offering qu
                                                                                short free preview. The ESG contains all the     Manager instance is able to manage a large                     infrastructure.
                               Relying on IP multicast in the network end       packaging and pricing details of each service,   DVB-H service deployment with multiple
t the data stream              has many advantages. Firstly, while the          which can be presented to the consumers          DVB-H networks, service operators and content                  DVB-H Broadcast
e introduction and             nature of the DVB-H sub-channeling is quite      as an embedded function in the mobile            providers/sources. Broadcast Service Manager                   Release 3.0
                               static, the multicast routing of streams to      terminal application. Having the pay-service     allows each content provider to manage their                   IPE10 is a gateway
the data channel               these channels is not. Thus the bandwidth        discovery and purchase integrated into the       accessible capacity as if it were their own; via               IP network and th
g tones, which                 allocated for a service, such as a TV channel,   mobile terminal client greatly enhances the      either user or system-to-system interfaces.                    Each IPE10 routes
buy                            may vary. Additionally, the bouquet of           likelihood of impulse purchases.                 The broadcast plans of all the different                       groups from its ing
a product the                  services can vary from one network area                                                           content providers are stored in a central                      to the egress DVB
 product details               to another and the Nokia Mobile Broadcast        The protection architecture is implemented       repository. The Broadcast Service Manager                      encrypting the con

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 8C specification.                 constantly controls the IP encapsulation
 t two levels:                    process to execute these stored plans in all
                                  parts of the network, so that correct streams
 fic is encrypted                  are broadcast.
 on in the
with a frequently                 The Broadcast Service Manager also
  few seconds).                   generates and multicasts the ESG for each
                                  broadcast area. The mobile terminals in that
s for each service                area pick up the ESG transmission and update
 ncrypted service                 their local ESG databases accordingly.
cted key stream
minal with the                    Service protection is controlled by the service
can decrypt it                    operators, via a similar interface as the
                                  content providers have at their disposal.
                                  Service operators can configure their own
 RM Rights Object)                service packages and prices, which are also
  are carried out                 stored in the central repository. The stored
 hat the user                     packaging data continuously drives the
 ntent                            encryption process for pay-services and the
he purchase.                      ESG generation so that the consumers are
eral distinct                     presented with the correct purchase options.
e and price a
ervices to their                  Broadcast Account Manager, Release 2.0
reat flexibility.                  The Broadcast Account Manager is an on-line
 services, a                      service fulfillment and charging solution for
xclusive content                  paid mobile broadcast services. A consumer
mpetition.                        who selects a pay-service from the ESG is         Manager controls both the routing and the                  Interfaces
                                  prompted to try it and buy it. If the user        encryption of each IPE10 element.                          In addition to the Open Air Interface for
ements stronger                   agrees to make the purchase, a request is                                                                    multiple mobile terminal vendor support, the
OMA DRM 2.0,                      routed via the cellular packet IP services        The IPE Manager mediates the control                       Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution comes with
n architectures                   to the Broadcast Account Manager, which           messages from the Broadcast Service                        a comprehensive set of open Application
 the one                          processes the request and responds with the       Manager to each IPE10 element. The                         Programming Interfaces (APIs). The APIs
 than a dozen                     appropriate rights. The consumer may then         mediation layer enables control of very                    allow seamless integration of the solution
 s 2.2 release.                   proceed to enjoy the service while the service    large DVB-H deployments by a single                        to all the relevant content creation, monitoring
                                  operator is entitled to charge the consumer.      Broadcast Service Manager cluster.                         and subscriber management systems.

okia DVB-H mobile                 The Broadcast Account Manager is able to          The following table lists all the protocols used in these interfaces.
 n of TV usage log                fulfill customer orders without any manual
 dcast Solution                   operator intervention. There is nothing             System                   Interface                                    Protocol
ogs for analysis                  in the network that needs to be activated
 statistics are vital             or provisioned for a subscriber to make
                                                                                      Broadcast                Streaming input i/f                          RTP/RTCP multicast
 es offered to the                a subscription, which makes the cost of                                                                                   FLUTE/ALC
                                                                                      Service Manager
usage patterns,                   offering broadcast services very low. To
                                                                                                               Content Provider i/f                         Web GUI
 e traditional                    maximize the applicable user base, the                                                                                    XML upload
                                  Broadcast Account Manager supports both                                                                                   Web Services Interface
                                  post-paid and pre-paid subscriber types,                                     Service Operator i/f                         Web GUI
                                  even in a single installation.                                               RO push i/f (to ECS)                         XML over HTTPS
oadcast                           From the service operator point of view, the
                                                                                                               IPDC air interface (layers above IPv6)       ESG: XML over FLUTE/ALC
                                                                                                                                                            Streaming: RTP/RTCP
hitecture                         Broadcast Account Manager is a mediator                                                                                   Protection: IPSec (AES-128)
                                                                                                                                                            A/V: eAAC+, H.264 AVC
                                  between the new DVB-H broadcast services
 er, Release 3.0                  and the existing authentication and                                          Usage data i/f                               HTTP
 er controls the                  authorization as well as charging solutions.
 ing, encryption,                 The interfaces offered make it possible             Broadcast                Purchase i/f                                 ROAP (Rights Object Access Protocol)
 ects of the mobile               to seamlessly integrate the broadcast               Account Manager          Sales Item i/f                               HTTPS
dcast Service                     service offering quickly into the existing                                   Charging i/f                                 Post-paid: Nokia Charging
manage a large                    infrastructure.                                                                                                           Gateway file format, FTP transfer
ith multiple                                                                                                                                                Pre-paid: RMI Plug-in
                                                                                                                                                            (Nokia Charging Center
 ators and content                DVB-H Broadcast Encapsulator,                                                                                             integration included)
  Service Manager                 Release 3.0                                                                  Authentication & Authorisation i/f           RMI Plug-in
er to manage their                IPE10 is a gateway between the multicast
 ere their own; via               IP network and the DVB-H transmitters.
                                                                                      IPE10                    Datacast i/f                                 IPv6 over DVB-H ASI
 tem interfaces.                  Each IPE10 routes the applicable multicast
he different                      groups from its ingress Ethernet interface
d in a central                    to the egress DVB ASI port, optionally              IPE10, IPE Manager Monitoring i/f                                     SNMPv3
ervice Manager                    encrypting the content. The Broadcast Service

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                                                                                                                                                                                              Copyright©2005 Nokia. All rights reserved. Nokia and Nokia Connecting People are registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             www.nokia.co

                                     Specifications
                                     Server Hardware and Product Variants                                 Third Party Software
                                     Both Broadcast Service Manager and Broadcast Account Manager are     Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution relies on best-of-breed third party
                                     also available as clustered, high-availability (HA) configurations,   software components listed in the table below:
                                     in which no single-point HW failure can cause system outage.

                                       System           Variant       Servers                              System             Function               Component

                                       Broadcast        IPE10         1 x Proliant DL360G4, 2 x CPU,       Broadcast          Operating system,      RedHat Enterprise Linux
                                       Encapsulator                   2 x CPU, RAID1, 2 x PS               Service Manager    clustering platform    Advanced Server
                                                                                                                                                     RedHat Clustering Suite
                                                        IPE Manager   1 x Proliant DL360G4, 2 x CPU,
                                                                      RAID1, 2 x PS                                           Database server        Oracle 10g
                                                                                                                              Application server     Tomcat
                                       Broadcast       M              1 x Proliant DL360G4, 2 x CPU,
                                       Service Manager                RAID1, 2 x PS, 1 x Proliant                             Web server             Apache
                                                                      DL380G4, 2 x CPU, RAID1,
                                                                      2 x PS, 1 x Cisco Catalyst 2950T     Broadcast       Operating system,         RedHat Enterprise Linux
                                                                                                           Account Manager clustering platform       Advanced Server
                                                        L (HA)        2 x Proliant DL360G4,
                                                                                                                                                     RedHat Clustering Suite
                                                                      2 x CPU, RAID1, 2 x PS
                                                                      2 x Proliant DL380G4, 2 x CPU,                          ROAP Server            CoreMedia ROAP Server
                                                                      RAID1, 2 x PS,
                                                                                                                              Database server        Oracle 10g
                                                                      1 x External MSA500 cluster
                                                                      disk array,                                             Application server     Tomcat
                                                                      2 x Cisco Catalyst 2950T                                Web server             Apache

                                       Broadcast       M              1 x Proliant DL360G4, 2 x CPU,       Broadcast          Operating system       FreeBSD
                                       Account Manager                RAID1, 2 x PS,                       Encapsulator
                                                                      2 x Proliant DL380G4, 2 x CPU,
                                                                      RAID1, 2 x PS
                                                                      1 x Cisco Catalyst 2950T
                                                        XL (HA)       2 x Proliant DL360G4, 2 x CPU,
                                                                      RAID1, 2 x PS
                                                                      4 x Proliant DL380G4, 2 x CPU,
                                                                      RAID1, 2 x PS
                                                                      1 x External MSA500 cluster
                                                                      disk array
                                                                      2 x Cisco Catalyst 2950T

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                      Copyright©2005 Nokia. All rights reserved. Nokia and Nokia Connecting People are registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.

                                                                                                                                                     PO Box 226
                                                                                                                                                     Fin-00045 Nokia Group
                                                                                                                                                     Finland
                                                                                                                                                     Phone: +358 (0)7180 08000
                                                                                                                                                     www.nokia.com/mobiletv

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