Laboratori Telecomunicazioni MHEG - 5 — Aims , Concepts , and Implementation Issues Acronyms

Motivation for MHEG-5 Every design generally represents a compromise between conflicting goals. MHEG-5’s design is no exception, especially if you consider that MHEG-5 targets a continuously growing and fiercely competitive market where broadcast and interactive technologies converge almost daily. Converging technologies have often stimulated adopting standard solutions. Multimedia applications standards provide more than just the obvious objectives of portability and interoperability. A good multimedia standard can become a reference solution for system developers and application programmers. It also promotes the use of modular architectures that rely on common components that accomplish a specific functionality, such as interpreting and presenting MHEG5 applications to users. This task is performed by a compliant runtime engine (RTE), a resident software component for the OEM market that schedules delivery of an application to the user. It’s aimed at a wide installation base within complete solutions, like a VoD or an ITV system. RTEs help improve a product’s return on investment, abate a product’s per-unit costs, and provide high-quality, robust products due to extensive product testing.