In mobile open Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) which is one of the major attracting technologies recently, the security is a key issue for reliable service, because the mobility and the openness in IPTV could cause much more vulnerabilities to various attacks compared with traditional IPTV services. In this paper, we propose an energyefficient and secure channel group key establishment and rekeying...

Channel zapping delays are inconveniences that often experienced by the subscribers of Internet protocol television (IPTV). It is a major bottleneck in IPTV channels switching system affect quality experience users. Consequently, numerous approaches to minimize delay have been suggested. However, there little knowledge reported literature on determination strength evidence presented reducing IP...

In the provisioning of broadband Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services, call blocking probability (CBP) denotes the ratio of failed user requests, which is one of the most important metrics on IPTV quality of experience (QoE). This paper aims to evaluate and further to decrease the end-to-end (E2E) CBP of IPTV services in both stationary and peak-hour scenarios. At first, we analyze a currently ...

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) specify the quality levels customers expect during service provisioning. A critical issue in this area is for service providers to effectively achieve the individual SLA optimization in terms of Quality of Service (QoS) metrics and price. In Mobile IPTV (M-IPTV) scenario, the personalized service provision and timely/on-demand delivery demands high quantity of av...

The aim of this paper is to find out and check critical factors, which have a great impact over IPTV Customer Satisfaction. The research studied factors like Quality of Services, Channel Zapping Time and Repairing Packet Loss in network for Customer Satisfaction. The research is based upon primary data, which was collected through a questionnaire from the respondents of IPTV customers. The corr...

Telecommunication incumbents regard IPTV as a key service differentiator to reduce customer churn and generate new revenue streams. However, as more operators deploy this service, the factors for differentiation are dissolving rapidly. In this paper we present how IPTV can be enriched by integrating telecommunications services. We also show how new collaborative business models can be created b...