3DTV Content Capture, Encoding and Transmission: Building the Transport Infrastructure for Commercial Services Book

Preface xi

About the Author xiii

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Overview 1

1.2 Background 6

1.2.1 Adoption of 3DTV in the Marketplace 6

1.2.2 Opportunities and Challenges for 3DTV 16

1.3 Course of Investigation 19

References 24

Appendix A1 Some Recent Industry Events Related to 3DTV 26

2 3DV and 3DTV Principles 29

2.1 Human Visual System 29

2.1.1 Depth/Binocular Cues 33

2.1.2 Accommodation 34

2.1.3 Parallax 34

2.2 3DV/3DTV Stereoscopic Principles 35

2.3 Autostereographic Approaches 42

References 45

3 3DTV/3DV Encoding Approaches 47

3.1 3D Mastering Methods 51

3.1.1 Frame Mastering for Conventional Stereo Video (CSV) 51

3.1.2 Compression for Conventional Stereo Video (CSV) 55

3.2 More Advanced Methods 59

3.2.1 Video Plus Depth (V + D) 60

3.2.2 Multi-View Video Plus Depth (MV + D) 63

3.2.3 Layered Depth Video (LDV) 65

3.3 Short-term Approach for Signal Representation and Compression 69

3.4 Displays 69

References 69

Appendix A3 Color Encoding 73

Appendix B3 Additional Details on Video Encoding Standards 74

B3.1 Multiple-View Video Coding (MVC) 75

B3.2 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) 78

B3.3 Conclusion 79

4 3DTV/3DV Transmission Approaches and Satellite Delivery 81

4.1 Overview of Basic Transport Approaches 81

4.2 DVB 90

4.3 DVB-H 95

References 99

Appendix A4 Brief Overview of MPEG Multiplexing and DVB Support 101

A4.1 Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) Packets and Transport Stream (TS) Unit(s) 101

A4.2 DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)-Based Transport in Packet Networks 104

A4.3 MPEG-4 and/or Other Data Support 105

5 3DTV/3DV IPTV Transmission Approaches 113

5.1 IPTV Concepts 114

5.1.1 Multicast Operation 115

5.1.2 Backbone 120

5.1.3 Access 125

5.2 IPv6 Concepts 132

References 135

Appendix A5 IPv6 Basics 138

A5.1 IPv6 Overview 138

A5.2 Advocacy for IPv6 Deployment-Example 157

6 3DTV Standardization and Related Activities 163

6.1 Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 165

6.1.1 Overview 165

6.1.2 Completed Work 166

6.1.3 New Initiatives 178

6.2 MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) 182

6.3 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 3D Home Entertainment Task Force 183

6.4 Rapporteur Group On 3DTV of ITU-R Study Group 6 184

6.5 TM-3D-SM Group of Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) 187

6.6 Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) 188

6.7 HDMI Licensing, LLC 189

6.8 Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) 189

6.9 Other Advocacy Entities 190

6.9.1 3D@Home Consortium 190

6.9.2 3D Consortium (3DC) 190

6.9.3 European Information Society Technologies (IST) Project "Advanced Three-Dimensional Television System Technologies" (ATTEST) 191

6.9.4 3D4YOU 192

6.9.5 3DPHONE 196

References 198

Glossary 201

Index 225