IEEE plans mobile video standards

Three planned standards will cover QoE, stream management, and 3-D displays.

-- Test & Measurement World, 1/23/2012 12:42:11 PM

During the 2012 CES show in January, the IEEE announced plans to develop three standards that will cover mobile video communications: IEEE P1907.1 (“Standard for Network-Adaptive Quality of Experience [QoE] Management Scheme for Real-Time Mobile Video Communications”), IEEE P2200 (“Standard Protocol for Stream Management in Media Client Devices”), and IEEE P3333 (“Standard for the Quality Assessment of Three Dimensional [3D] Displays, 3D Contents and 3D Devices based on Human Factors”).

“Mobile video is a phenomenally promising technology space, with the potential to transform and enable whole new applications and business models. But in order for that chain of events to be set in motion, significant challenges must be addressed in the areas of quality, user experience, and cost of delivery, among others,” said Judith Gorman, managing director, IEEE Standards Association.

IEEE P1907.1 will define an end-to-end QoE management scheme for real-time video-communications systems; the goal is to ensure that the quality of video on mobile devices does not lag behind that of traditional broadcast mediums.

IEEE P2200 will enable more efficient downloading and streaming of content through the standardization of time-shifted caching; the standard is intended to both improve user experience and relieve congestion on wireless networks.

Finally, IEEE P3333 is designed to establish methods of quality assessment of 3-D displays, content, and devices based on human factors such as photosensitive seizures, motion sickness, and visual fatigue. www.ieee.org.