NDLI: An extensible architecture for DTV middleware

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Siqueira, Frank Ghisi, Bruno Cavaler
Abstract	The currently adopted specifications for Digital Television (DTV) middleware do not define the internal characteristics of their architecture. As a result, the existing middleware implementations are not as flexible, extensible and adaptable as they should be due to the adoption of a closely-coupled architecture. This paper proposes a modular architecture for DTV middleware, which allows easy extension and updating, providing a simple way to add new features to the middleware. This architecture is based on the OSGi framework and its software components, called bundles. A categorization of these bundles was proposed, based on different usage scenarios that were identified, according to industry time-to-market and innovation needs. Prototypes of the architecture and of bundles have been implemented, and tests performed with these prototypes show the feasibility of this approach.
Starting Page	39
Ending Page	46
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450306027
DOI	10.1145/2000119.2000127
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2011-06-29
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Osgi Digital television Middleware
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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An extensible architecture for DTV middleware