Broadcasting Working Group

The Broadcasting Working Group (BCAST) will examine the needs of 'Mobile Broadcast Services' and the environments needed for their delivery. The term 'Mobile Broadcast Services' refers to a broad range of broadcast services, which jointly leverage the unidirectional one-to-many broadcast paradigm and the bi-directional unicast paradigm in a mobile environment. Thus, mobile broadcast services include one-to-many services ranging from classical broadcast to mobile multicast.

Based on the needs identified the implications on service and client provisioning, network infrastructures, including existing infrastructures, and terminals must be identified. The BCAST WG will define the set of necessary enablers for mobile broadcast services, including but not limited to service discovery, electronic program/service guides, charging and content/service protection. These enablers will be bearer independent in order to be useful for a diverse and heterogeneous infrastructure. The specifications will ensure the interoperability of various components.

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