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24、stem Information Specification TIA-1178 4 Contents 1 2 1 Introduction and Scope 8 3 2 Apparatus . 9 4 2.1 Compliance Terminology . 9 5 2.2 Symbols and Abbreviations 9 6 2.3 XML Schema 10 7 2.4 Definitions. 10 8 2.5 Normative References . 14 9 3 SI Reference Architecture 16 10 3.1 Introduction 16 11
25、3.2 Reference Architecture Model 16 12 3.3 Reference Architecture Entities . 16 13 3.3.1 Device . 17 14 3.3.2 Network . 17 15 3.3.3 Content Provider . 17 16 3.3.4 Content Retailer 17 17 3.3.5 Billing definitions of terms; and a bibliography of standards and 13 other documents incorporated in this st
26、andard by reference. 14 Chapter 3 is an informative chapter describing the reference architecture assumed for the SI. 15 Chapter 4 is an informative chapter describing the services provided by the SI in detail. 16 Chapter 5 is a normative chapter specifying the common formats of all messages used to
27、 convey SI 17 to Devices. 18 Chapter 6 is a normative chapter specifying Sl Messages used to convey Marketplace Information. 19 Chapter 7 is a normative chapter specifying Sl Messages used to convey Service Definition 20 Information. 21 Chapter 8 is a normative chapter specifying Sl Messages used to
28、 convey the Media Presentation 22 Guide. 23 Chapter 9 is a normative chapter specifying the extensions for the SI for use with Networks based on 24 the Forward Link Only Technology. 25 Annex A is a normative Annex specifying the XML for the SI Messages. 26 TIA-1178 Forward Link Only System Informati
29、on Specification 9 2 APPARATUS 1 2.1 Compliance Terminology 2 The key words “shall”, “shall not”, “should”, “should not”, “may”, “need not”, “can” and “cannot”, when 3 used in this Standard, shall be interpreted as described in the TIA Style Manual 21. 4 2.2 Symbols and Abbreviations 5 The following
30、 symbols and abbreviations are used in this Standard: 6 ANSI: American National Standard Institute 7 ASN.1: Abstract Syntax Notation number 1 8 BCS: Billing and Customer Service 9 CA: Conditional Access 10 CRID: Content Reference Identifier 11 CR: Content Retailer 12 CSR: Customer Service Representa
31、tive 13 EMM: Entitlement Management Message 14 EULA: End User License Agreement 15 HTML: Hypertext Markup Language 16 IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force 17 IP: Internet Protocol 18 IPv4: Internet Protocol version 4 19 IPv6: Internet Protocol version 6 20 ISAN: International Standard Audiovisual N
32、umber 21 ISO: International Organization for Standardization 22 KB: 1024 bytes 23 KMS: Key Management System 24 MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 25 MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America 26 MPEG: Moving Pictures Expert Group 27 MPG: Media Presentation Guide 28 RFC: Request For Commen
33、t 29 RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America 30 SI: System Information 31 SIM: Subscriber Identity Module 32 TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association 33 URI: Uniform Resource Identifier 34 URL: Uniform Resource Locator 35 UTC: Coordinated Universal Time 36 Forward Link Only System Inform
34、ation Specification TIA-1178 10 W3C: World Wide Web Consortium 1 XML: Extensible Markup Language 2 2.3 XML Schema 3 SI is specified herein as a set of XML schema. The schema are specified graphically in Chapters 5 - 4 8 and textually, in Annex A. The attributes and elements in the graphical schema a
35、re further specified 5 and refined in explanatory text sections. Textual and graphic schema, and the textual explanations of 6 the graphical schema, are all normative. 7 The elements of the graphical XML schema conform to the conventions described in Figure 2-1. 8 9 Figure 2-1: Conventions used in X
36、ML Schema 10 2.4 Definitions 11 The following definitions apply to capitalized terms used in this specification: 12 Term Definition Activation The placement of a Device into a state that causes it to acquire SI and Mobile Multimedia Multicast Services. Add-on Package A Package that may be subscribed
37、 to only after a Parent Package is subscribed to. Auto-Subscribed Package A Package that the Device subscribes to without the user explicitly selecting it. Base Service The primary Service represented by a Channel. BCS Provider Entity that provides end user subscription, billing and customer support
38、 services on behalf of one or more Content Retailers. Each Device is associated with at least one BCS Provider. Blackout Access to a Presentation being forbidden in certain geographical areas for contractual reasons. Channel A view of a Base Service that may be customized through replacement of cert
39、ain attributes of the Base Service. TIA-1178 Forward Link Only System Information Specification 11 Term Definition Channel Weight The Weight to be assigned to MPG Titles of Presentations delivered via the Channel. Classification Scheme A set of standard Terms that describes some domain 7. Classifica
40、tion Scheme Table An XML Table that gives mappings between short aliases and URIs of Classification Schemes. Closed Package A Package that is not accepting new subscriptions Contact Window An interval of time in which Non Real Time Files are being distributed. Content Provider Entity that supplies c
41、ontent to the user through Services Content Retailer Entity that defines Packages and offers them for subscription through one or more associated BCS Providers. Default Language The language in which information is to be delivered to a user if the user has not selected some other language in which t
42、he information is available. Device Customer Equipment that can be activated to access Mobile Multimedia Multicast Services. Device Profile An identifier for a set of Device characteristics. Distinguishing Attribute An attribute of an SI Message which limits the scope of the Version field in that me
43、ssage to instances with a specified value of the attributed. EULA End User License Agreement a contract between the User and the Content Retailer that specifies the terms of subscription to Packages, or to a specific Package, offered by the Content Retailer. It may supersede a Terms of Use Agreement
44、 for a particular BCS Provider. Event An Event is a Content Retailer customized view of a Presentation. Event Block An SI Message delivering the set of MPG Titles and Contact Windows available in a Multiplex for a defined time window, the Event Block Duration. Excluded Package A Package which a user
45、 is not permitted to subscribe to if it he has already subscribed to another Package Excluded Channel A Subscribed Channel that is not accessible via the MPG on the Device, typically as a result of a user action to block access to the Channel. See also Non-excludable Channel Forward Link Only Techno
46、logy Mobile Multimedia Multicast technology standardized by TIA TR 47.1 subcommittee. Flow Logical transport stream within a Multiplex typically used to deliver a single Media component of a Realtime Presentation, or Non Real Time Files, or SI Messages. IP Datacast Presentation A Presentation consis
47、ting of content delivered as IP packets. IP Datacast Service A Service delivering IP Datacast Presentations to a defined set of IP multicast addresses. Marketplace Common Message An SI Message used to deliver information about the BCS Providers associated with the Network and certain Classification
48、Schemes used in the Network. Forward Link Only System Information Specification TIA-1178 12 Term Definition Marketplace Content Retailer Message An SI Message used to deliver information about Content Retailers and the Packages, Tiers and Channels available through the Content Retailers. Marketplace
49、 Information Information describing the BCS Providers, Content Retailers, Packages, Tiers and Channels. Media Formats for representing information, such as moving or still images, sound, or text, possibly associated with metadata used to assist in interpretation of the media content. Media Presentation Guide The schedule of MPG Titles available in the Network, delivered to the Device in a sequence of Event Blocks. MIME Type A media type or format of data. The MIME type is identified by the conventions of RFCs 2045 2049 (10 - 14). Mobile Multimedia Multicast Service A mobi
