Gain access to resources and project updates

Register or log in to save your details for future use
First name
Last name
Business email
Company name
Job title

TM Forum will be processing the above information, with the assistance of our service providers located within and outside the European Union, to manage your registration to this event or report download, as well as to keep you informed about our services and products, future events and special offers, the organization of events, providing training and certification, and facilitating collaboration programs. Privacy policy

I wish to receive further information from the Catalyst Team about their products and service by electronic means. Check the "Team Members" section of this Catalyst Project to review the companies that will receive your information. Companies may join the project in the future, so please check back periodically for any updates

logologo
All Moonshots

Sustainable live streaming

URN M24.0.679
Topics Network as a Service (NaaS), Open APIs, Sustainability

Reducing the financial and environmental costs of video traffic

Rising demand for streaming video is driving a significant increase in the amount of data delivered via CSPs’ networks. To handle the peaks in this traffic, CSPs have had to invest in network capacity, increasing costs and energy consumption. This Catalyst will explore how to make more efficient use of the existing network infrastructure. As the most popular videos are consumed by large number of customers, a content delivery network (CDN) - a geographically distributed group of servers – can be used to cache this content close to end-users, rather than retrieving it from distant servers in every case. Similarly, the most efficient way to support simultaneous demand for live video (in which customers are all watching the same content at the same time) could be to employ multicast delivery mechanisms: multicast adaptive bitrate (MABR) technology could reduce traffic by 90% compared to unicast mechanisms, without compromising the quality of the end-user’s experience. This Catalyst will explore how CSPs can open multicast network capacity to providers of live content and spare CDN capacity to providers of non-linear content. The goal would be to enable partnerships between so-called over-the-top content providers and telecom operators that both deliver growth and achieve network and energy efficiency. Bringing content closer to the end-user with open caches (edge caching) and MABR (on-premises caching) can significantly reduce the pressure on peering and backbone/aggregation transport infrastructures in CSPs’ networks. As a result, CSPs can delay and even avoid unnecessary capacity upgrades in their networks. At the same time, the energy consumption of the end-to-end video delivery chain can be kept constant or even reduced if the network equipment is carrying less traffic, despite the growing demand for video content. Sharing open caches and MABR between various content providers can decrease power consumption further. Temporarily or permanently switching off already-deployed equipment (after appropriately re-routing the remaining traffic) can further increase energy efficiency, while reducing the need for maintenance, repair and upgrade operations. There are also performance benefits: when content is cached near the end-user, latency will be reduced, improving the viewing experience.

Resources

Infographic

Project summary infographic

Inform feature

The environmental impact of streaming has long needed addressing – and now there is a solution

Project Overview

M24.0.679_Catalyst_Project_Overview

Contact team

Email the members of the Catalyst team to request more details.

Name
Email

Team members

Bouygues Telecom logo
Champion
Broadpeak logo
Edgio logo
EITC  (DU) logo
Champion
Humans Not Robots logo
Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa logo
Champion
Telecom Italia SpA logo
Champion
TF1 logo
Champion

Related projects