A wrapper and broker model for collaboration between a set-top box and home service gateway

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1123-1129

  Lin, Cheng Liang ^a   Wang, Pang Chieh ^a   Hou, Ting Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convergence; DVB MHP; Interactive; OSGi

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL TELEVISION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MIDDLEWARE; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

APPLICATION DEVELOPERS; APPLICATION MANAGERS; COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS; CONVERGENCE; DVB/MHP; HOME SERVICES; INTERACTIVE; INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TELEVISIONS; JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINES; OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACHES; OPEN SERVICE GATEWAY INITIATIVES; OSGI; RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYS; RESIDENTIAL SERVICES; SET-TOP BOXES;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 54349101073     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2008.4637597     Document Type: Article

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