Supporting Live Production Using Precision Time Protocol Over 5G Systems With Dedicated Time Synchronization Support

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 132, No. 1, pp. 25–39
Abstract: The article explores the possibility of using IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) over a 5G system for media production applications. The article describes lab sessions performed by the 5G RECORDS consortium members, testing the performance of PTP over 5G with and without the dedicated time synchronization support. A trial with a real camera supporting SMPTE ST 2110–22 with JPEG- XS was conducted to experiment with synchronization and packet pacing precision. The 5G system used in these experiments features additional functionalities from the 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) Release 16, including specific time synchronization support for time-sensitive networks (TSNs), that is, acting as a time-aware system, and Release 17 in which the support for IEEE 1588 is extended with several additional features. The article also describes the testing setup based on the open-source software used by the team and the methodology developed. The article concludes on the performance and synchronization quality when using PTP over various 5G systems and analyzes the results from the lab trials. This new approach with the experimental setup allows using PTP according to the SMPTE ST 2059–2 PTP profile reliably over 5G for media device synchronization, which is not usually done in the context of the 5G networks.
Publication Date: 2023-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/JMI.2022.3220738
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2022.3220738
Author(s): Ievgen Kostiukevych
bio
Ievgen Kostiukevych is the team leader for media over IP and cloud technologies at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Geneva, Switzerland, and the media over IP trainer at EBU Academy, Geneva.He gathered more than a decade of experience with media over IP integrations and solutions architectures before joining the EBU Technology and Innovation Team, Geneva, as an expert with an emphasis on infrastructure design, timing and synchronization, and interoperability challenges. Kostiukevych is the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) board member, Joint Task Force-Networked Media (JT-NM) tested program coordinator, and a member of SMPTE and the Audio Engineering Society (AES).
Mohamed Nabil Ibrahim
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Mohamed Nabil Ibrahim is a senior researcher at Ericsson, Aachen, Germany. He joined Ericsson in 2014. His expertise is in integrating 5G networks into various industrial verticals. His current focus is on the 5G opportunities in the media production industry.
Pavlo Kondratenko
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Pavlo Kondratenko is a project manager (media production over IP networks) at EBU Technology and Innovation Team, Geneva, Switzerland. His background is in network engineering. He is a document editor of PICS for the SMPTE ST 2110 standards suite.
Thomas Kernen
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Thomas Kernen is a senior staff architect at NVIDIA, Zurich, Switzerland. His main area of focus is defining architectures for transforming the broadcast industry into an all-IP infrastructure. He is a SMPTE Fellow, a standards director, a former chair of SMPTE’s 32NF technology committee, the chair of the RP 2059–15 PTP Monitoring Drafting Group, and a member of the IEEE Communications and Broadcast Societies. He served for many years as the editor of the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), Geneva, Switzerland, DVB TS 101 154 “Specification for the use of Video and Audio Coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream” supported by millions of digital receivers worldwide. Additionally, he has authored over 20 publications in leading journals and holds multiple patents that cover network, timing, and video coding optimizations for media transport and delivery. He is a frequent speaker at leading industry events both in the broadcast and networking industries. Before joining Mellanox, Yokenam, Israel (acquired by NVIDIA), he spent over 20 years in the IP industry including driving Cisco’s entry into live media production.
Thorsten Lohmar
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Thorsten Lohmar graduated from the Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany, in 1997, where he also received a PhD in electrical engineering in 2011. He joined Ericsson, Aachen, in 1998, and was working for many years in different business and Ericsson Research Units. He worked on a variety of topics related to mobile communication systems and led research projects specifically in the multimedia technologies area. His focus is on video delivery (downlink and uplink) and delivery optimizations, including broadcast distribution of media. He is currently focused on professional media production and works with different players to integrate 5G network technology into existing media production workflows.
Keyword(s): 3GPP, 5G, JPEG-XS, Media, Media Over 5G, Media-over-IP, PTP, SMPTE, ST 2059-2, ST 2110, Time Sensitive Networking
Copyright: © 2023 SMPTE

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