Packet/QCOM/Streaming Video. Packet is a partner of SCKT (from August 17 SCKT release):
PacketVideo's MPEG-4 Multimedia Solutions Featured in QUALCOMM HDR
Demonstrations
BUSINESS WIRE - November 08, 1999 09:01
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov 8, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Breakthrough Multimedia Compression Software Enables Transmission of Entertainment, Information, and Other Programming over Wireless Networks
PacketVideo Corporation, creators of breakthrough solutions for the distribution of multimedia over wireless networks, today teamed up with QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) to demonstrate transmission of streaming video content in the HDR (High Data Rate) technology demonstrations featured as part of QUALCOMM's 10th Anniversary of the first Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) call.
PacketVideo provides software-based encoding and decoding products that enable content providers and cellular carriers to deliver rich media content, not just data, to mobile users anytime, anywhere.
"With broadband network technology upgrades like QUALCOMM's HDR system we can expect to see an explosion of services that provide both consumers and business users with on-the-go access to multimedia content that today is accessible only in fixed locations like the desktop or the living room," said Dr. James Brailean, president and
chief technology officer of PacketVideo. "We are pleased to have this opportunity to demonstrate the key role that PacketVideo's compression technology will play in making multimedia services available."
"The combination of HDR transmission capabilities with PacketVideo's encoding and decoding technology shows that wireless operators can bring compelling entertainment, information, and even two-way communication to their subscribers sooner than anyone
thought possible," said Jeff Jacobs, senior vice president, business development for QUALCOMM. "The data rates used today for the demonstration can support more than ten simultaneous multimedia connections per sector."
HDR supports e-mail, Web browsing, e-commerce, telematics and many other applications while offering end-users continuous, untethered access to the Internet and next generation data services. HDR's versatility allows the technology to be embedded
in handsets, laptops and handheld computers, and other fixed, portable and mobile devices.
HDR provides a spectrally efficient up to 2.4 Mbps peak rate in a standard 1.25 MHz channel bandwidth. Optimized for packet data services, HDR incorporates a flexible
architecture based on standard Internet Protocols (IP). HDR's IP-based architecture
allows flexible implementation of this wireless system in high-performance and
cost-effective ways. As a complementary solution to voice networks utilizing operator's
existing cell sites, towers, antennas and network equipment, HDR technology allows
operators to leverage their current infrastructure investment and cellular/Personal
Communication Services (PCS) networks. It can also be implemented as a stand-alone
system using off-the-shelf IP backbone equipment. HDR is compatible with IS-95A,
IS-95B and future cdma2000(TM) networks, enabling existing cdmaOne(TM) and
cdma2000 service providers to obtain higher capacities and superior performance by
optimizing voice and data spectrum separately, serving both applications from the same
network.
Featured at the HDR demonstrations were multiple simultaneous 64 kbps (kilobits per
second) and 128 kbps bitstreams of promotional trailers from recent Columbia TriStar
film releases such as "Random Hearts" with Harrison Ford, "Jakob the Liar" starring
Robin Williams, and "Big Daddy" featuring Adam Sandler. The trailers were encoded
with PacketVideo's MPEG-4 compliant PVAuthor(TM) encoder, transmitted over the
HDR wireless network, and viewed on laptops running the PVPlayer(TM) multimedia
decoding software. QUALCOMM's corporate video presentation for attendees was
also encoded with PacketVideo's technology and played during |
