3GPP will soon start a Study on Media Production over 5G NPN. As set out in our Explainers (https://www.5g-mag.com/explainers, Non-Public 5G Networks (stand-alone or integrated in a public network), open possibilities to make 5G fit the specific requirements of audio-visual media production in different scenarios.
The new work in 3GPP will do, among others, the following:
- Develop reference media production architectures including media and control flows (such as uplink video, return video, tally, etc).
- Identify relevant QoS requirements for media production workflows (bit rates, loss rates, formats, latencies and jitter)
- Identify relevant 5G System features like NPNs, Network Slicing, QoS classes, network event reporting and assistance,...
- Identify the suitability of existing media production content delivery protocols, codecs and service layers for 5G System usage.
- Study media device and network orchestration solutions (such as AMWA NMOS), and their integration/interactions with the 5G exposure framework.
The work is supported by Ericsson, AT&T, IRT b-com, BBC, Dolby Laboratories, European Broadcasting Union, Orange, Sennheiser, Tencent, Qualcomm and Verizon.