Open-source Toolbox for
Connected Media Applications
5G-MAG is filling the gap between the development of specifications and their conformance testing, validation and prototyping.
The open-source 5G-MAG Reference Tools development programme makes specifications accessible and tangible for developers and stakeholders across the world.
The implementation of the 5G-MAG Reference Tools is driven by developers. 5G-MAG members, as sponsors of the development programme, define the priorities and coordinate the development.
Standards validation & verification, early demonstrations and testing
Ready-to-use code in production environments and as benchmark
Shared development effort avoids duplication across companies
Transparency, trust and collaborative enhancements
The Projects and GitHub Repositories
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Resources and more information
This is a list of publications written by developers and/or users of the 5G-MAG Reference Tools. We also collect those in which our tools are mentioned.​
"3GPP Rel-17 5G Media Streaming and 5G Broadcast powered by 5G-MAG Reference Tools"
D. Silhavy, D. Waring, D. Audsin, R. Bradbury, J. Mika, K. Kuehnhammer, K. Krauss, and J.J. Gimenez. In Proceedings of the 2nd Mile-High Video Conference (MHV '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 85–90.
"Media over 5G in Action - Target 2023 for 5G-MAG Reference Tools"
T. Stockhammer, et al., 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), Beijing, China, 2023, pp. 1-6,
"5G-MAG Reference Tools: Putting 5G in Action for Media"
D. Silhavy, K. Kühnhammer, J. Mika, T. Stockhammer, J.J. Gimenez,; SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, vol. 132, no. 1, pp. 18-24, Jan.-Feb. 2023
"Building a suite of open-source tools for 5G-based media services"
Daniel Silhavy; EBU Tech-i issue 54, December 2022
"5G-MAG Reference Tools: Dynamic switching between 5G broadcast and OTT streaming"
J. Mika,, K. Kuehnhammer, D. Silhavy, R. Bouqueau, C. Burdinat and J.J. Gimenez; IBC Conference, October 2022
"5G-MAG Reference Tools - Putting 5G in Action for Media"
D. Silhavy, K. Kuehnhammer, J. Mika, T. Stockhammer and J.J. Gimenez; 2022 BEIT Conference Proceedings, April 2022
"ATSC 3.0, DVB-I and TV 3.0 Services via 5G Broadcast - System Design and Reference Tools"
C.. Burdinat, T. Stockhammer, R. Bouqueau and M. Raulet; 2022 BEIT Conference Proceedings, April 2022
