|
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Television (TV) over 3GPP services;
Video profiles
(3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14)
---------------------- Page: 1 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 1 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
Reference
RTS/TSGS-0426116ve20
Keywords
LTE,UMTS
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE
Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00 Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16
Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88
Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from:
The present document may be made available in electronic versions and/or in print. The content of any electronic and/or
print versions of the present document shall not be modified without the prior written authorization of ETSI. In case of any
existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions and/or in print, the only prevailing document is the
print of the Portable Document Format (PDF) version kept on a specific network drive within ETSI Secretariat.
Users of the present document should be aware that the document may be subject to revision or change of status.
Information on the current status of this and other ETSI documents is available at
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comment to one of the following services:
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying
and microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.
© ETSI 2018.
All rights reserved.
TM TM TM
DECT , PLUGTESTS , UMTS and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members.
TM TM
3GPP and LTE are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and
of the 3GPP Organizational Partners.
oneM2M logo is protected for the benefit of its Members.
GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
ETSI
---------------------- Page: 2 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 2 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or
GSM identities. These should be interpreted as being references to the corresponding ETSI deliverables.
The cross reference between GSM, UMTS, 3GPP and ETSI identities can be found under
.
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
ETSI
---------------------- Page: 3 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 3 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 7
4 Video profiles Operation Points . 7
4.1 Introduction . 7
4.2 General requirements on video profile Operation Points . 8
4.3 General Video codec requirements. 9
4.4 H.264/AVC Operation Points . 9
4.4.1 Common requirements and recommendations . 9
4.4.1.1 General . 9
4.4.1.2 Random access point . 9
4.4.1.2.1 Definition. 9
4.4.1.2.2 Random access point period . 9
4.4.1.3 Sequence parameter set . 10
4.4.1.4 Video usability information . 10
4.4.2 H.264/AVC 720p HD Operation Point . 10
4.4.2.1 Introduction . 10
4.4.2.2 Profile and level . 10
4.4.2.3 Spatial resolutions . 11
4.4.2.4 Colour information . 11
4.4.2.5 Frame rates . 11
4.4.2.6 Receiver compatibility . 11
4.4.3 H.264/AVC Full HD Operation Point . 11
4.4.3.1 Introduction . 11
4.4.3.2 Profile and level . 11
4.4.3.3 Spatial resolutions . 11
4.4.3.4 Colour information . 12
4.4.3.5 Frame rates . 12
4.4.3.6 Receiver compatibility . 12
4.5 H.265/HEVC Operation Points . 12
4.5.1 Common requirements and recommendations . 12
4.5.1.1 General . 12
4.5.1.2 Random access point . 12
4.5.1.2.1 Definition. 12
4.5.1.2.2 Random access point period . 12
4.5.1.3 Video parameter set. 12
4.5.1.4 Sequence parameter set . 13
4.5.1.5 Video usability information . 13
4.5.2 H.265/HEVC 720p HD Operation Point . 13
4.5.2.1 Introduction . 13
4.5.2.2 Profile, tier and level . 14
4.5.2.3 Bit depth . 14
4.5.2.4 Spatial resolutions . 14
4.5.2.5 Colour information . 14
4.5.2.6 Frame rates . 14
4.5.2.7 Receiver compatibility . 14
4.5.3 H.265/HEVC Full HD Operation Point . 15
ETSI
---------------------- Page: 4 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 4 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
4.5.3.1 Introduction . 15
4.5.3.2 Profile, tier and level . 15
4.5.3.3 Bit depth . 15
4.5.3.4 Spatial resolution . 15
4.5.3.5 Colour information . 15
4.5.3.6 Frame rates . 16
4.5.3.7 Receiver compatibility . 16
4.5.4 H.265/HEVC UHD Operation Point . 16
4.5.4.1 Introduction . 16
4.5.4.2 Profile, tier and level . 16
4.5.4.3 Bit depth . 16
4.5.4.4 Spatial resolution . 16
4.5.4.5 Colour information . 17
4.5.4.6 Frame rates . 17
4.5.4.7 Receiver compatibility . 17
5 Mapping to 3GP-DASH delivery . 17
5.1 General . 17
5.1.1 MPD and 3GP-DASH format . 17
5.1.2 File Format Signalling . 17
5.1.3 Adaptation Set Constraints . 18
5.2 H.264/AVC 720p HD Operation Point. 19
5.2.1 Operation Point Identifier . 19
5.2.2 MPD Signalling . 19
5.2.3 File Format Signalling . 19
5.2.4 Adaptation Set Constraints . 20
5.3 H.264/AVC Full HD Operation Point . 20
5.3.1 Operation Point Identifier . 20
5.3.2 MPD Signalling . 20
5.3.3 File Format Signalling . 20
5.3.4 Adaptation Set Constraints . 20
5.4 H.265/HEVC 720p HD Operation Point . 21
5.4.1 Operation Point Identifier . 21
5.4.2 MPD Signalling . 21
5.4.3 File Format Signalling . 21
5.4.4 Adaptation Set Constraints . 21
5.5 H.265/HEVC Full HD Operation Point . 21
5.5.1 Operation Point Identifier . 21
5.5.2 MPD Signalling . 21
5.5.3 File Format Signalling . 22
5.5.4 Adaptation Set Constraints . 22
5.6 H.265/HEVC UHD Operation Point . 22
5.6.1 Operation Point Identifier . 22
5.6.2 MPD Signalling . 22
5.6.3 File Format Signalling . 22
5.6.4 Adaptation Set Constraint . 22
Annex A (informative): Registration Information . 23
A.1 3GPP Registered URIs . 23
Annex B (informative): Change history . 24
History . 25
ETSI
---------------------- Page: 5 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 5 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
Foreword
rd
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3 Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows:
Version x.y.z
where:
x the first digit:
1 presented to TSG for information;
2 presented to TSG for approval;
3 or greater indicates TSG approved document under change control.
y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections,
updates, etc.
z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.
Introduction
Linear TV services can be made available on 3GPP services based on MBMS and PSS user services (over RTP or 3GP-
DASH).
- 3GP-DASH aims at offering the best quality of experience as possible by adapting to the UE capabilities and
dynamically to the network conditions. Linear TV and on-demand services are already identified as major use
cases for 3GP-DASH delivery format.
- (e)MBMS user services offer the possibility to offload the network when the same content is consumed
simultaneously by many UEs. This typically happens when a large audience accesses the same content
concurrently, such as a popular football match, the Olympic Games, a political debate, breaking news, etc. For
this reason, the access to live broadcast TV services is a major use case for eMBMS.
For traditional linear TV distribution, TV services accessed through Satellite, Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT), cable or
IPTV obey to requirements on the video profiles to ensure a consistent quality of experience while accessing different
channels within a TV bouquet.
On-demand video services, via streaming or downloading, generally obey to the same requirements.
In previous releases, 3GPP specifications were missing detailed definitions of consistent video distribution formats
(such as spatial and temporal resolutions, aspect ratios, random access points, etc.) for which operators can provide such
guarantees in terms of quality of experience. The purpose of the present document is to specify those distribution
formats.
ETSI
---------------------- Page: 6 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 6 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
1 Scope
The present document specifies requirements and guidelines on video source formats (frame rate, resolution, aspect
ratio, colorimetry, bit depth…) and encoding parameters (codec format, random access point period, SEI messages…)
for different types of TV services, including linear TV, catch-up TV or on-demand services. A limited set of Operation
Points (e.g. SDTV, HDTV…) are defined to provide confidence to content providers/broadcasters on the quality of
experience offered by 3GPP services when used for TV-like distribution. Operation Points define format and encoding
restrictions, but may also be viewed as compatibility points for UEs.
In particular, the Operation Points defined in the present document may serve as the primary tested configurations for
TV centric video distribution. The initial set of Operation Points are defined based on the analysis and findings in the
technical report TR 26.949 [2].
In addition, in the context of DASH operations, not only the main distribution format are defined, but also a subset of
spatial and temporal resolutions. In order to minimize testing for seamless switching experience, suitable lower
resolutions of distribution formats are defined. Furthermore, to compensate congestion situations, a minimum service
quality is defined in order to provide service continuity.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TR 26.949: "Video formats for 3GPP services".
[3] Recommendation ITU-R BT.709-6 (06/2015): "Parameter values for the HDTV standards for
production and international programme exchange".
[4] Recommendation ITU-R BT.2020-2 (10/2015): "Parameter values for ultra-high definition
television systems for production and international programme exchange".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T H.264 (04/2017): "Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual
services" | ISO/IEC 14496-10:2014: "Information technology – Coding of audio-visual objects –
Part 10: Advanced Video Coding".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T H.265 (12/2016): "High efficiency video coding" | ISO/IEC 23008-
2:2015: "High Efficiency Coding and Media Delivery in Heterogeneous Environments – Part 2:
High Efficiency Video Coding".
[7] 3GPP TS 26.244: "Transparent end-to-end packet switched streaming service (PSS); 3GPP file
format (3GP)".
[8] 3GPP TS 26.247: "Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service (PSS); Progressive
Download and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (3GP-DASH)".
[9] ISO/IEC 14496-15: 2017: "Information technology - Coding of audio-visual objects - Part 15:
Carriage of network abstraction layer (NAL) unit structured video in ISO base media file format".
[10] ISO/IEC 23001-8:2016, "Information technology -- MPEG systems technologies -- Part 8:
Coding-independent code points".
ETSI
---------------------- Page: 7 ----------------------
3GPP TS 26.116 version 14.2.0 Release 14 7 ETSI TS 126 116 V14.2.0 (2018-10)
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following
apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in 3GPP
TR 21.905 [1].
Bitstream: A media bitstream that conforms to a video encoding format and certain Operation Point.
Operation Point: A collection of discrete combinations of different content formats including spatial and temporal
resolutions, colour mapping, transfer functions, etc. and the encoding format.
Pillarbox: The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on
the sides of the image. It becomes necessary when film or video that was not originally designed for widescreen is
shown on a widescreen display, or a narrower widescreen image is displayed within a wider aspect ratio.
Receiver: A receiver that can decode and render any bitstream that is conforming to a certain Operation Point.
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. An
abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in
3GPP TR 21.905 [1].
AVC Advanced Video Coding
DASH Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
FFS For Further Study
HD High Definition
HDR High Dynamic Range
HRD Hypothetical Reference Decoder
HEVC High Efficiency Video Coding
MBMS Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service
MPD Media Presentation Description
NAL Network Abstraction Layer
PPS Picture Parameter Set
PSS Packet Switch Streaming
RAP Random Access Point
SDR Standard Dynamic Range
SEI Supplemental Enhancement Information
SPS Sequence Parameter Set
TV Television
UHD Ultra High Definition
VCL Video Coding Layer
VUI Video Usability Information
4 Video profiles Operation Points
4.1 Introduction
The video profile Operation Points defined in this clause are primarily defined in order to apply to the content format
being delivered to 3GPP UE PSS/DASH and MBMS clients over the 3GPP system. Parameters for video
encoder/decoder, content format and transport are defined.
The following Operation Points are
...