A Comprehensive Framework for Broadcasting Multimedia Content in the Future Mobile Internet

In this paper, we present a comprehensive role-based framework for multimedia broadcasts (e.g., for applications such as TV, radio, e-cinema, and e-learning) taking place in a heterogeneous mobile Internet. The added value of the framework is the strong separation between application and network-level roles in combination with support for unrestricted mobility. The framework concentrates on the perceptual quality levels at which broadcasts can be received and does not require any IP-level QoS or mobility functions. We are currently developing an application-level platform that is based on the framework.