pvServer is a 3GPP/2 standards compliant multimedia server that provides streaming and broadcast services to mobile devices. pvServer is developed by PacketVideo Network Solutions http://www.pvnetsolutions.com, a wholly owned company of Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...

. pvServer delivers multiple streams of live and pre-recorded audio / video content (MPEG-4

MPEG-4

MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...

, H.263

H.263

H.263 is a video compression standard originally designed as a low-bitrate compressed format for videoconferencing. It was developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group in a project ending in 1995/1996 as one member of the H.26x family of video coding standards in the domain of the ITU-T.H.263...

 and H.264, Enhanced aacPlus, etc.) to devices with a 3GPP

3GPP

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, known as the Organizational Partners...

-compatible player.

Overview

The pvServer consists of the following modules:

1. The Streaming Module, which is a Unix-based "software applicance" for standards compliant multimedia streaming via RTSP/RTP connections to wireless clients.
2. The Download Module, which is a Unix-based "software applicance" for standards compliant multimedia download via HTTP connection to wireless clients. This is commonly known as HTTP Streaming.
3. The Integration Services Module, which is a Java-based platform for multimedia service development and integration.

External links

• PacketVideo Network Solutions - PacketVideo Network Solutions's official site
• Alcatel-Lucent - Alcatel-Lucent official site