Live LTE Broadcasting
On Feb. 24, LG U+ demonstrated an LTE-based multilateral video control system dubbed "LTE Video Network Control” (VNC) at the company’s office in Sangam-dong, Seoul.
Based on the 2x faster upload speed of LTE, LG U+ will expand its LTE network live broadcasting services to B2B sectors including broadcasting, sports, and insurance. Also, it will use the network for the government's disaster response system. LG U+ began the era of LTE personal broadcasting in June last year.
LTE live broadcasting can transmit high quality video that is 6x clearer than video calls at a fast speed. The VCN technology also allows for broadcasting images in real time regardless of what type of devices is used, no matter if it is a smartphone, IPTV, or PC.
Since it allows people to watch the same image in different places at the same time or different images at one place, group video conferences are also possible. In a demonstration, the LTE VCN technology enabled LG employees to watch a site where other employees were repairing optical fiber cables via a remote-controlled drone, allowing them all to cooperate in real time.
An LG U+ representative stressed, “The LTE VCN technology will be useful to manage disasters.” When broadcasting the site of disasters in real time, experts can respond quickly without having to first travel to the disaster area.
All three telecoms carriers are working on the construction of a national disaster safety communication network, including LG U+. The operator of the project, which will cost nearly 2 trillion won (US$1.8 billion), will be selected in April.
Lee Chang-woo, director of the network division at LG U+, said, “Based on the network and services, which are specialized in the era of uploads, we have constructed infrastructure that not only raises the management efficiency of the LTE communications network, but also introduces an omnidirectional control system. In the coming trans-connected era in which all devices are connected, we will advance the all-IP network further.”