Standardization activities in the ITU for a QoE assessment of IPTV

This article gives an overview of the state of the art of objective quality assessment of audio and visual media and its standardization activities in the ITU. IPTV services are becoming one of the most promising applications over next generation networks. To provide end users with comfortable, stable, and economical services, QoE assessment methodologies for quality design and management are indispensable.