The Broadband Forum (formerly DSL Forum) has approved a new Technical Report 176 (TR-176) "ADSL2plus Profiles for IPTV", which contains best practice and recommended profile parameter settings for use in the deployment of Internet TV (IPTV) services over ADSL2+ ('up to' 24Mbps broadband) connections.

The parameter values were derived from the experiences of ISPs that have already tested, trialled and/or deployed IPTV over ADSL2+ and hence represent current industry best practice. It's hoped that they will help to ensure Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) for new online TV services:


Typically most modern ADSL/ADSL2+ connections will attempt to 'learn' the best possible broadband speed of your line and then save that to a profile. We suspect that IPTV specific profiles would work in much the same way, albeit perhaps catering for larger packets of data. Sadly the Technical Report is not yet available on BF’s site and thus we are unable to determine any details.