Media EXP™ Suite

Media EXP™ is a pre-integrated and pre-optimized multimedia software suite for next generation consumer electronics and mobile devices. The pre-packaged software framework reduces the development cost and complexity for vendors manufacturing a variety of consumer electronic devices such as mobile internet devices (MIDs), smartphones, digital photo frames, portable media players, netbooks and more.

As a strategic supplier to virtually all of the top-tier mobile handset manufacturers, Aricent’s Media EXP™ suite continues the rich legacy of excellence: 

• 8 of the top 10 handset manufacturers are Aricent customers
• Annually, our software is shipped in 120+ million handsets
• Over 400+ million devices have been shipped with Aricent software so far and the number is growing rapidly

Our multimedia software is available for most hardware platforms and supports leading operating systems such as Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile, Linux and Nucleus. The Media EXP™ framework has been used to develop applications for a broad range of mobile phone platforms e.g. S60, Microsoft Mobile and Linux.

Select Customer Engagements

• Developing a high-definition multimedia experience for a Tier 1 mobile phone manufacturer

• Developing the industry’s first mobile HD video CODEC for a leading chipset manufacturer

Media EXP™ Suite Elements

With the Media EXP™ suite, Aricent offers a broad portfolio of end-to-end solutions in the multimedia space that enable a wide range of new audio, video, and imaging applications on a variety of mobile devices. The various elements comprising the Media EXP™ suite are:

• Multimedia CODECs
  • Optimized Audio, Video, Image and Speech CODECs
  • Special Effects : Audio, Speech, Image and Video, pre and post processing effects
• Multimedia Applications
  • Media Player : HD audio / video playback
  • Media Recorder : Still image capture and HD audio/video recording with advanced effects
  • Video on Demand : Streaming and progressive download for DVB-H
• Communication Applications
  • Wireless Broadband Access VoIP Solutions: Voice and Video Solutions for WiMAX and LTE devices
  • Wireline Rich Communication (RCS) : RSS, Internet Radio, Streaming, Voice and Video Communication, Presence, Messaging, and  Push-to-talk over Cellular using SIP/IMS
  • Aricent IMS Client with Integrated Application Development Environment (iADE):
    • Aricent IMS Client is a platform for creating new IMS services. The framework facilitates rapid creation of new IMS applications by combining existing IMS and application blocks.
    • Aricent iADE is an innovative, graphical development environment that uses automatic code generation and key functional building blocks (e.g. presence, voice, messaging, Push-to-talk over Cellular, group/list management and video) to rapidly build compelling new applications.
• Device Middleware
  • Aricent offers prepackaged software and frameworks that accelerate the development of new communication applications. These products are offered to third parties, such as mobile chipset manufacturers or systems integrators.
  • The frameworks abstract the underlying operating system and hardware details, speeding the development of mobile applications. Examples of Aricent Multimedia framework interfaces that are supported include RTP/RTSP, Video Telephony - 324M, DVB-H.

These Multimedia solutions are available on a wide variety of mobile devices namely:

• Mobile phones
• Entertainment devices (gaming systems and set top boxes)
• Automotive infotainment systems
• Consumer electronics (home security systems, navigation devices , fax machines)
• Medical equipment (Telemedicine devices using VoIP)
• Biometrics (Fingerprint recognition devices)
• Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) like Intel’s Atom based netbooks

Key Benefits

• Deliver a differentiated offering: Aricent’s comprehensive and optimized multimedia portfolio (Media EXP suite) enables you to deliver compelling, innovative and differentiated user experiences.
• Ease of integration: Aricent’s repository of multimedia applications can be seamlessly integrated on a variety of hardware platforms on both legacy and emerging access technologies (e.g. 3G and 4G), thus enabling manufacturers to quickly launch new devices with advanced applications.
• Interoperable: Standards compliance with low memory and power footprint enable smooth interoperability with various devices and applications.
• Multi-platform support: Optimization for multiple platforms and operating systems makes it easier for device manufacturers to support solutions across multiple platforms (Symbian, Windows Mobile, BREW, Java, Android etc.).
• Value beyond product development: Aricent’s deep domain expertise in wireless technologies is supported by a complementary set of product lifecycle services including:
  • Application Design and Development: Aricent’s application design and development services include defining new features, designing and developing complete systems and end-to-end testing of devices and applications.
  • Integration: Integration of various multimedia components such as audio/video CODECs, audio/video/image pre/post processing algo­rithms, system components (OS plug-ins, OpenMax etc.) and media applications such as media recorder, player, image editor, mobile TV, IPTV, conferencing and streaming.
  • Testing and Validation: Aricent’s testing and validation ser­vices include application verification and validation on various hardware platforms, conformance testing and automated regression testing.
  • Porting: Aricent provides porting services to support applications and communication components on various hardware and software platforms such as S60 on TI OMAP3430 and Linux on Marvell PXA930.