Mobile and embedded applications are in high demand. Explore how one can develop multi-platform solutions using Aftek's AMF and RTMP libraries.

1. 30 Nov 2010
Developing cross platform solutions

2. Agenda
 Reality today
 Key challenges
 Proposed framework
 Applicable solutions
 Framework details
 AMF
 RTMP
 Aftek Offering

3. Reality Today
 Customer needs are changing & so are the technological means to
full fill the needs!!
 Today financial transactions can be done using Web, mobile, set
top box, smart cards, ATM’s etc.
 Infotainment is not restricted to TV and tape recorders. It is
accessible from web, mobile and more.
 Most of the consumer electronic products today have embedded
systems to provide intelligence.
 One can control home appliances from mobile, web and indoor
unit.
 One can operate set top box from mobile.

4. Development Environment Today
 There are many operating system – Windows, MAC, Linux
 There are many mobile platforms – Win CE, Symbian, J2ME,
iPhone & Android
 There are multiple embedded platforms – Win CE, WinXP, Linux,
Palm and more
 Competition is cut throat, and there are new flavors of products /
applications continuously coming in the market.
 Solution needs auto-upgrade facility!!!
 To keep product in market, product price needs to be reduced
 User and usage trends change over time. Today financial
transactions are done over mobile, once it was only personal
banking.

5. Key Challenges
Technology Challenges
– Supporting application for different platform
means newer/different technology, different
communication methods.
– This increases the overall code size, backend
becomes more complex as it needs to support
different interfaces.
– Managing backward compatibility across
platforms becomes extremely painful.
– Code becomes fragile with time, Changes
cause ripple effect with respect to
performance, scalability and reliability.
Cost Challenges
– High infrastructure (hardware, application
servers, database) maintenance cost impacts
profitability of the business
– High code maintenance cost impacts
profitability of the business
– Skilled resources are hard to find
Business Challenges
– Aging technology can’t keep pace
with changing market, client
demands, and competitive threats
– To penetrate new market and to retain
existing customers there is a need to
provide newer access (touch points)
to existing application.
– Providing support for different
platforms is an ever daunting ask.
– There is a need to be able to quickly
add new features/functions
– There is a need to be able to quickly
integrate with clients/partners

6. Loc
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Local
DB
Local
DB
Slide 6
Proposed Framework
Local
DB
Application Server
storage
ServerBusiness Logic (J2EE /.Net / PHP)
AMF Server
(BlazeDS / Flourine)
iPhone Desktop Flex Web Portal
FMS Server
(Adobe FMS, Red 5)
Blackberry/J2me Embedded devicesWindows CEAndroid
RTMP/AMF
ONE FRAMEWORK : ANY PLATFORM
CROSS-PLATFORM AMF / RTMP LIBRARY (AFTEK IP)

7. Loc
al
DB
Local
DB
Local
DB
Slide 7
Proposed Framework
Local
DB
Application Server
storage
ServerBusiness Logic (J2EE /.Net / PHP)
AMF Server
(BlazeDS / Flourine)
iPhone Desktop Flex Web Portal
FMS Server
(Adobe FMS, Red 5)
Blackberry/J2me Embedded devicesWindows CEAndroid
RTMP/AMF
ONE FRAMEWORK : ANY PLATFORM
CROSS-PLATFORM AMF / RTMP LIBRARY (AFTEK IP)
Key Benefits
– Peer-Peer messaging
– Direct method invocation across layers and
can be bi-directional.
– Any form of data can be exchanged
including audio/video/objects
– Inbuilt support for jitter buffer and data
chunk ensuring high quality of audio / video
transmission.
– On the wire data is compressed and hence
it is very fast
– In build security support and one can add
customized security as well.
– Seamless firewall traversal.

8. Applicable solutions
 Solutions that can leverage the framework
 Surveillance systems
 Collaboration systems
 Video conferencing, Teleconferencing, Chat
 Infotainment / Set top box solutions
 Control Systems
 Industrial automation (APC)
 Home Automation (DHG)
 PDA Solutions
 Transportation
 VTS
 DCU
Significant Advantages
– High Reliability and increased effectiveness
– Reduced development time & cost
– Feature upgrades and backward compatibility
– No issues!!
– Reduced maintenance cost
– Reduced testing time & cost
– Faster time to market
– Increased profitability b

9. AMF Library
Adaptation of AMF 3.0 protocol for clients
 Remoting support based on RPC mechanism.
 Framework is asynchronous in nature and hence non-blocking.
 Support for Secured AMF channel.
 No need for stubs and skeletons, neither on client nor server.
 A performance boost for embedded applications communicating
with enterprise server applications.
 Ease of use with simple interfaces and events
 Can connect to any AMF compliant server such as:
• BlazeDS / LCDS
• AMFPHP
• RubyAMF
• WebORB
• OpenAMF

10. Real Time Messaging Protocol
What is RTMP
 Real time messaging protocol for streaming audio, video and data
over internet.
 Adobe standard for communication with flash media server which
supports broadcasting of data.
 RTMP based solutions enables instant-on, seamless viewer
experiences, extending average viewing times so that companies
can boost brand awareness and more effectively monetize their
content. An estimated 80 percent of worldwide online videos are
viewed using RTMP technology, making it the number one format
for video on demand.
 One of its kind which facilitates
 Audio / video streaming
 Remote procedure calls
 Messaging
 Shared objects

11. Aftek RTMP Library
Aftek Library offers
 RTMP protocol implementation having interfaces for playing,
online audio, video contents.
 Aftek RTMP library offers publishing of live audio/video using
which surveillance systems, public announcing system etc can be
developed.
 Application can have direct control over media buffers enabling
integration with third party or proprietary DRM solutions. The
library also facilitates support for a range of audio video codecs.
 The library is integrated with Adobe Flash Media Server family
products

12. Aftek Offering
Aftek offering
 One can choose to develop solutions using our libraries.
 Aftek can help you with design, development and testing of the
Surveillance systems, Video analytics, Collaboration systems,
Infotainment applications, Control systems, PDA, Transport
systems and other solutions.
 Aftek has extensive expertise in mobile application development as
well as server side development.
 Aftek has developed frameworks around specific areas which can be
leveraged.
 The libraries, frameworks and expert team enables us to deliver
robust faster time to market solutions.

13. Android Competence Center
android@aftek.com
Aftek Limited
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