LG Uplus Applies MSA Technology to IPTV Platform..."Customer Experience Innovation"

LG Uplus announced on the 1st that it has applied 'MSA (Microservice Architecture)' technology to the U+tv and Mobile TV platforms for the first time in the industry, enhancing the stability of media platform operations and significantly improving IPTV quality.

MSA is a design technology that operates the IPTV platform by dividing it into small service (Microservice) units. By separating one system into small application units, the scope of modifications becomes clear and easy, enabling rapid development. Additionally, it minimizes the range of failures when problems occur, making it a core technology for next-generation platforms.

LG Uplus began applying MSA technology to the IPTV platform for the first time in May 2021 and completed the application last month after about 20 rounds over two years. To minimize customer inconvenience, it adopted a sequential transition method that gradually migrates without interrupting services, rather than a batch transition method that suspends services for several hours to perform a large-scale switch at once.

The existing IPTV platform was operated in a monolithic manner, developing the system as one large service. Since major applications accommodated most functions, the applications grew and became complex through numerous service reorganizations. Therefore, even minor feature additions or changes required modifications in multiple areas within the platform, and partial issues could lead to system-wide failures, causing long delays in applying changes to the actual platform.

With the introduction of MSA, LG Uplus expects ▲ a 7-fold improvement in development speed ▲ rapid resolution of customer quality complaints within 1-2 days ▲ capability and environment to deploy applications hundreds of times a day ▲ cloud infrastructure setup within 1-2 hours ▲ prevention of quality degradation due to massive access.

The company plans to innovate the IPTV user experience by easily adding and improving new features or services and quickly resolving inconveniences.

Lee Sang-yeop, CTO (Executive Vice President) of LG Uplus, said, "To become a platform operator, LG Uplus will continuously secure development talent and technological capabilities to expand not only the IPTV and Mobile TV user experience but also various services, thereby innovating the quality of services across the company."

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