IP Streaming Solution

The SC2000 IP Streamer is a Carrier Class Head-End in a Box for Professional Operators. It is built around a flexible chassis hosting different modules allowing for a wide range of different configurations tailored to specific customer needs. The IP Streamer can be configured to match a number of different network structures. The figure below shows one possible network scenario.

The SC2000 IP Streamer will typically be residing in a Playout feeding a backbone IP Core network with IP packetized video services. The video services can be encoded as either MPEG-2, MPEG4 or VC-1 in SD or HD.

The IP Core network distributes the services to end users directly through Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) or xDSL networks or to local cable Head-End sites. In the local cable Head-End, the IP video services can be received from the IP core network and converted to analogue distribution using DC1000 or to digital transmission (DVB-C ) using a broadcast edge QAM device. In addition, the SC2000 is ideal for local insertion of services into the IP network.

The SC2000 IP Streamer is the most compact streaming Head-End in a Box for FTTH, cable and xDSL available on the market. The SC2000 IP Streamer supports signal reception, descrambling, scrambling and IP streaming, all in one chassis. Multiple inputs such as ASI, QPSK and DVB-S2 are all handled in the same chassis. The SC2000 supports both DVB (common interface) and AES descrambling. Descrambling and scrambling of different CA systems can be supported in the same chassis. The unit supports full analysis of PSI/SI and regenerates all tables as required by the operator. For content protection, the SC2000 can scramble the outgoing services with DVB and AES scrambling. Alternatively the scrambling on the incoming services can be maintained including ECM, EMM and correctly regenerated PSI. For picture monitoring of incoming services, the SC2000 can be equipped with one or more decoder cards.

If BRC or transcoding is required on some of the channels, the SC2000 can easily be integrated with equipment optimized for performing BRC or transcoding. A major advantage is that IP can be used to connect the devices rather than the traditional ASI with its limitations. This greatly simplifies interconnection (one CAT6 Ethernet cable rather than a large amount of ASI coax cables), and also simplifies redundancy issues.