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TANDBERG Television iPlex Features and Configuration Overview
Ian Butterworth TANDBERG Television ibutterworth@tandbergtv.com 248 349 3401
2008 IPTV User Group
iPlex IPTV Video Processing Platform
Comprehensive Functionality
9 MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC encoding 9 MPEG-4 AVC transcoding 9 MPEG-2 transrating 9 IP streaming
Configurable and Compact

9 Highest density with 8 expansion slots plus 2 GbE interfaces in a single rack unit
Cost Effective Platform

9 Ground breaking price/ performance 9 Reduced operational costs: less equipment to maintain, less space, less power
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Property of Dascom Systems Group- cannot be reproduced, copied or altered without permission
iPlex Hardware Architecture

Front Panel Serial
PMC Slot 1
SCM subsystem
Serial Control 10/100
100M Eth
10/100 Redundancy
PMC Slot 8
SFP
GE
GigE Switch FDX non-blocking
GE
GE MAC
MCM subsystem
SFP
GE GE
Network Processor
Video VxWorks
PMC Slot 2
Control Linux
Example iPlex Transcoding NxM Redundant System

iPlex N+M redundancy available nCompass Control
Alarm aggregation System monitor Failure detection & recovery Northbound interfaces Not critical to normal operation or startup No A/V matrix (router) needed for GbE-only configurations
MPEG-4 AVC Ultra Encoders

Latest and most advanced HD/SD MPEG-4 AVC compression technology for the IPTV market
High-quality and complexity image support down to 1 Mbps SD, 6Mbps HD Clarus pre-processing
Superior pre-processing options

Flexible audio options

Up to 6 stereo pairs MPEG-1 Layer II, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1/v2, Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, AAC-LC 5.1 Dolby pass-through 4 encoders per iPlex Low power consumption and heat emission Supports independent audio for PiP and main 96x96 up to full D1 resolution Closed captioning, content advisory, Nielsen AMOL, AFD, Teletext
2-submodule form factor

Simultaneous PiP support option

Composite + SDSDI HD/ SD-SDI
Ancillary data
MPEG-4 AVC Ultra Transcoders

License for SD or HD output SD version will accept HD input and down-convert to SD HD version can also process SD Integrated decoder module for HD and SD MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC input Video compression powered by TANDBERG Televisions ICE3 technology User selectable bit rate of 2 - 20 Mbps Advanced single slice, full look-ahead encode CBR and Capped VBR rate control Supports all commonly required video resolutions Advanced ancillary data service handling
Pass-through and time synchronization of packetized VBI information (e.g., AMOL, Teletext, WSS) Transcoding of closed captioning, content advisory, AFD
Audio service pass-through and advanced audio transcoding features Hardware also supports MPEG-4 AVC transrating
Clarus advanced noise reduction

TANDBERG Televisions latest generation noise filter Allows transcoder to achieve the same compression performance with noisy sources conventional technologies only achieve with clean sources Can be used for transcoding and encoding Combines an advanced content-adaptive spatial filter with a motion-adaptive temporal recursive filter Provides the optimum level of noise filtering
Spatial filter Operates in horizontal and vertical direction Content adaptive, which preserves edges and detail Temporal filter Removes residual noise in slow moving areas where it is most visible
Available on UltraCompression submodules as license option

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Clarus integrated input de-blocking filter

Operates in addition to the MPEG-4 AVC in-loop de-blocking filter that reduces MPEG-4 block boundary artifacts Used in MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 AVC transcoding applications Detects blocking artifacts of video input signal Detects horizontal resolution of previous encoding stage (prior to MPEG-2 compression)
It knows where the block edges are
Leaves clean material untouched

Filter switches off when clean source is detected
Removes MPEG-2 compression artifacts with fully adaptive filters Improves end-to-end picture quality Available on UltraCompression submodules as SW option
Ultra Transcoder Audio

MPEG Layer II 2x 2.0 MPEG-4 AAC (LC) 2x 2.0 MPEG-4 AAC (LC) 1x 5.1 MPEG-4 AAC (HE) V1 2x 2.0 MPEG-4 AAC (HE) V2 2x 2.0 DOLBY DIGITAL (AC3) 2x 2.0 DOLBY DIGITAL 1x 5.1
MPEG Layer II 2x2.0 MPEG-4 AAC (LC) 2x2.0 MPEG-4 AAC (LC) 1x 5.1
YES YES
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NO NO
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YES
YES
MPEG-4 AAC (HE) V1 2x2.0
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
NO
MPEG-4 AAC (HE) V2 2x 2.0
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
NO
DOLBY DIGITAL (AC3) 2x 2.0 DOLBY DIGITAL 1x 5.1 Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008
YES YES
YES YES
NO YES
YES YES
YES YES
YES YES
NO YES
Audio bit-rate planning is important
Audio Channels
MPEG Layer II
Dolby Digital (AC-3)
Dolby Digital Plus
MPEG AAC-LC
MPEG HE-AAC
2.0 5.1
192kbps Not Supported
192kbps 384kbps 448kbps
96kbps 320kbps
96kbps 256kbps
64kbps 160kbps
Claimed bit-rates for CD quality for average complexity content, not the configurable range
Audio bit-rates require more attention as video bit rates decrease Multiple languages per video service are common, increasing the number of stereo pairs Multiple, simultaneously broadcast audio codecs often required Separate audio channel can be assigned to PiP stream Audio transcoding may be beneficial Encoder offers a variety of bit rates and codecs to accommodate available network resources
iPlex- Physical Layout

console port alarm port mgmt 10/100 2 GE SFP
Contains virtual SCM and MCM that mimic Mediaplex architecture Carrier card(s)
1st is included 2nd is optional
2 or 4 sub-modules (PMC) per carrier
1:1 redundancy
iPlex Cooling
Ensure air intake and exhaust vents are not blocked TANDBERG Television recommends the use of a plastic separator to keep warm exhaust air from circulating back to intakes
Air Exhaust
Air Intake
iPlex Card Carrier Installation

Insert carrier card with care align guides first Seat card, close ejectors, and tighten knurled thumb screws Carrier cards are NOT hot-swappable Install blank covers for missing carrier card or sub-modules GE SFPs are hot-swappable
Poweroff offiPlex iPlexbefore before Power removing/insertingcarrier carriercards cards removing/inserting
Multi-mode fiber (LC connector) N20006
Copper (RJ-45) N20007
Single-mode fiber (LC connector) N20005
SFPports portswill willnot notauto-negotiate auto-negotiateto to100Mb 100Mb SFP youmust mustuse usegigabit gigabitswitch switchports ports you After-marketSFP SFPmodules modulesare arenot not After-market recommendedor orsupported supported recommended
Carrier Submodule Installation

PMC submodules are customer installable Use static discharge protection measures Position BNC connectors through the cutout in the module/carrier faceplate Push down at the back of the board to firmly seat the bus connectors Install mounting screws Note that outside screws on outside submodules are flathead to prevent binding on ejector handles Be very careful not to damage or bend parts on component side of PMC Reinsert carrier and tighten knurled screws
Poweroff offiPlex iPlexbefore before Power removing/insertingcarrier carriercards cards removing/inserting

Installall allfour foursubmodule submodulescrews screws Install toensure ensurereliable reliableoperation operation to
Physical & Logical Slot Numbering

Logical Slot Numbers Physical carrier position
Format: Blade # / Slot # Blade is always 1 for iPlex 1 / Slot # Logical slots are numbered right to left, top to bottom ASIIn1/12 means: an ASI receive port on the bottom carrier on the right side of physical position #2 AvcENC1/0 means: an encoder on the top carrier in physical position #4
iPlex (rear view)

Virtual MCM (#1)
Virtual SCM (#10)
GbE GbE 1 2
Serial Port Boot ROM Menu

Initial Configuration through serial port (9600, 8, n, 1
DB9 female-female cross-over serial cable to PC Catch the boot: CTRL-M Set control IP, subnet, and default gateway Set root password (please change from default value) Set boot source Flash-1, Flash-2, or TFTP Set date and time Boot the system
iPlex GUI Structure

Statistics Section
View only Check stream rates Check device status View configuration files Change settings Save configuration files Software update from FTP server Set system clock View logs Ping from iPlex Tech Support Dump
Configuration Section

Maintenance Section

Diagnostics Section

iPlex GUI Structure
Statistics
Configuration
Be sure you are in the correct GUI Section Statistics and Configuration Sections have very similar hierarchies Being in the wrong section is a common mistake
Configuring the Ultra Encoder
Input Resolution
Input Source
Encoded Resolution
Output video bit-rate be sure to count the zeros carefully!
Input Resolution and Encoded resolution

Input resolution is the type of incoming video signal
1080i at 29.97 (30 odd/even HD fields per second) 720p at 59.97 (60 HD frames per second) 480i at 29.97 (30 odd/even SD fields per second) etc
Output resolution is the amount of information that will we capture and encode Stream includes information to rescale the picture Decoder/STB will expand the picture to fill the screen Less resolution, means you use less bits to represent the picture. Allows you to lower the bit-rate without introducing encoding artifacts Examples of reduced resolution:
SD at D1 544 pixels wide is common HD 1080i at 1440 pixels wide or 720p at 960 pixels wide also seen (DTH/Cable)
Configuring the Ultra Transcoder
If HDSD down-conversion, how to handle aspect ratio: AFD Center Cut Letterbox
Configuring the Ultra Transcoder
Select SD or HD output Select input format Select output resolution Output video bit-rate be sure to count the zeros carefully!
Configuring Ports
Ports are the logical and physical inputs and outputs of the iPlex Ports represent the streams attached to the system:
Encoders Transcoder input and output UDP input and output ASI input and output ATM input and output RTP input and output Backhaul (special case of UDPout)
Physical ports (e.g. ENC, AdvENC, AvcENC, Xcdr, Xrtr, ASIin, ASIout) are created automatically Logical ports must be created by the operator (e.g. UDPout, UDPin, ATMin, ATMout, Backhaul)
Logical and Physical Ports GigE1

Other VLANs
GigE2 VLAN_100
tagged
Other VLANs
VLAN_3
untagged
UDPin1/1
Other UDPin/out 225.1.1.1:2000
UDPout1/2
226.1.1.2:2001 Other UDPin/out
XcdrOut1/8 XcdrIn1/8 Transcoder

Logical Port Physical Port
Create or Delete VLAN
An iPlex VLAN is a logical grouping of streams A VLAN may be assigned to either or both GigE physical interfaces A VLAN may be tagged (802.1Q) or untagged If tagged, then the VLAN ID is used as the tag number Only one untagged VLAN may be assigned to a physical GigE A new feature in 4.6.0 can block the forwarding of unicast traffic between physical interfaces in the same VLAN. See Configuration : SCM : GigE : Unicast IP Forward. VLANs cannot be edited you must delete and recreate
Configuring a UDP output port

STBs in IPTV network expect to receive an MPEG-2 Transport Stream over UDP The UDP datagram is usually multicast, but can be a unicast for iPlex-to-iPlex transport UDP datagrams are not acknowledged by the STB, and a small percentage of loss in the network should be expected UDPOut ports are tied to an input device at creation (e.g. encoder, transcoder or ASI input). You cannot edit this association once made. Ports are configured in GUI at Configuration : New Port, then select UDPOut from the drop-down menu
Configuring a UDP output
Ties UDPOut to a source port
Destination multicast IP address Destination UDP port Gigabit VLAN must be assigned or there will be no output!
Pad stream to strict CBR be sure to monitor MCM utilization Not usually necessary with Ultra encoder/transcoder

Ports are labeled as UDPOut1/0, UDPOut1/1, sequentially The CBR Padding options is both floor and ceiling. Make sure your routed video and audio bitrates, plus PAT and PMT; do not exceed this rate. Stream will be padded with NULL transport stream packets if lower than the CBR rate Transport stream packets will be DROPED if stream is over limit Statistics display will tell you if you have problems
Media Routing Concept

MPEG-2 Transrate ASI In
MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Transcode ASI Out
Up to 16 DVB/ASI inputs
ASI In Encode
ASI Out ATM
Up to 16 DVB/ASI outputs
Up to 8 SD MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC encoders or 4 Ultra MPEG-4 AVC Serial management port
Up to 4 ATM I/O interfaces
Encode
ATM 10-100 Ethernet management port

2 GigE SFP interfaces
Media Routing A Common Misunderstanding

Remember that Input and Output are relative to the SwitchCore not relative to the sub-module
ASI Transcoder GigE is configured as
ASIIn XcdrOut XcdrIn UDPOut
GigE Transrater ASI

UDPIn XrtrOut XrtrIn ASIOut
ASIin UDPin
in
out
in
Switch Core
out in
ASIout UDPout
out in
out
Xcdr
Xrtr
Transcoder Media Routing Example

There must be two media routes per transcoder
Front-end (to transcoder) Back-end (from transcoder)
Media routes are actually built from output input Important: Build the front-end route first or the back-end will not see traffic. You can only build a route when a live service is present. Example:
1) XcdrOut UDPIn (front-end) 2) UDPOut XcdrIn (back-end)
in
UDPin
out Build this route first
Switch Core
in
out
UDPout
Xcdr
or there will be no traffic to build this route

iPlex Media Route Debugging

Use the Statistics section of the GUI to monitor streams at each port. For example:
1 ASIIn1/0 2 XcdrOut1/8 3 XcdrIn1/8 4 UDPout1/20
If you see streams at Stage 1, 2, and 3 but not at Stage 4 then check the media route from UDPOutXcdrIn it is not present/working!
ASIin
in
Switch Core
2
out
out
UDPout
3
in
Xcdr
Routing a stream
Input stream elements need to be routed to an output. There are two methods:
Program Route
Quickly route all elements of a program More steps but more control Drop unwanted audio elements
Custom Route
Routing is used to ensure that a stream only contains the elements that are required Allows separate output streams to be created with PIP video or additional audio languages. STB only gets the data it needs, so increasing available bandwidth on the DSL loop. To configure a route go to Configuration : Media Routing
Select output port then click Program Route
Select one or more input programs by checking the boxes This source has two program streams (main video + PIP). The top box selects all programs in the transport stream.
Routing a stream to the output
Review entries and then click Route
Almost there. Click OK to proceed
Click Apply to finish routing the stream If you forget to Apply the route will show status Not Applied
Saving the configuration!

Configuration changes made to the iPlex, are made to the running configuration in volatile memory These changes need to be saved to flash memory or they will be lost at next power-up! Go to Configuration : Config File : Copy Startup Copy Startup means Copy Running as startup-config Copy Running means Copy Running As any_file_name DO NOT use spaces in file names! The special file startup-config is automatically loaded at power-up or if the MCM reboots If you Copy Startup/Running when the MCM is unbooted, its configuration will NOT be saved. This is because the MCM is dynamically polled by the SCM for its configuration in real-time. If it isnt booted it wont respond and the startup-config may become corrupted. Keep backup copies of your startup-config files!
Statistics : Config File : Show Running and copy/paste the full text to a notepad.txt file or Statistics : Config File : Upload Config to send the file to an FTP server
Write default values option, makes configuration file more complete. Recommend you always check this box.
Click here if you are sure you want to overwrite the existing startup configuration
After about 10-30 seconds should be all green!
Monitoring the outgoing stream

Statistics provide a good indication that the outgoing stream is actually outgoing! Provides some tuning information to help you eliminate NULL padding in the stream, and to ensure you are not over-subscribing the output Allows you to verify that the correct PID values and included in the transport stream Go to Statistics : Ports : UDPOut : UDPOut1/n
Select Programs, Elements, or Streams Components in the transport stream
If we are over our pipe size this counter will increase
NULL packets inserted to pack stream
ASIIn Configuration
GI: DVB:
General Instruments (Motorola receivers) Rest of world
MPEG: All other feeds including most US satellite feeds ATSC: Terrestrial broadcast digital TV (including off-air HDTV)
NOTE: ASIIn submodule always parses table changes and always pushes every packet to MCM including nulls reduce nulls if possible!
ASIIn Status
Problem: service not authorized, cable missing, receiver down?

Custom Program Routing

WHY? Can improve video quality by releasing the bandwidth wasted on unneeded streams
E.g., Fox has 4 audio streams, but you only want MPEG-2 English
1. 2. 3. 4. MPEG-2 English MPEG-2 Spanish (SAP) Dolby Digital (AC-3) English Dolby Digital (AC-3) Spanish (SAP)
This is even more important for MPEG-4 streams

One extra AC-3 audio is 300kbps, or >15% of video bit rate!

WHY? (cont.) Modify existing tables/descriptors Add content to an existing program Problems with some programs (e.g., Lifetime, A&E)
Streams that contain multiple video PIDs
PROCEDURE Create tables (PAT/PMT/SDT)

Define elements Modify descriptors
Stream route desired PIDs

Dont forget this step! This is what routes the actual video/audio streams.

1. Collect PMT PID, video PID, audio PID from ASI input statistics Create new program
2.
3. 4. 5.
Enter program # Enter PMT PID Enter PCR PID (usually video PID in US)

6. Click new program entry
7.
Click Add Element
8. 9.
Enter PID value Select video element type (and create descriptors)

10. 11. Repeat for audio element(s) Select stream route
12.
Select the video and audio streams you want to forward Click Route, OK, Apply!
13.

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TANDBERG Television iPlex Features and Configuration Overview

Ian Butterworth TANDBERG Television ibutterworth@tandbergtv.com 248 349 3401

2008 IPTV User Group

iPlex IPTV Video Processing Platform

Configurable and Compact

Cost Effective Platform

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

iPlex Hardware Architecture

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

Example iPlex Transcoding NxM Redundant System

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

MPEG-4 AVC Ultra Encoders

Superior pre-processing options

Flexible audio options

2-submodule form factor

Simultaneous PiP support option

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

MPEG-4 AVC Ultra Transcoders

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

Clarus advanced noise reduction

Available on UltraCompression submodules as license option

2008 IPTV User Group

Clarus integrated input de-blocking filter

Leaves clean material untouched

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

Ultra Transcoder Audio

MPEG-4 AAC (HE) V1 2x2.0

MPEG-4 AAC (HE) V2 2x 2.0

2008 IPTV User Group

Audio bit-rate planning is important

Dolby Digital (AC-3)

Dolby Digital Plus

192kbps Not Supported

192kbps 384kbps 448kbps

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

iPlex- Physical Layout

2 or 4 sub-modules (PMC) per carrier

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

iPlex Card Carrier Installation

Poweroff offiPlex iPlexbefore before Power removing/insertingcarrier carriercards cards removing/inserting

Multi-mode fiber (LC connector) N20006

Copper (RJ-45) N20007

Single-mode fiber (LC connector) N20005

Dascom IPTV User Group: October 22-23, 2008

2008 IPTV User Group

Carrier Submodule Installation

Poweroff offiPlex iPlexbefore before Power removing/insertingcarrier carriercards cards removing/inserting

2008 IPTV User Group

Physical & Logical Slot Numbering

iPlex (rear view)

Virtual SCM (#10)

2008 IPTV User Group