WO2001039381A3 - Digital headend and full service network for distribution of video and audio programming - Google Patents

Digital headend and full service network for distribution of video and audio programming Download PDF

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WO2001039381A3
WO2001039381A3 PCT/US2000/041986 US0041986W WO0139381A3 WO 2001039381 A3 WO2001039381 A3 WO 2001039381A3 US 0041986 W US0041986 W US 0041986W WO 0139381 A3 WO0139381 A3 WO 0139381A3
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Keith F Hugenberg
Martin William Rau
Atis Ojars Jurka
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Qwest Comm Int Inc
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    • H04N21/236—Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
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    • H04N21/238—Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. adapting the transmission rate of a video stream to network bandwidth; Processing of multiplex streams
    • H04N21/2381—Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network
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    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
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    • H04N21/266—Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
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Abstract

A digital headend architecture and full service network are provided to selectively demodulate and decode a variety of digital and analog feeds into baseband signals or pass digital programming through the headend. In accordance with one embodiment, the head end is provided with digital-turn-around capability to allow precompressed signals to passed through the headend without any decompress or decoding into baseband signals. The headend includes at least one receiver for receiving signals sent by satellite, at least one antenna (18) for receiving over-the-air signals as baseband composite video and audio signals, and a decoder connected to the at least one receiver for converting received satellite signals into baseband video and audio signals. At least one MPEG encoder (34) is provided for encoding the baseband video and audio composite signals into multiplexed (40) Single Program Transport Streams (SPTS). A remultiplexer (60) is arranged to ATM encapsulate the SPTS, while an ATM switch (62) outputs the ATM encapsulated SPTS for distribution over a fiber optic network.
PCT/US2000/041986 1999-11-08 2000-11-08 Digital headend and full service network for distribution of video and audio programming WO2001039381A2 (en)

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