itnm systems. solutions for analogue en digital television systems itnm systems product overview

ITNM Systems

Solutions for analogue en

digital television systems

ITNM Systems product overview

ITNM Systems product overview v1.6

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Important issues

Digital television issues


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Issues for digital television

Digital television finally breaks through, so…

Monitoring the service is of vital importance

Digital television offers advantages, but…

Unfortunately it has some vulnerable properties

Disturbances are very annoyingly noticeable

Preventive action is necessary, so…

Respond before problems run out of hand

Solve before the customer responds


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Solution

IDM100 Integrated Digital TV Monitoring


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IDM100 features

Direct

Continuous analysis of hundreds of radio- and television channels

Easy to implement

User control by means of web browser access

Pragmatic

Flexible limits according to user preferences andset-top box robustness prevents unnecessary reports


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IDM100 features

User friendly

Event reports in colours improves access to the system without thorough knowledge of digital TV

Versatile

Network monitoring is possible at any place with standard Internet connection

Efficient

Audiovisual display on distance


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IDM100 features

Complete

Analysis at different places of the distribution chain

Flexible

Product adaptations can be implemented on user specific demands

Scalable

Thanks to modular design, capacity can always be increased


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IDM100 functionality in general

Complete service monitoring

Control on distance

Several skill levels

Central and localmonitoring

DVB parameters

DVB tablemonitoring

PCR en PTSrelationship

Optional SNMP

ASI, GbE and RF inputs


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IDM100 functionality in detail

Transport stream parameters

Identity

Overload

Total bandwidth

Net bandwidth

Packet loss


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Services

New, missing or changed services

Bandwidth per component

Packet loss

Scrambling presence

Change of Scrambling Control Word

Presence of PCR time stamps and timing variations (jitter and drift)

Descrambling

Relationship between PTS en DTS time stamps to the PCR

Frozen video

Audio silence per channel

Programming of scheduled events

AFD-status


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PIDs

Bandwidth

Packet loss

PSI/SI tables

PAT, CAT, PMT, SDT, NIT, EIT p/f, EIT Schedule, BAT, TDT/TOT

New, missing or changed tables

Mutual consistency among SI-tables

Repetition rate

CRC-error


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NIT

Availability of services in the SDT en PMT of other transport streams

Linkage descriptor, channel list descriptor, service list descriptor

EIT present/following and EIT Schedule specific

Completeness of the EIT

Timing accuracy of the EIT present-following

Availability EIT Other

Status of the EIT flags in the SDT


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Audiovisual

Ability to descramble video en audio

Video by carrousel stored as a picture

Audio (standard/multi language/radio) by carrousel stored as a fragment

Audiovisual archives of both up to one month

Live decoded video and audio (optional)

OpenTV specific (optional)

Module presence, age and size

Descriptors in the PMT


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Further optional functionality

ASI, GbE or RF-inputs

SNMP-generator

Dynamic lay-out

MySQL database log

Display of teletext content

User specific demands


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IDM100 design

The system consists of five different components:

Monitor

Analyzer

Zapper

Local Zapper

Workstation(s)

Optionally a database server can be added


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IDM100 design


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IDM100 design


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IDM100 design


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IDM100 design


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Actual status report

Direct view on the state all digital radio and television channels

Display in colours gives overview in a glance

Text messages related to the channels

Report of the gravity of the deviation gives additional informational about the impact for the customer


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Actual status report


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Event log

Selection of present and past events

Orderly grouping in selections on service and error level

Switching between active and resolved events makes instantly clear how long and how often a problem occurred


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Event log


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Channel selection


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Error level selection

Selection on error level helps to separate the messages

Clear grouping by selection on error level, active and resolved messages keeps the screen orderly in case of multiple problems in a transport stream


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Error level selection


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Bandwidth

Detailed overview logically arranged on all available kind of packets

Error and scrambling detection fortifies insightin the status of the transport stream


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Bandwidth


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Timing accuracy

Continuous detection and calculation of time stamps

Validates the stability of the transport stream per service

Display of the deviation makes it possible to perform preventive actions before the customer notices interruptions or lip-sync problems


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Timing accuracy


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Audiovisual audit

Examination of sound and vision conformity

Enumeration of channels and programme data delivers information about the functionality of the Electronic Programme Guide

Bandwidth measurement per service displays an overview of the segmentation of the transport


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Audiovisual audit


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Audiovisual status

Momentary display of sound and vision

Gives opportunity for network monitoring on distance, independently of the availability of the television signal

Detection of sound carriers simplifies checking of preferred language channel

Status information like aspect ratio, resolution, video encoding mode and AFD-state (Active Format Description)

Optional video and audio as streaming video


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Audiovisual status


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Audiovisual archives

Storage of programme material gives access to pictures and sound from the past up to one month ago

Further analysis of past disturbances in the network


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Audiovisueel archief


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Service properties

Enumeration of detected services per transport stream

Specific settings for services with scheduled services controlled by an internal agenda


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Service properties


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Transport stream settings

Determination of:

Passwords

Service names

Electronic program guide settings

Timing references

Alarm thresholds for audiovisual monitoring


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Transport stream settings


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Table configuration

Access to the configuration of all parts and the possibility to store these in memory

Detection of components that are not stored in the configuration gives the user the option to exclude parts of the transport stream for validation

Display of tables can be used for in-depth analysis


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Table configuration


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Table repetition rates

Dynamic changeable adjustments for repetition rates and bit rates of tables

Alarm thresholds can be applied more or less strictly than the standards and recommendations to allow pragmatic operational monitoring of the network


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Table repetition rates


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Bandwidth configuration

Flexible settings for the occupied bandwidth on packet level

Detection of loss and overload

Measurement and comparison of expected values

Components can be included and excluded


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Bandwidth configuration


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Table display

Display of the content of the tables discloses all system and service information

Enables in-depth analysis

Folded menu structure helps to keep a fully loaded screen orderly


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Table display


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Application preferences

Options in alarm levels up to individual messages

Allows the network engineer to determine gradations

Several foreground and background colours can be assigned to a certain alarm level


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Application preferences


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OpenTV applications

Adaptation on demand or customer specific needs

Example: interactive television by means ofOpenTV applications


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OpenTV applications


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Platform ***100 series

Based on Supermicro of HP Proliant industrial server

Linux or Windows XP Professional operating system

Internal monitoring circuit (watchdog)

No keyboard and mouse necessary on start-up


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Maintenance

Corrective maintenance on distance

Included with most ITNM Systems products during12 months after delivery

A service level agreement is the appropriated means for a user defined improved or continuous availability


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Contact

ITNM Systems & InfoThuis Nieuwe Media

De Werf 15 2544 EH Den Haag

Post office box 43010 2504 AA Den Haag

The Netherlands

Tel: +3170—888 5000

[email protected]

www.itnm-systems.nl

ITNM Systems © 2006

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