LabMU. Laboratorio Multiusuario de Generación y Análisis de TV Digital Terreste

LabMU is the groundbreaking Multiuser Digital TV Laboratory designed to get the most out of your training or investigation environments, by optimizing the accessible resources and users with limited budgets.

LabMU provides a unique Digital TV environment, managed and controlled by means of a revolutionary, friendly and visual Graphical User Interface.

Universities, Technical Schools, Companies and Investigation Institutions will benefit from the ease of use, intuitive operation, reduced hardware, simultaneous user operation and modularity of LabMU, which can be adapted to any budget and expanded to as many users as desired.

Key benefits Fully simultaneous multiuser operation.

Adjustable to suit low budget training environments.

Modular, scalable and flexible configurable environment.

Reduced amount of hardware needed.

Unique, friendly and fully visual application.

Client/server architecture that allows multiple simultaneous access to the system and optimizes hardware use Specially designed to suit DTV technical training environments.

Features DTV services reception.

TS recording from live sources.

Real time and off line TS analysis with SI/PSI interpreter, packet dump, PID map, bitrate real time analysis.

Intuitive and fully graphical multiplexing of TS and SI/PSI editing.

Baseband and COFDM modulated TS transmission to DVB-T networks.

RF analysis of COFDM signals: constellation, spectrum diagram, impulse response, and quality/level indicators (C/N, MER, BER, PER).

Display of services in DVB-T transmissions.

TS file playback: baseband or COFDM modulation.

Full TS tree interpreter for real time sources and file sources.

MPEG file sources in program stream format.

MPEG video visual analysis available through VISUALmpeg analyzer.

Integrated Waveform Monitor for baseband video analysis.

MPEG2 and H.264 video encoding using Mainconcept Reference Encoder.

Channel Simulation option for DVB-T channels.

IPTV network setup in simultaneous multiuser mode.

IP streaming of services from real time sources and file sources. Multicast, Unicast, and RTSP. IP traffic analysis of multicast, unicast, or RTSP streams.

Recording of IPTV services.

Use of IPTV sources.

QoS module for recreation of real conditions in IPTV transmissions.

Real time inputs: DVB-T. ASI, and IP. Real time outputs: ASI, COFDM, IP.

Available options LabMU-Base: Basic conďŹ guration of the system. All functionalities available from ďŹ le sources.

LabMU-Live: Allows operation with live sources (DVB-T and ASI) and baseband transmission.

LabMU-MPG: MPEG2 and H.264 encoding of user content.

LabMU-MPGA: MPEG visual analysis of MPEG2 and H.264 video sequences.

LabMU-WF: Waveform monitor and vectorscope for MPEG2 content.

LabMU-TRx: Allows COFDM modulation of Transport Streams stored in the system.

LabMU-RF: Enables RF analysis of COFDM modulated signals, with option of channel simulation.

LabMU-IP: Transmission, analysis, reception, display of contents in an IPTV environment.

LabMU-MHP: Generation of OC for transmission of user interactive applications.

LabMU-HD: Use of HDTV contents in LabMU.

System Architecture Server

Client

Linux based.

PCI cards for live sources.

Communication with external devices through ethernet, RS232 and USB. IP based communication with client applications.

Windows based. .NET environment.

Minimum PC requirements: Core 2 Duo @2.6GHz. IP based communication with server.

Simultaneous operation from several client PCs.

LabMU-Live takes users of LabMU to new dimensions, allowing to expand available functionalities by enabling the operation of all modules in LabMU with live Digital TV signals from real time sources.

Features Dual DVB-T Input per PCI card in compliance with ETSI EN 300 744 (installed on server).

Multiple ASI Input/Output compliant with ETSI EN 50083-9, up to 100Mbps.

Multiple ASI Input/Output configurations in one card ranging from single, dual, quad and octo input/output combinations.

Up to 10 DVB-T inputs and combination of up to 8 ASI Inputs/Outputs per server.

Complete input/output management from LabMU Client application.

Dynamic multiuser operation of inputs/ outputs.

Options LabMU-Live-T Enables the use of DVB-T Input PCI cards for operation with contents coming from live feeds.

LabMU-Live-ASI/IN Enables the use of ASI Input cards for operation with contents coming from live ASI feeds (external equipment such as encoders, multiplexers, demodulators, etc).

LabMU-Live-ASI/OUT Enables the use of ASI Ouput cards for transmission of contents to external devices (i.e. modulators, analyzers, gateways, etc).

Applications in LabMU Transport Stream Capture from DVB-T or ASI sources.

Display of DVB-T transmissions or ASI sources.

Transport Stream Real Time Analysis from DVB-T or ASI sources.

Transmodulation of live transmissions (option LabMU-TRx needed).

Demodulation of DVB-T signals when combined with a DVB-ASI Output card.

Transmission of recorded TS or generated content using ASI Output.

LabMU-TRX is the perfect complement to the family of products LabMU. Content can be transmitted in internal networks by using COFDM modulation compliant to DVB-T standards so users can experiment with the transmission of their contents in real DVB-T networks, or transmit contents previously captured.

Features COFDM modulation compliant to DVB-T standards (EN 300 744).

1xASI or 2xASI Input options, 1xSPI available (only MO-170).

RF (45MHz-875MHz) or IF (36MHz) modulated outputs.

PCR restamping and packet stuffing.

Remote control from LabMU Client application.

1RU or 6RU modular option, with dual modulation option available.

Test mode available (only MO-170): pilots only, carrier blanking, CBER and VBER levels, PRBS.

Options LabMULabMU-TRx-170 Enables transmission of content in DVB-T networks, by using 1RU modulation device based on Promax MO-170. Optional channel simulation option available(LabMU-RF-CS).

LabMU-TRx-DTTV New cost effective option that allows the use of up to 14 modular modulators in a 6RU case to create a DVB-T network with modulated channels. Perfect for multiuser environments, where different users are able to operate independent TV networks. Based on the Promax DTTV family of products.

Applications in LabMU Transmission of Transport Streams created by users of LabMU in internal DVB-T networks.

Transmission of recorded contents.

Reproduction of real transmission environments for error checking and measurement.

Training and education in modulation techniques for Digital TV. Transmodulation of real DVB-T sources for adaptation to new transmission environments and conditions.

LabMU-RF allows RF analysis and recreation of conditions of terrestrial RF channels, thus focusing on the basis of RF DVB-T transmission and reception by experimenting with the different channel models, and observing the pros and cons of COFDM modulation. Ideal for understanding COFDM modulation techniques.

Features

ConďŹ guration of up to 6 paths for multipath reception simulation (simulation of Gaussian, Rice and Rayleigh channels).

Selectable C/N at modulator RF output from 3 to 40 dB. DVB-T/H RF analysis with spectrum diagram, constellation diagram, impulse response, and visual receiver status indication.

Level/quality indicators: Level, C/N, BER, MER, PER. 2RU chassis ďŹ ts up to 6 independent RF DVB-T/H COFDM analyzers.

Visual GUI controllable from LabMU Client application.

Options LabMU-RF-CS Simulation of real terrestrial channel conditions by addition of hostilities to the generated COFDM RF signal at modulation: Noise generation.

Multipath simulation by generation of echoes with selectable amplitude, delay, phase, and doppler.

LabMU-RFA RF DVB-T/H analysis that enables to identify existing DVB-T/H multiplexes, and evaluation of the quality of the received DVB-T signal by using standard analysis tools, such as spectrum diagram, constellation diagrams, impulse response and level/quality indicators (C/N, BER, etc).

Applications in LabMU DVB-T RF analysis of content transmission in faulty terrestrial channels.

Education in COFDM modulation technique and selection of modulation parameters, depending on channel properties.

Overview and in-depth analysis of DVB-T RF principles.

Terrestrial transmission channel impulse response analysis.

Hierarchical modulation display for educational/investigation purposes.

RF equipment testing under hostile reception conditions.

LabMU-RF transforms LabMU into a powerful High Definition Broadcast Environment, thus allowing it to work with HD sources of all kinds. Users will be able to capture their own HD content, encode it and use it in all LabMU modules to create their own HDTV network.

Features All HDTV resolutions supported Full H.264 remultiplexing support both for SDTV and HDTV All audio types supported, as defined by DVB: AAC, AC-3, E-AC3, or MPEG Local display of full resolution/quality HDTV contents and remote display of reencoded and downscaled HD content Full HDTV specific SI/PSI edition and generation, as defined by DVB Enables use of H.264 (SD/HD) program stream files Support for Live HDTV sources: ASI or DVB-T

Related Options H.264 HD/SD Video Encoding

Allows transcoding of SD/HD video files using H.264 software encoding with broad variety of configurable parameters.

H.264 HD/SD Video Analysis

Analysis of H.264 Encoded video to visually analyze the complete encoding process by observing macroblocks, coefficients, frame structures and other encoding settings.

HD/SD Capture Audio/Video capture options would allow the recording of SD/HD content from external live sources, by using SD/HD capture cards.

Content can then be reencoded to be used in LabMU.

Applications in LabMU Testing of HDTV STBs under varied encoding conditions Training on HDTV video encoding and transmission on terrestrial networks Demo setup for HDTV showrooms

Testing of HDTV transmissions on different channel profiles Preproduction environments for testing of new HDTV services and features

LabMU-IP

reproduces an IPTV environment, thus allowing every user to simultaneously and independently manage live and file sources within an IPTV network so transmitting, analyzing, recording, displaying, or even changing the network characteristics are possible in this new exciting and successful flavour of LabMU

Features

• Support for UDP (Multicast/Unicast) and rtsp protocols • IP input sources support Unicast, rtsp, http, or custom)

(Multicast,

• Individual and independent IP analysis for each connected user

traffic

• Audiovisual content recording (Transport Stream or Program Stream format) from IP sources • User defined Bandwidth limitation • Customizable corrupt packet insertion • Adjustable duplicate packet insertion • User defined jitter insertion • Packet loss generation

Available IP Modules IP Transmit

IP Analyzer

Transmission of A/V content from live (DVB-T, ASI) and file sources (TS Files, MPEG Files) using the IP network

Analysis of IP traffic with detailed view of protocol information, IP addresses, ports, down to content level

IP Source

Publisher

Enables the capability of using audio/video contents from external IP sources in the network

Configuration and publishing of VoD services on Amino STB initial page for GUI oriented channel navigation. Requires STB

IP Recorder

STB

Recording of audio and vídeo contents embedded in IP flows. Recording is performed in TS or PS formats

Remote configuration of STB channel list on Amino Set Top Boxes. Requires the acquisition of STB

QoS Insertion of hostile effects such as bandwidth limitations, packet loss, corrupt or duplicate packets, and/or jitter. Percentaje and correlation

Applications in LabMU •

Distribution of services coming from DVB-T transmissions in IPTV networks

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Understanding of IP protocols by means of IP traffic analyzer and by experimentation with IP transmissions

Recreation of limitations and most common errors in IPTV networks with visual display of errors

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Storage of audiovisual contents from sources for LabMU or external applications

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Use of external audiovisual contents from external IP sources in LabMU

IP

LabMU-Studio is the first revolutionary multiuser production environment intended for TRAINING purposes and suited for low budget, low complexity program production needs. The platform allows the reproduction of a complete program production center, with low investment requirements and permitting simultaneous access and collaborative work among the different production rooms previously designed by the users.

1. Create Rooms and Add Devices

2. Visually Connect Rooms and Devices

3. Operate your Program Production Environment

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Easy and straightforward creation of customized program production environments Multiuser, scalable, modular and flexible configuration and operation Multiple live SDI inputs and archived content management Video mixers with integrated video effects and transitions (PinP, Chroma key, B/W, negative, faders, wipes, mix,etc) 2x2, 4x4, 8x8 Audio/Video Switching Matrices Simple and visually configurable Character Generators Embedded Media Servers Embedded content recorders

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Creation of independent and connectable operation and control rooms (video, audio, control, playout, edit, etc) Visual and simultaneous operation of devices Multiple live SDI outputs to external monitors and devices Input and output content display on the same GUI Stereo input audio mixers with configurable gain and faders per input and output Playout module with logo insertion and up to 8 inputs Audio/video import and export Integrated DVB-T inputs for insertion of live contents Easy integration in current audio/video infrastructures

Engineering design of program production environments Training on operation of production devices, such as video mixers, audio mixers, control rooms, playout rooms, etc.

Operation of small scale production centers Collaborative operation of complete production centers Low complexity and affordable production infrastructure setup Integration with existing audio and video processing environments

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