Pacific Quay Pacific Quay Infrastructure & IntegrationInfrastructure & Integration

Brendan MallonBrendan Mallon

Core Network RequirementsCore Network RequirementsCore Network Requirements

• Separately routed domains– Users– Television Playout– Radio Production– Post Production– Digital Library

• Fully converged network – Common Hardware• Protection for core broadcast functions• Managed service capability

•• Separately routed domainsSeparately routed domains–– UsersUsers–– Television PlayoutTelevision Playout–– Radio ProductionRadio Production–– Post ProductionPost Production–– Digital Library Digital Library

•• Fully converged network Fully converged network –– Common HardwareCommon Hardware•• Protection for core broadcast functionsProtection for core broadcast functions•• Managed service capability Managed service capability

Main Business Net

Post Production

Digital Library & Storage

Radio Production & Playout

TV Playout

Broadcast Control

WAN Switch

Edge Access Switches 22 Hub Rooms

Edge Distribution

High Bandwidth 40Gbps coreCore Network – MPR at Layer 2

Core Distribution Core Distribution

Core Distribution Core Distribution

IP Telephones

Grouped VLANS on the Layer-2 MPR

ring enables broadcast systems, like Avid to extend from the broadcast

domain to the clients domain

Edge Distribution

Edge Router

Edge Router

RAMAN RAMAN

IntegrationIntegrationIntegration• Challenge

• Codec - essence• Audio – bit depth• File wrappers• Metadata• Field lengths• Character Types• Mapping from schemas • Processing (frame by frame or sequence)• Protocols

• Real-time v Non Real-time• Directly coupled or Loosely coupled• Real-time monitoring of service or non real-time monitoring

•• ChallengeChallenge•• Codec Codec -- essenceessence•• Audio Audio –– bit depthbit depth•• File wrappersFile wrappers•• MetadataMetadata•• Field lengthsField lengths•• Character TypesCharacter Types•• Mapping from schemas Mapping from schemas •• Processing (frame by frame or sequence)Processing (frame by frame or sequence)•• ProtocolsProtocols

•• RealReal--time v Non Realtime v Non Real--timetime•• Directly coupled or Loosely coupledDirectly coupled or Loosely coupled•• RealReal--time monitoring of service or non realtime monitoring of service or non real--time monitoringtime monitoring

MXFMXF

CODECCODEC AudioAudio

MetadataMetadata

CaptureCapture

SDI/HDSDISDI/HDSDI

OP1AOP1A

OP AtomsOP Atoms

EditEdit

OP AtomsOP Atoms

TransmitTransmit

& &

ArchiveArchive

OP1AOP1A

TVCPS

TMAuto

DesktopEditor

Med Man

DHMHD

SD

FTP

CraftEditor

Proxy Generator

Ingest

eVTR MXF SDarchives

Graphics

StandaloneQT MOV

(SD or HD)

MXF SD

MXFDNXHD

MXF SD

Transcode

TV Playout

BWAV audio

BWAV audio

BWAVaudio

BWAV audio from SD or HD

Drop zone

BWAVaudio

RCPS BWAV audio

Quick time

WMFReal

BWAV audio

Interactive

INTERFACES

XTransfer control

MXF SD

DL

MXF HD

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Questions?Questions?

brendan.mallon@bbc.co.ukbrendan.mallon@bbc.co.uk