Toner Cable B-NOVA Professional Headend Solution - Manual

B-NOVA
Professional Headend Solution
969 Horsham Road l Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 USA l Phone: 215-675-2053 Fax: 215-675-7543 l [email protected]
The BLANKOM B-NOVA Chassis is the core of IPTV
modular platforms and cable TV headends. B-NOVA
enables the operator to setup a very compact headend
configuration using various processing and interfacing
modules. B-NOVA scales from one chassis ”headend in
a box” to a multiple chassis system for bigger headend
systems and is designed for very high performance,
high density and very low power consumption.
Benefits
• Fully modular platform that grows with your business,
from a compact 1 RU ”headend in a box” to a multi-
site, distributed headend solution
• Small footprint enables efficient space usage
• Low power consumption guarantees longer module
lifetime and lower energy costs
• Energy efficiency reduces site cooling requirements
• Internal switch for cable free interconnections and
simplified maintenance
• Advanced DVB stream processing offers flexibility for
channel creation and simplicity in multi-vendor envi-
ronments
B-NOVA Architecture
The B-NOVA chassis has 6 module slots for
interface and processing modules. The B-NOVA
architecture is future proof to support new mod-
ule development later on by having all stream
processing features in sub modules. Therefore,
new functionality can be introduced later into the
platform without touching the chassis.
The B-NOVA Platform
The stream processing in B-NOVA is distributed to sub
modules, which utilize virtually unlimited processing
capacity in practical configurations, without problems
typically caused by a central shared processor. All sub
modules can independently process incoming streams.
The internal router is managing the interconnection
between the sub modules and the payload gigabit
Ethernet input and output ports. This means much less
cabling at the headend and thereby simplifies headend
configuration.
The router also has a separate internal management
network for sub modules and a chassis, which guar-
anties reliable operation even in high-load situations.
All internal connections are gigabit Ethernet enabling
high-performance operation.
High-Density Design
The new component technology and selected architec-
ture of B-NOVA creates a very high-density design sav-
ing a lot of rack space compared to traditional headend
setups.
B-NOVA can accommodate up to
12 receivers with descrambling
capability in one chassis. If 6
quad receiver modules without
descrambling are installed into
the chassis, it increases the
receiver count up to 24 in the
chassis.
Using quad SI-modules allows a
single chassis to have up to 24
ASI inputs or ASI outputs.
Installing six quad QAM modules
provides up to 24 QAM output
channels per chassis.
The B-NOVA chassis can also
have a mix of modules to adapt
to the various application needs
of the operator.