The award-winning MGW product line delivers video encoding efficiency and exceptional video quality at a wide range of bit-rates. Designed for mission critical applications, the dense hardware architecture offers extensive modularity and redundancy options.
MGW platforms encode, transcode and transrate uncompressed and compressed HD and SD sources to bandwidth-efficient MPEG streams optimized for IPTV/FMV services over IP networks. Advanced capabilities such as secondary stream generation for remote users or picture-in-picture (PiP) applications, ancillary data support, graphic overlay and time-code insertion, as well as management application suite optimized for secure Department-of-Defense IT environments, make the carrier-grade blade-based platforms the ideal video streaming solutions for federal and state government agencies, Telco operators and enterprises. The Optibase 5th generation MPEG-4 H.264 compression codec delivers superb video quality at any bit-rate for applications ranging from situational awareness to DVD-quality streaming for the enterprise to HD video for real-time contribution and ISR applications.
The MGW platform utilizes a highly efficient integrated controller blade that serves as the single point of interaction with the network, manages all hardware modules in the system and automatically triggers redundancy and failover. The controller aggregates all streams produced by the compression blades into a single network interface with the LAN, reducing OPEX and CAPEX costs by eliminating the need to allocate multiple ports on the network switch and individually manage encoder modules.
With up to 104 HD/SD H.264 encoders (52 primary and 52 secondary streams) integrated in a single platform, the high-density MGW product line offers unmatched video processing power with a compact footprint and lowest cost per video encoding port, The MGES 6000 blade provides full operator control of resolution, data rate and other compression parameters for both primary and secondary streams, including built-in downscaling from HD source to low resolution SD streams for proxy use. The blade also features inputs for Composite, HD/SD-SDI, DVB-ASI and HDMI signals for flexible mixing of different sources in a single MGW deployment.
With the built-in real-time encryption engine, which uses a 256/128-bit AES algorithm, operators can securely deliver Full Motion Video and IPTV content over IP. The encrypted content and metadata is deciphered by authorized users of the Optibase EZ TV and FITIS video players, eliminating the need to manually manage access rights to IPTV content.
The Cluster Manager, Optibase professional management suite, provides intuitive, efficient monitoring and management of multiple MGW platforms and hundreds of channels from one centralized application. The system offers full redundancy including N+K capability that allows failover of a blade in one platform to a blade located in a different platform to eliminate single-point-of-failure scenarios. The MGW product line is also fully integrated with Optibase EZ TV and FITIS video delivery and management systems.
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Enterprise and corporate IPTV applications
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FMV dissemination for situational awareness and ISR
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Processing of DVB-RCS feeds, Transcoding VBR to CBR with ultra low bit rates
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Telco IPTV
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Distribution of Satellite/cable TV channels over IP networks
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Training and distance learning
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Video monitoring and video confidence
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Complete video streaming solution covering encoding, transcoding and transrating
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5th generation codec offers best-in-class HD & SD video quality
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Scenario-specific form factors and density: 1RU/4RU/10RU
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Hot-swappable components with built-in automatic failover for all critical components
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Controller blade consolidates all streaming and management traffic to a single network interface
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Mix-and-match inputs and outputs offers service diversity within each platform
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Designed with highest level of availability for mission critical applications
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Comprehensive management tools, clustering and automatic failover capabilities
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Dense architecture supports up to 104 streams (52 primary and 52 secondary)
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Supports analog, digital and HDMI signals in a single deployment
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Encode/transcode/transrate up to 100 video sources per platform
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Formats: MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) or MPEG-2 and MPEG-1, Standard and High Definition, Dolby 5.1 and 7.1 audio
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Simultaneous delivery of high and low compression profiles
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Built-in AES-256 and 128 bit encryption for video, audio and metadata
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Comprehensive control of compression parameters, API for system integrators
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Transcode DVB-ASI satellite content to compressed IP streams
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Stream each video feed to up to 7 multicast and unicast destinations
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N+K redundancy for cost-effective, automatic service recovery, network interfaces redundancy and diversity modes
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A wide range of bit-rate support: 100Kbps-15Mbps
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IP v6 support
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Optimized for government and military IT environments. Carries Certificate of Networthiness.
