The Ocaster™ system intercepts real-time IP traffic, reflects and re-distributes in ultra-low delay without impacting the original stream or interrupting service while retaining critical geo-location and telemetry Cursor–On-Target and Key Length Value metadata.

Transmitting Full Motion Video (FMV) between LANs across WAN connections usually involves a wide variety of network connections, from low bandwidth links to fiber and microwave relays to satellite transmission. These connections can be costly, have limited bandwidth and for the most part, have restricted multicast capabilities.

The Optibase Ocaster™ bridges local area networks by repackaging selected multicast traffic on an enterprise network as unicast and sending across WAN connections to one or more destinations. As a unicast MPEG stream, it can be encrypted through existing encryption systems or be transmitted over a VPN to ensure security of sensitive or proprietary video and data. The unicast can be played back at its destination or repackaged as multicast by another Ocaster™ at the destination LAN and played back by PC players and IP set-top boxes.

The Ocaster™ can also be used to duplicate a single video stream to multiple unicast destinations, to enable private sessions or secure content to be shared with entities around the world.

Optibase Ocaster™ uses industry standard MPEG protocols that support playback options on all MPEG-compliant devices. It is fully interoperable with third-party MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 H.264 standard definition and high definition IPTV encoders, making it the optimal solution for real-time processing of any IP stream. An advanced traffic shaping algorithm ensures quality of service (QoS) reflecting video payload on any network while maintaining consistent bandwidth utilization.

• Bridging LAN sites over non-multicast WAN connections
• Distribution of multicast streams to multiple unicast recipients
• Disseminating Full Motion Video content with metadata to remote users
• Conversion of incoming unicast sources to multicast for efficient distribution to LAN users
• Bridging physical networks using reflection between two distinct network adapters

Benefits

• Enables fast, efficient transmission of video in real time
• Overcomes WAN bandwidth and capacity limitations
• Compatible with existing encryption systems and VPNs to ensure data security
• Enables sharing of secure content with specific users using private unicast streams
• Compatible with EZ TV, FITIS and third-party MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 IP decoders

Key Features

• Highly dense MPEG reflection – up to 50 streams in a 1-RU server
• Two-way processing: Multicast to Unicast and Unicast to Multicast
• Intuitive HTTP management interface for remote configuration
• Ultra-low processing latency – less than 20 milliseconds per service
• Supports AES Encrypted streams – eliminates the need to unlock feeds in distribution centers
• Real-time SAP detection and announcement generation
• Intuitive HTTP management interface for remote configuration