Imagine Communications Introduces Selenio UCIP Gateway Module

Imagine Communications is to demo the Selenio Uncompressed-Over-IP (UCIP) gateway module, at this year's NAB Show.

The Selenio UCIP is part of Imagine Communications' software-defined networking (SDN) framework that supports media companies through the hybrid transition from traditional baseband to IP-enabled networks and workflows, in addition to the company's Platinum routers and Magellan SDN Orchestrator.

Harnessing the any slot, any service power of the Selenio Media Convergence Platform (MCP), the multichannel Selenio UCIP gateway module converts SDI baseband signals to IP streams and IP to SDI signals in a single, space-saving platform. The module provides up to 112 UCIP channels per Selenio MCP 3RU frame. The Selenio MCP platform's expandable design allows for flexible, slot-by-slot selection for UCIP, JPEG2000 and H.264/MPEG-2 functionality. Additional modules can be added for functions such as frame syncs, video/audio expanders, encoders, decoders, and multiplexers.

"Technology advances have accelerated the prospect of handling all content – realtime streams as well as files – over an IP network," said Brick Eksten, vice president, product strategy, networking, distribution and workflow, Imagine Communications. "With the Selenio UCIP as a major gateway component in our SDN portfolio, media companies are freed from the distance and routing limitations of SDI.

"Selenio UCIP provides the on-ramp and off-ramp for uncompressed signals over IP, enabling our customers gain the benefits of transitioning their existing SDI facilities into the next generation hybrid networks and workflows of the future."

The Selenio UCIP module provides uncompressed signal transmission at high bitrates and quality for superior editable video. It is suited to low-latency broadcast contribution applications such as sports, live events and studio-to-studio production. At a live event venue, for example, a Selenio UCIP module might convert multiple SDI sources to baseband over IP, utilizing SMPTE 2022 standards, for IP-based transport to a national playout center. This new capability can improve signal quality and eliminate the SDI distance and routing limitations of the past.

The Selenio UCIP module fully supports SMPTE 2022 parts 5, 6, 7 to implement uncompressed video over IP. To ensure seamless transitions between the IP and SDI domains, the UCIP provides an independent frame sync for each IP video source, to lock all SDI outputs to the frame reference. The UCIP also provides clean/quiet switching between input IP sources.

Photo: Selenio Multichannel Uncompressed­ Over­ IP Module

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