New broadcasting standards for compression (HEVC, H.265) satellite transmission (DVB-S2 Extensions) and quality (UHDTV 4K/8K) are entering the market, leading to a better user experience and potential business benefits for the broadcast industry. But what is hype and what is real? Do you know how to apply them and in which applications they will be useful?
This presentation elaborates on:
- DVB-S2 Extensions improving satellite efficiency
- How to save bandwidth with MPEG HEVC
- How to put UHDTV into practical use or whether it is
just another fad to sell TV
- Whether you really need to consider them all and
when you should start?
For more information, please check our website: http://www.newtec.eu
UHDTV, HEVC and S2 Extensions Migration strategies
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UHDTV, HEVC and S2 Extensions: Migration Strategies
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AGENDA
UHDTV, HEVC and S2 Extensions: Migration Strategies
• The Rise of UHDTV
• Using HEVC & Saving Bandwidth
• Beyond DVB-S2
• Practical Strategies
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INTRODUCTION
DRIVEN BY
CONSUMER
DEVICE
MANUFACTURERS
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ICT
Asus 39” 4K monitor prototype
Asus PQ321 31.5” 4K monitor
US $4000 next month
nVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Max res = 4K
Intel ‘Haswell’
Low power
Integrated 4K GPU
TV
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4K IN
PRODUCTION, P
OST, INGEST
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7. BUT……….. HOW DO YOU GET 4K CONTENT TO CONSUMERS?
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8. THE PROBLEM IS IN MANY PLACES: WHEREVER CONTENT IS MOVED
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Time for Mezzanine IP
Workflows
4K: END OF
COPPER? LONG
LIVE IP!
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Copper coax @ the end of the line with 3G-SDI?
• Uncompressed 4K is 12Gbps (8K = 48Gbps)
• Quad 3G-SDI? 6G-SDI? Mmmm, not sure
IP over Ethernet over Fiber?
• Practical current limit 1 & 10GbE for LANs
• 40 & 100GbE are for aggregation & core networks
Time to finally go IP in broadcast center, studios, MCRs?
• Fully file based workflows = IP
• Lightly compressed instead of uncompressed (e.g. AVC-Intra
Class 4:4:4 @ 450Mbps) ‘mezzanine workflows’
• Support for distributed head-ends & workflows
• Easy integration ‘cloud’ production and ICT MAMs
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THERE ARE 4K
TESTS &
DEMOS
ONGOING…
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Terrestrial: UHDTV over DVB-T2
• Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, EBU, Abertis Telecom
• 4K in AVC (H.264) @ 35Mbps over T2 to 84”
• Mobile World Congeess in Barcelona, Feb 2013
Satellite: UHDTV in HEVC over DVB-S2
• SES, Harmonic & Broadcom
• Astra 19.2E. 4K in HEVC (H.265) @ 20Mbps over S2 to Broadcom
BCM7445
• SES Industry Days in Luxembourg, April 2013
Eutelsat: French Open Tennis 2013
• Eutelsat, 4EVER, ATEME
• First live end-to-end 4K public demo?
• Multicam 4K, HEVC multiplatform: 4K TV, HD to
PCs, tablets, etc
• Roland Garros, June 2013
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HEVC (H.265)
UHDTV, HEVC and S2 Extensions: Migration Strategies
High Efficiency Video Coding
Supports up to 8K @ 120fps
~50% Savings compared to MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
First standard now:
• Distribution (Main & Main 10, 8/10bit, 4:2:0)
• See: http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.265-201304-I/en
• Extensions for 12bit, 4:2:2/4:4:4 Jan 2014
Brought to us by‚Moore’s Law‛
• Encoders typically 10x computationally higher
• Decoders (consumer devices) 3-4x
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fast!
HEVC
UHDTV, HEVC and S2 Extensions: Migration Strategies
Big focus on mobile/Internet video
• Video clogging up 3G/4G mobile networks
• H.265 decoder software updates to smartphones/tablets
• 3x CPU/GPU needed: HD in HEVC on iPad? Battery life?
Installed base ‘ASIC’ STBs limits distribution
But Primary Distribution: 50% OPEX savings
• Primary distribution to DVB-T2 towers in HEVC
• Delivery to Cable Head-Ends
New ‘greenfield’ DTT DVB-T2 for 2015/2016
• E.g. France considering HEVC for DTT 2.0
Contribution where it makes senses
• Lower OU costs
• HD in same BW as SD
Also HEVC Intra: -43% vs JPEG, -31% vs JPEG 2k
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S2 EXTENSIONS
UHDTV, HEVC and S2 Extensions: Migration Strategies
‚Moore’s Law‛ affecting satellite modulation too
New standard this year: Start using now!
Highlight features:
• Smaller Roll-Offs
• Advanced Filtering
• Supporting Different Network Configurations
• Increased Granularity in MODCODs
• Higher Modulation Schemes up to 64APSK
• Linear and non-linear MODCODs
• Wideband Support up to 72 Mbaud
See: http://www.newtec.eu/technology/s2-extensions
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TYPICAL GAINS WITH S2 EXTENSIONS
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Shannon Limit
S2 Extensions
DVB-S2
DVB-S
Closer to the Shannon
limit
64APSK
+37%
+27%
Spectral Efficiency
(bps/Hz)
C/N
DTH
• 5-20% (DVB-S2 compatibility, low roll-
offs, tuned single carrier)
OU Contribution
• 10-27% (in ‘standard’ 36MHz
transponders)
High Efficiency Contribution & Feeder
Links
• Up to 37% (with 64APSK)
Primary distribution
• To DVB-T2 towers, Cable head-ends
• Up to 64% using Wideband 72Mhz
transponders
17. LINEAR & NON-
LINEAR
DVB-S2 Optimized for
Non-linear operation
(distribution like DTH).
S2 Extensions optimizes
for both linear & non-
linear
Power Distortion Power Distortion
Linear Operation Non-Linear Operation
36 MHz 36 MHz
Multi-carrier Single carrier
• Fixed Contribution
• OU Contribution
• Feeder Links
• Mobile backhauling
• IP Trunking
• DTH Distribution
• Multistream DTT
• Cable head-ends
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18. CONTRIBUTION USE-CASE
Increase Bitrate by almost 15% using Higher Power Density
Carriers Throughput Total Configuration C/N
A 14 7.072 Mbps 99.000 Mbps 2.143MB, 16APSK 5/6, 20% RO 12.1 dB
B 16 7.072 Mbps 113.000 Mbps 2,143 MB, 16APSK 5/6, 5% RO 12,1 dB
Carriers Throughput Total Configuration C/N
C 14 7.072 Mbps 99.000 Mbps 2.143 MB, 16APSK 5/6, 20% RO 12.1 dB
D 16 6.784 Mbps 108.544 Mbps 2.143 MB, 16APSK 4/5, 5% RO 11,5 dB
Increase Bitrate by almost 10% using Equivalent Power Density
Carrier Spacing with Clean
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Rented Capacity
Transponder
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Channel Technology™
Rented Capacity
Transponder
Carriers from another
operator
Carriers from another
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Channel Technology™
Rented Capacity
Transponder
Carrier Spacing with Clean
Channel Technology™
Rented Capacity
Transponder
Carriers from another
operator
Carriers from another
operator
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Carrier Spacing with Clean
Channel Technology™
Rented Capacity
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Channel Technology™
Rented Capacity
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Carriers from another
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operator
Carriers from another
operator
Gain
Assumption
• Demodulators operate @ 5% RO
19. 36 MHz 36 MHz
Carrier 1
DVB-S
Carrier 2
DVB-S
Starting from 2 Transport Streams in one 72 MHz Transponder
Throughput Configuration IBO/OBO Availability
2*42 Mbit/s
(84Mbit/s)
2 DVB-S 36MHz Carriers
27.5 Mbaud, QPSK 5/6, 25%
4.8dB/3dB 99.9%
Add one additional TS enabled by S2 Extensions, Equalink, 72MHz & Multistream
Throughput Configuration IBO/OBO Availability
3*42Mbit/s
(126 Mbit/s)
Multistream Carrier with S2 Ext
68,5 MBaud 8PSK 114/180, 10%
1,5dB/0.6dB 99.9%
72 MHz
PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION TO HEADENDS AND TOWERS
Zone Beam Europe (W3A)
S2 EXTENSIONS84 -> 126 = 50%
20. 54 MHz
Carrier 1
DVB-S
Starting from 45MBaud on 72MHz Trp (Compatible with Professional IRDs)
Throughput Configuration
69 Mbit/s DVB-S, limited by downlink power/Hz
45 Mbaud, QPSK 5/6, 20%
Double Video Capacity using S2 Extensions, Equalink, 72MHz and Multistream
Throughput Configuration
144,5 Mbit/s S2 Extensions
70MBaud, 8PSK 126/180, 5%
72 MHz
PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION TO HEADENDS AND TOWERS
Hemi Beam (IS-805)
S2 EXTENSIONS
69 -> 144.5 = 109%
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Upgrading from H.264 to
HEVC reduces transmission
costs with up to 50%.
Upgrading networks from
DVB-S2 to S2 Extensions
may bring another 10-64%
INTRODUCTION
TIMING OF
UHDTV, HEVC,
S2 EXTENSIONS
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ADDING MORE
CHANNELS IN A
DTH 36MHZ
TRANSPONDER
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DISTRIBUTION
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Tune DTH uplinks now
• DVB-S2: 10 & 15% roll-offs, Equalink & Node: 5-20%
Primary distribution (T2, Cable headends)
• HEVC & S2 Extensions 2013/2014: OPEX / SD->HD
• Increased 72MHz transponders (single carrier, 4K)
DVB-T2 (Lite) Greenfield Deployments
• HEVC in 2014/2015 to end-users
4K Live Distribution
• Combined with Satellite S2 Extensions & HEVC
• A lot of ‘UHD’ may really be 2K 1080p upscaled by TVs:
Hey, it is still better than the 720p/1080i HD today!
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CONTRIBUTION
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Unilateral & feeder links upgrade now
• S2 Extensions now, firmware upgrade to final standard
• <= 27% makes ROI in couple of months?
Fixed contribution & high speed links
• 64APSK can give 37% improvement
S2 Extensions & HEVC in HD Contribution
• 2013/2014 for news & lower quality feeds: Cost savings & SD->HD
• 2014/2015 for sports & top quality (1080p instead of 720p/1080i? 12bit
4:2:2/4:4:4).
HEVC & ultra low delay encoding
• Interactive standups with talkback, etc
• HEVC promising Intra but ‘AVC Intra’ to stay for a while?
4K Contribution & Mezzanine Compression
• Needs HEVC v2 & S2 Extensions in contribution
• Master format is lightly compressed: AVC-Intra Class 4:4:4 @ 450Mbps:
HEVC-Intra @ 200-250Mbps?
• 250Mbps fits in 1 saturated 36MHz transponder (S2 Extensions)!
• Brazil 2016?
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Built-in FEC Decoder enables remote modulator
deployment
• M6100 IP input corrects errors in the incoming
stream pro-actively using SMPTE 2022-1
(ProMPEG COP3)
• This capability allows safe remotely
deployment of modulators connected over IP
to the video headend
• Supports L(row) and D(column) sizes up to 20
• Row FEC corrects sporadic errors
• Column FEC corrects bursts of errors
• The M6100 corrects the error, and then
removes the FEC overhead prior to
transmission
• Reports the error count and number of
corrected errors
• No new HW required - supported as a SW
license option
Forward Error Correction
(SMPTE 2022-1):
ProMPEG COP3
DISTRIBUTED IP
HEADENDS
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P1 P2 P3 P3 P1L
P21 P22 P23 P23 P2L
P31 P32 P33 P33 P3L
PD1 PD2 PD3 PD4 PDL
FEC
R1
FEC
R2
FEC
R3
FEC
D
Media Packets
RowFEC
Column FEC
FEC
C1
FEC
C2
FEC
C3
FEC
C4
FEC
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Packet Errors
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Calculated valuesAssumes reveiver performance @5% RO is optimalIf one increases the total symbolrate used in the transponder, the amount of power used will be increased.In case the IBO/OBO needs to be maintained, the power will need to be the same, so the power per carrier will decrease.It will be decreased by 10*log(1.2/1.05) = 0.58 dB So the Es/No of the received carriers will be reduced by 0.58 dB which will decrease the availability.In case the same total power needs to be maintained and the availability cannot be reduced, the modcod will need to be lowered.So in this case 16APSK 4/5 will need to be used (16APSK 5/6 requires 12.1 dB, 16APSK 4/5 requires 11.5 dB nicely the 0.6 dB that we need to give in).Remark : Equalink does not give benefits in a multi-carrier transponder, since the transponder is not saturated!
Config with 2.4m Antenna
Config with 2.4m Antenna
You can upgrade existing DTH and other satellite distribution platforms to S2 Extensions now, to get tangible benefits and ROI, with installed base of STBs.S2 Extensions & HEVC will have a big impact during 2013/2014 in primary distribution of DTT DVB-T2 and to cable head-ends. Most new ‘green field’ DVB-T2 deployments will be looking to use HEVC end-to-end in 2014/2015 timeframe.HEVC will make impact in 2013/2014 in distribution of mobile, SD & HDTV, where the installed based of receivers (e.g. updates for software or FPGA based decoders) does not limit rollout.There is little doubt a whole new set of opportunities could be opened up for 4K. For example, BSkyB proved that millions of subscribers are willing to pay an extra 10 pounds per month for HD channels and, once consumers see more and more 4K, especially during in-store demos, The payTV business also has a vested interest in maintaining a video differential compared with the likes of Netflix, Lovefilm and YouTube. 4K, transmitted by satellite, is the answer to that OTT battle?
There is little doubt a whole new set of opportunities could be opened up for 4K. For example, BSkyB proved that millions of subscribers are willing to pay an extra 10 pounds per month for HD channels and, once consumers see more and more 4K, especially during in-store demos, it could command the price premium that 3D has struggled to do so. The payTV business also has a vested interest in maintaining a video differential compared with the likes of Netflix, Lovefilm and YouTube. 4K, transmitted by satellite, is the answer to that OTT battle.
We mentioned that there is are drivers to ‘All IP Infrastructure’ for the introduction of 4K, for mezzanine, file workflows, etc.This opens many possibilities with distributed workflows and head-ends.If you are considering this or already use IP in the playout & head-end (or IP link between head-ends & uplinks) there is the need for FEC (Forward Error Correction).After the stat-mux in the DTH playout, you can just cannot afford to lose any packets.Our modulators support the SMPTE 2022-1 (ProMPEG COP3) standard to reliably deploy distributed IP headends via the GbE interfaceIt’s there if you need it!Forward Error Correction is a key technology to correct errors in the incoming transport stream on the GbE ports, prior to transmission on satellite. Such errors can have several causes, s.a. malfunctions in video encoders and multiplexers, and packet drops in the IP distribution network due to e.g. long cabling or network overloads. In unicast transmission, such packet errors are corrected by the TCP layers of the OSI protocol stack. However, in most video systems, multicast is used on UDP or RTP, and those layers do not have the retransmission capabilities built in. Hence the need to insert forward error correction in the transmission link between the video headend and the satellite modulators. Column FEC provides correction for consecutive burst packet loss of up to L packets. The FEC packets are generated per column within the matrix allowing loss of any single media packet within a column or burst of error within a row to be corrected through the FEC packet. Column FEC is ideal for correcting packet burst errors and random errors. Row FEC provides correction of non-consecutive packet loss and can correct any single packet loss within a row of media packets. The FEC packets are generated per row allowing loss of any single packet to be recovered. Row FEC is ideal for correcting random packet errors. Key benefits The M6100 corrects errors in the incoming stream pro-actively using SMPTE2022-1 (ProMPEG COP3).This capability allows safe remote deployment of modulators connected (remotely) over IP to the video headend. The M6100 has all hardware on-board to support L (row) and D (column) up to 20, where L*D <=100. The FEC can be enabled by means of a software license key at any time.The M6100 corrects the error, but also removes the FEC overhead prior to transmission. The error count and number of corrected errors are reported, the operator can use this information to monitor the link quality between video headend and modulator.