What is BS EN 50585 - Communications protocol to transport satellite delivered signals over IP networks about?
BS EN 50585 discusses communications protocol to transport satellite delivered signals over IP networks. The communications protocol is a set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. BS EN 50585 describes the SAT>IP communication protocol. BS EN 50585 enables an SAT>IP server to forward satellite delivered signals to SAT>IP clients over IP networks. The typical use case would be the transport of television programs that were received from the satellite by the SAT>IP server to the SAT>IP client via the IP network. SAT>IP specifies a control protocol as well as the media transport. SAT>IP is not a device specification. The SAT>IP protocol distinguishes between SAT>IP clients and SAT>IP servers.
Who is BS EN 50585 - Communications protocol to transport satellite delivered signals over IP networks for?
BS EN 50585 on communications protocol to transport satellite delivered signals over IP networks is useful for:
- Telecommunication sector
- IT sector
- Software engineers
- Design engineers
Why should you use BS EN 50585 - Communications protocol to transport satellite delivered signals over IP networks?
A standardised communications protocol is one that has been codified as a standard. BS EN 50585 describes a new communication protocol for the distribution of satellite signals onto IP networks. BS EN 50585 effectively “translates” TV signals, received from satellites in the DVB-S and DVB-S2 formats and supplied in the first intermediate frequency range (1st IF range), into signals for use on internet-based devices in the IP world. This technology enables the reception of satellite TV on devices that do not have an integrated satellite receiver. Satellite signals can thus be transported via every IP infrastructure with or without cable. This way, the entire satellite household can be provided with TV and sound radio programmes on tablets, PCs, laptops, smartphones, connected TVs, game consoles and media players.
SAT>IP clients may reside in set-top boxes equipped with an IP interface or may be implemented as software applications running on programmable hardware such as Tablets, PCs, Smartphones, Connected Televisions. SAT>IP servers may take various forms ranging from large MDU headends servicing whole buildings or communities to in-home IP multi switches to simple IP adapters for a set-top box to, ultimately, IP LNBs. Actual devices are clients or servers or both depending on their feature set. Unlike in today’s satellite distribution schemes, the SAT>IP architecture allows the reception of satellite television programs also on devices that do not have a satellite tuner directly built-in. Satellite tuners and demodulators are moved or “remoted” into SAT>IP server devices. Clients control SAT>IP servers via the SAT>IP protocol. SAT>IP is a remote tuner control protocol that provides the possibility of remotely controlling tuning devices. Using BS EN 50585 you can describe the SAT>IP communication protocol.
