Toner Cable B-NOVA User Manual

B-NOVA

Professional Headend Solution

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The BLANKOM B-NOVA Chassis is the core of IPTV
modular platforms and cable TV headends. B-NOVA
enables the operator to setup a very compact headend
configuration using various processing and interfacing
modules. B-NOVA scales from one chassis ”headend in
a box” to a multiple chassis system for bigger headend
systems and is designed for very high performance,
high density and very low power consumption.

Benefits

• Fully modular platform that grows with your business,
from a compact 1 RU ”headend in a box” to a multi­site, distributed headend solution

• Small footprint enables efficient space usage

• Low power consumption guarantees longer module
lifetime and lower energy costs

• Energy efficiency reduces site cooling requirements

• Internal switch for cable free interconnections and
simplified maintenance

• Advanced DVB stream processing offers flexibility for
channel creation and simplicity in multi-vendor envi­ronments

B-NOVA Architecture

The B-NOVA chassis has 6 module slots for
interface and processing modules. The B-NOVA
architecture is future proof to support new mod­ule development later on by having all stream
processing features in sub modules. Therefore,
new functionality can be introduced later into the
platform without touching the chassis.

The B-NOVA Platform

The stream processing in B-NOVA is distributed to sub
modules, which utilize virtually unlimited processing
capacity in practical configurations, without problems
typically caused by a central shared processor. All sub
modules can independently process incoming streams.

The internal router is managing the interconnection
between the sub modules and the payload gigabit
Ethernet input and output ports. This means much less
cabling at the headend and thereby simplifies headend
configuration.

The router also has a separate internal management
network for sub modules and a chassis, which guar­anties reliable operation even in high-load situations.
All internal connections are gigabit Ethernet enabling
high-performance operation.

High-Density Design

The new component technology and selected architec­ture of B-NOVA creates a very high-density design sav­ing a lot of rack space compared to traditional headend
setups.

B-NOVA can accommodate up to
12 receivers with descrambling
capability in one chassis. If 6
quad receiver modules without
descrambling are installed into
the chassis, it increases the
receiver count up to 24 in the
chassis.

Using quad SI-modules allows a
single chassis to have up to 24
ASI inputs or ASI outputs.

Installing six quad QAM modules
provides up to 24 QAM output
channels per chassis.

The B-NOVA chassis can also
have a mix of modules to adapt
to the various application needs
of the operator.

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B-NOVA

Professional Headend Solution

Embedded DVB Content Protection

B-Nova has the capability to protect ser­vices with DVB scrambling. The chassis
provides DVB Simulcrypt interface to
Conditional Access systems, which allows
integration with a large variety of CA ven­dors. The content protection has been
designed to scale to a large number of
scrambled streams with minimal system
configuration.

The actual scrambling is an integrated fea­ture of the B-NOVA sub modules providing
scalable performance and maximum flexi­bility of the system configuration and sup­porting both centralized and decentralized
scrambling solutions.

Any service can be scrambled simultane­ously with multiple CA systems. Other
advanced features include shortkey change
intervals, automatic PSI/SI table genera­tion, detailed monitoring of the interaction
with CA systems, support of redundant
ECM generators and scheduled changes of
the content protection properties.

Management

The B-NOVA chassis has centralized man­agement features for configuration and sta­tus monitoring of the sub modules and
chassis as well as connection to a central­ized Server based NIT, EPG and STB­Management system: The Broadcast
Manager.

Management features are optimized for
typical CATV or IPTV headend operations.
There are many helpful features making
headend daily operation easy and effective.

The intuitive WEBUI is designed for easy
management, monitoring and troubleshoot­ing. It allows the user to establish setup
quickly just by entering a few parameters,
and then let B-NOVA do the detailed config-

uration based on internal intelligence.
There is still the possibility to also adjust
the detailed configuration for professional
users.

Automatic service identification and PID re­mapping based on internal rules create
unique values for all streams. Therefore, it
is very easy to do the system-level configu­ration.

The CLI (Command Line Interface) is help­ful to do configuration updates in patches
and also makes it possible to manage B­NOVA through low-speed communication
links.

Monitoring parameters and warning/alarm
messages are available using SNMP proto­col and traps. This allows integration with
the element management system or with
higher-level management systems.

The front panel has an indicator to get a
quick overview status of B-NOVA. All sub
modules have status indicators for module
operation and interface indicators for signal
status. Indicator LED´s are helpful to locate
an interface or a module that requires
action.

Features

• 6 processing and interface module slots

• 19” 1RU rack mechanics

• Installation rails for easy installation

• Slot for Power Supply and I/O module

• Power Supply Redundancy

• USB port for initial setup

• 2x gigabit Ethernet ports (SFP modules)
for payload

• 1+1 chassis redundancy

• Intuitive WEB user interface

• Automatic SID and PID remapping

• CLI (Command Line Interface)

• SNMP monitoring and traps

• DVB Simulcrypt