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The ASTRO U-series - an international success

Ukrainian cable operator Volya invest in IP head end technology

The ASTRO U 100 series made its way beyond the borders of Germany. After gaining major projects with domestic German cable network operators, more and more international operators are putting their trust in the ASTRO IP head end technology. Especially in the CIS, several big projects have been gained by ASTRO. As an example one project in the Ukraine should be pointed out

Volya, Ukraine

The biggest Ukrainian cable network operator is Volya with the Network Operation Center (NOC) in the capital city Kiev. From this NOC, Volya plays out cable TV signals to 19 cities all over the Ukraine. In total, approximately 2.2 million households receive their signals from Volya, and the analog PAL signals are processed by ASTRO head end technology. In August 2012 Volya launched new IP receiving technology for their networks and ASTRO was chosen after a long period of testing the products of different vendors.

Pavel Kurmachev, Director of Planning and Development mentioned several reasons for the decision to purchase the ASTRO technology: "No other vendor was able to offer such excellent system parameters and for some cities Volya provides 80 PAL channels, so the signal performance after combination is ex· tremely important. Further points were the redundancy concept and the easy handling which convinced us." Now, after one year of operation in Volya's networks the result is very promising: "Some head ends have been in operation for one year, some less, but to date none of the modules have failed, so I want to express my gratitude to the ASTRO R&D and production", Kurmachev adds.

General points about the ASTRO IP head end

IP to PAL processing is made with the U 11x 4-way IP/ PALconverter. Tue U 11x receives up to four IP multicast groups and converts the capsulated MPEG transport streams in up to four PAL output channels. In addition to outstanding signal parameters the U 11x offers many interesting Features for cable network operators. For instance, it is possible to overlay a time-controlled news ticker to provide additional information for the subscribers and in addition it is possible to feed different content to one output channel - the so-called time shared output channel.

The U 100-230 is designed as a base unit for the signal converters with two integrated power supplies for redundant voltage feed. Thanks to the U I00·C an easy and convenient management is guaranteed. The complete head end is configured and monitored with it. The management functions vary from a rack view of the complete head end to time·controlled updates to the point of automatically executed redundancy switching e.g.in case of a failed input signal.

Redundancy switching for highest reliability

Volya is using all available redundancy mechanisms – soft- and hardware-based - provided by the ASTRO U 100 series. Both signal losses due to a lost input sig nal and defective signal feeding can be compensated either by IGM Pv3 "source select" or redundant physical IP interfaces for each ASTRO signal converter. The head ends in the Ukraine are of course equipped with spare equipment to be able to react to a possible defect of one module or to prepare maintenance work in order to minimize the influence on the subscriber.

Easy handling and maintenance

The operational concept is kept as easy as possible. AU modules have the same graphic user interface (GUI) for IP settings, IP receivers and management functions. Only the modulator settings differ from the different signal converters, this is why the operation of the modules is very easy after once-only training. But also for maintaining, the ASTRO Engineers have found solutions for quick reaction: All modules including power supplies are "hot-swappable", meaning that they can be exchanged during Operation in particular without affecting services running on other modules. The configuration of the modules is stored on an SD card which can be easily replaced after removing the signal converter. As a result, the replacement module only has to be equipped with the "old" SD card and the exchanged module starts with the correct configuration. The on-site technician does not have to worry about how the configuration of the defective device was and how this configuration should now be loaded into the redundant device. This means a device replace ment is absolutely trouble free.

Further modules and Future perspective

For QAM processing ASTRO offers the U 158 8-way IP/ QAM converter. Tue U 158 receives up to eight IP multicast groups and converts the content to QAM output channels. Features like local NIT generation and LCN processing are integrated as a matter of course. But also supporters of FM radio stations are not ignored: The U 124 16-way IP/ FM converter generates up to 16 analog FM radio Stations out of four IP multicast groups and supports individual adjust ment of every station like level, loudness and dynamic RDS to mention only some of them. But this is not the end of the product range for modules processing IP streams. IP to COFDM is available as well as IP to IP descrambler with multichannel decoding functionality.

As the ASTRO U 100 series has been completely developed by ASTRO R&D in Germany, all possibilities are available for future developments (e.g. customizing, fast trouble-shooting, ongoing evolution). The next evolution steps are already being made with the DVB-x to IP streaming technology. The U 144 is a 4-way DVB-S2 to IP streamer with Cl and multichannel decoding and the U 164 is the same device equipped with a multi standard frontend for DVB-C, -T and -T2 input signals. For operators who do not need to descramble the streams, ASTRO offers the 8-way free-to-air versions U 148 for DVB-S2 and U 168 for DVB-C, -T, and -T2. Just to visualize: an 8-way streamer results in 24 streams per rack unit which is an incredible signal density per 19" rack unit.

Field trial at Kabel Deutschland

A very good sign that the company is on the right path with new developments is the successful launch of a DVB-C2 field trial in June 2013 at Germany's biggest cable network operator "Kabel Deutschland". ASTRO was invited to deliver the U 160 IP to DVB-C2 modulator and to provide an important part of the signal chain together with Arris and Sony. Details of this field trial can be evaluated in Kabel Deutschland's official press release.

Original report from Cable Vision 03-2013

"I have rarely experienced such a fast reaction time. Even the last time the service was bombastic. Thank you very much tot he ASTRO Team."

Detlef Hohmann, Operations Manager TKS-Connect GmbH

"The sales department of ASTRO: I have always received very nice and competent advice. That's really fun!"

Markus Ullrich, Purchasing department Moster Elektrogroßhandelsgesellschaft mbH

"Fast and reliable planning, availability and recall - that is what you unfortunately have to look for in other suppliers."

Andreas Klein, Technical Consultant, Rainer Strohbach GmbH

"Perfect planning up to the implementation by the ASTRO Technical Team"

Gösta Neuhaus, Managing Director, Gösta Neuhaus

"The system technology of ASTRO meets our requirements and is very reliable in operation".

Wolfgang Haas, Managing Director, TV Infotainment

"By using the products of ASTRO our reception problems in cable systems could be solved to the satisfaction of the tenants and owners".

Marion Lehmann, LEHMANN Property Management and Real Estate

"The ASTRO company has been supplying us with high quality material for over 50 years and is always available for advice and assistance. Especially the support by the field service must be mentioned."

Markus Hör, Managing Director, Markus Hör Elektroinstallationen

"Company ASTRO often copied never reached. Unique cooperation over decades."

Klaus Lehmann, Managing Director, Electric Klaus Lehmann

"Fast and reliable planning, availability and recall - that is what you unfortunately have to look for in other suppliers."

Andreas Klein, Technical Consultant, Rainer Strohbach GmbH

"It was very interesting to see with which effort and expenditure the products of ASTRO are manufactured. Also the extensive product tests were very convincing".

Henning Dahnken, Managing Director, EFG Specht Rastede

"We have been working with ASTRO since the seventies. Perfect Customer- and Repair-Service in Bergisch Gladbach. These advantages were always very important to us".

K. Winzen-Boutty, Electrical Engineering Hohn
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