Headed Gateway System Integration & Full Validation

Abstract

lectronic products have long become an integral part of the modern lifestyle. Demand and supply of such products with smaller size, lower power consumption and better performance are ever increasing. The evolution of home entertainment and computing mirrors can in-caressingly digital and networked lifestyle of the new millennium. A new kind of “wireless video" is currently entering consumers' homes {Digital Television. From digital TV (DTV) to Digital Video Recorder (DVR), the living room is going digital.

I-STB means Interactive Set-top Box. It gives user the exibility of interaction with two Worlds (TS based Linear TV and Internet-based Operator Services). This term has a breadth from kind of Modem (DOCSIS currently) to variety of Back-End. It provides user with variety of options for services it can address (depending on region/market).

I-STB is composed of Back End and Front End. Both are self-sufficient and independent enough. There are scenarios where the synchronization of both entities are required to take some decisisve action as per Quality Standards. To satisfy such scenarios, focus has been given to make the system robust enough such that ongoing activities in the system are not disturbed due to faulty behaviour of one activity.

For example: 1. During Linear TV, if there is some fault in Modem, there should not be any impact on Linear TV scenario. User is able to view the channel without major glitch. 2. During Software upgrade, if there is issue in new image, System should be able to revert to previous good image. Scenarios may vary as per customer requirements. Power is managed as per standard requirements. As per Quality of Service expectations of customer, BE or FE may need to go into Low Power state. Various ongoing services in I-STB need to be stopped accordingly, and when System comes out of Low power, it may resume from previous ongoing services. From Battery Management aspect, Architectural activities are going on and not finalized yet.

Linear TV is a television service where the viewer has to watch a scheduled TV program at the particular time it's offered and on the particular channel. It therefore pertains to broadcast TV programs.

Use-Cases:

Target for I-STB and derivatives is to provide a complete Home Connected Multimedia Solution with one Server and various Clients connected in the home. Server has the capability to get Video streams via RF (cable, terrestrial, etc) and transmit them to connected IP clients.

Digital video recorders are also changing the way television programs advertise products. Watching pre-recorded programs allows users to fast-forward through commercials, and some technology allows users to remove commercials entirely. This feature has been controversial for the last decade, with major television networks and movie studios claiming it violates copyright and should be banned.