Newtec Revolutionary Product Allows Seamless Integration of IP Networks with DVB-S2 Satellite Equipment

LAS VEGAS, April 27, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — Newtec has launched a new product concept, which it claims will revolutionize the way IP data is transmitted over DVB-S2 satellite links.

Newtec said the new concept expands the existing Azimuth family of DVB-S and DVB-S2 modulators, demodulators and modems with the addition of a new interface and processing module packed with innovative features.

This module, the NTC/7015, allows IP services to be connected directly to the modulation equipment by providing on-board switching and encapsulation according to the protocols most commonly used in the industry: data piping, Multi-Protocol Encapsulation (MPE), Ultra-Light Encapsulation (ULE) or MPEG video over IP (RTP/UDP). But, it is also the first product on the market to truly enable the advanced features of DVB-S2, such as generic mode encapsulation (IP data sent in native format without MPEG overhead), multi-stream operation (several IP or MPEG streams sent simultaneously on the same carrier), and Variable Coding and Modulation (each service transmitted with its own set of modulation parameters).

“Finally, a single product brings the IP and SATCOM worlds together and simplifies our lives” says Arnaud Barthélemy, Product Line manager and director of Sales & Marketing SATCOM products EMEA.

The benefits for the users, Newtec says, are as follows: saving on the cost of equipment and rack space, as the switching and encapsulation of IP data are typically performed in expensive external devices; saving on the cost of the satellite capacity, as the data is encapsulated and modulated in a much more efficient way compared with DVB-S (up to 4% saving due to generic mode encapsulation, 40% saving due to DVB-S2 error correction code and spectrum shaping, and an additional 20% saving due to VCM operation); ease of configuration and operation, as the integration of the IP network and satellite transmission equipment is seamless; and flexibility, as the same equipment is compatible with both MPEG and IP formats, and multiple streams can be transmitted and received without multiplexing equipment.

The new product is ideal for applications such as IP trunking, interfacing IPTV and satellite infrastructures, distribution of multimedia services via satellite, and Internet access via satellite.

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