CubeAgent Broadband
DVB mABR & DVB-NIP Compliant Multicast Gateway
The CubeAgent Broadband is a software library that implements the DVB-mABR Multicast and the DVB-NIP Gateway specifications. It is compatible with a wide variety of Home-Gateways and Set Top Boxes. It allows end-users to enjoy unsurpassed Quality of Experience when watching high-quality videos and downloading content while reducing the operator’s transmission cost.
Highlights
ABR Packaging support
It supports both multiprofile HLS and DASH contents, including CMAF ultra low latency.
Deployment architecture
It can be deployed in the Home Network, such as on a Home Gateway or a Set Top Box. The CubeAgent Broadband manages its own web server that OTT applications can use to request contents.
Contribution Architecture
When deployed in the Edge Network it enables to populate CDN nodes.
Standard Compliancy
The CubeAgent Broadband relies on industry standards (3GPP, DVB) to bring multicast-ABR to the user with minimal latency. It also implements powerful FEC decoding algorithms to repair contents with minimal overhead.
Application Agnostic Option
The CubeAgent Broadband can operate transparently to the third party video application.
Applications
- ABR Streaming TV delivery for Home Broadband subscribers (DSL, Cable, Fiber)
- ABR Streaming DTH TV delivery over Satellite
- Satellite Backhauling for ABR Streaming TV Services
- Live sport and popular content delivery to many subscribers simultaneously
- Push VoD content in Multicast
- Deliver massive software updates to Set-Top-Boxes and consumer devices
Other Benefits
- Provides optimal user experience through low latency and guaranteed bitrate
- CPU friendly with low memory footprint (can run on low-end home gateways)
- Compliant with industry standards (DVB, CableLabs)
- Easy to deploy on Android devices and quick to port to Linux (and other) end user devices
Technical specifications
Inputs
Application
HTTP(s) player requests, HTTP monitoring API
FEC
Raptor10: RFC-6681/5053, LDPC: RFC-5170, RS: RFC-5510
Session Configuration
DVB-ABR (A-176) and 3GPP (TS 26.346)
Transport
Flute streams (RFC-6726, DVB-ABR A-176)
Output
Packaging Format
DASH, HLS with MPEG-TS, ISOBMFF, CMAF
File Download
Any File format
Protocols
HTTP and HTTPS
Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring
REST API (HTTP JSON),
TR-069 support
FEATURES
DVB-MABR
DVB compliant Multicast ABR
Multi-Profiles
Supports multi-profile DASH or HLS streams
Latency
Ultra-Low Latency CMAF and Fast Zapping
FEC
Powerful Forward Error Correction Raptor10 and LDPC/RS
Dynamic Profile
Allow representation update while playing
Targeted Advertising
Handle Manifest Manipulator instructions for ad break insertion
CDN
CDN Agnostic
Platform Independent
Runs on many CPU architecture (X86, ARM, MIPS) and any OS
Analytics
Quality-of-Service and Consumption reports,
Byte Range File Repair
Apply the byte range file repair to recover the missing CMAF chunk.
DVB-Multicast ABR Network Architecture
Ordering codes
XLEV-CAB0-1000
mABR client on STB/HomeGateway device for enabling the delivery of video or multimedia content in multicast mode:
- Software-based solution
- DASH/HLS support
- Bootstrap and Service Announcement Management
- Apply Associated Delivery Procedure (Consumption Report, Reception Report, File Repair) - Implement FEC
- Integrated with Android and Linux based platform
