IPGuardV3
1+1 Smart Switch for IP Redundancy
IPGuardV3 enables 1+1 Automatic IP switching with a hardware bypass mechanism. Designed for IP architectures, it can be used to switch between main & backup IP sources based on a set of configurable criteria in order to provide reliable IP transport and error-free streams.
Highlights
Automatic IP Switch
IPGuardV3 switches automatically between IP-based devices or IP networks by selecting the best streams based on configurable criteria. It is designed to provide automatic 1+1 redundancy of:
- any equipment that delivers TSoIP or IP streams such as encoders, multiplexers, DVB-T2 gateways, MIP inserters, data servers,...
- any IP network used to transport IP streams, handling different delays.
Seamless Switching
The IPGuardV3 offers seamless switching capability between two identical MPEG-2 TS, T2-MI, RTP or STL streams that are carried over redundant IP-based networks with different delays: it aligns both streams to perform a seamless switching. When combined with ENENSYS gateways, IPGuardV3 can provide a seamless switch-over between two gateways for ATSC3.0, DVB-T/T2 & ISDB-Tb networks.
100% Service Availability
By default, the IPGuardV3 offers an IP bypass mechanism in order to enable 100% of service availability in case of power outage. In this case, incoming IP streams are still delivered at the output.
High Density Solution
Up to 6 IPGuardV3 modules can be housed in the same 1RU HDc chassis. One IPGuardV3 module is able to manage up to 6 TSoIP switches based on advanced TS criteria, or up to 6 RTP Streams. It can also manage up to 60 IP switches based on IP conditions. With DaisyChain functionality, several IPGuardV3 can be serialized, increasing the whole processing capability to be convenient in applications dealing with high number of streams.
Applications
- 1+1 automatic redundancy of IP equipment
- 1+1 automatic redundancy between IP streams
- DVB-T/T2 and ISDB-T automatic switch-over
- ATSC 1.0 & 3.0 automatic switch-over
- Seamless TSoIP switch-over
- Seamless T2-MI & STL over IP switch-over
- SMPTE2022-7 seamless protection switching
- Switch-over based on:
- ETR290 1/2/3 and audio/video advanced criteria
- STL criteria for ATSC3.0
- IP dedicated criteria (RTP packet loss, stream jitter, stream presence, RJ45 error)
- Bitrate scheduled criteria
Other Benefits
- Avoid TV black-out
- Avoid audio & video glitches in case of equipment or network link failures
- Multi-standard applicable (DVB, ATSC, ISDB,…)
- Video agnostic: MPEG-2, H.264 or HEVC
- Maintain service continuity
- High density & scalable solution with up to 60 switches in 1 module and 360 in 1U
- Synchronize different locations (head-end, transmission sites) with Peering feature
- Transparent for end-to-end devices
Technical specifications
Inputs
Control
1x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) for GUI/SNMP
Data
2x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) for input streams
Outputs
Data
2x mirrored Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) for output streams
Availability
Bypass mechanism to always output streams in case of power outage
Featuring
Switching conditions
IP alarms (presence, bit rate,...)
ETR290, MIP, and T2-MI alarms
Advanced TS alarms
SMPTE2022-7
RTP packet loss
Network jitter
Scheduled monitoring
Automatic changeover
Up to 2 TS over switches - Optional : up to 6 TS
Up to 6 T2-MI over IP switches
Up to 6 STL over IP switches
Up to 60 IP streams managed
IP Bypass for service availability
Seamless switch
Seamless switch-over between the same TS, T2-MI
STL carried over IP (Option)
Seamless switch-over between identical RTP streams
SMPTE2022-7 compliant
Alignement of delayed streams
Switching modes
Automatic switch
Priority input
Manual switch
Least errors
Peering to allow switching synchronisation between 2xIPGuardV3
UDP/IP stream management
Unicast/Multicast stream
RTP support
VLAN management
FEC management
SMPTE 2022-1 (Pro MPEG CoP#3)
FEC input correction (TSoIP)
FEC output generation (TSoIP)
Network transparent bridge
No MAC/IP addresses for data interfaces
IGMP Protocol supported
Network address translation
Modify IP characteristics of the incoming streams
Peering
Peer several IPGuardV3 so that they select the same streams
Daisy chain mode
Serialization of several IPGuards to increase processing capacities
Monitoring supervision
Real-time monitoring of incoming streams
Web-based GUI (HTML5)
Full SNMP v2 support
Physical
HDc
Height
Width
Depth
Format
Front Panel
Back Panel
Power supply
Control IP Port
Data IP Ports
Power consumption
Operating temperature
Automatic IP Redundancy - Typical Use-Cases
Ordering codes
HDmII_IPGuardV3
- Automatic TSoIP switch between up to 6 TSoIP streams with FEC support
- 2022-7 support
- IP based switching conditions (stream bit rate/stream presence)
- ETR290 Level1, 2 and 3 based switching conditions for TSoIP streams
- 1+1 switch at port level or stream level
- TS and T2-MI seamless switch capability
- Passive and advanced IP passthru mechanisms
