Modularity enables effectivity
The chassis has been divided into six processing module slots. The module slots can be equipped with any combination of available Luminato receivers and output modules depending on the application requirements. All modules can be hot swapped and auto configured, minimising service outage. Due to internal switch, need for cabling is minimised resulting to simple and cost-effective installation.
The chassis has two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces with electrical or optical SFP modules for IP payload traffic. Both CBR and VBR with SD and HD are supported, suitable for IP centric Cable TV and IPTV applications.
Receive content from various sources
Teleste Luminato receivers provide best of breed receiving platform for Cable TV and IPTV operators. The receivers enable flexible selection of free-to-air and scrambled services from satellite, terrestrial, cable, ASI ans/or IP sources, which can be adjusted to the operator’s service line-up with the built-in advanced transport stream processing capabilities.
Receivers are available as quad-receiver or dual-receiver models. All Luminato module slots furnished with quad-receivers enable having up to 24 receivers in one RU chassis. As one receiver can process multiple services per receiver, the amount of received services can be vast. The optional descrambling uses DVB Common Interface modules flexibly supporting large variety of Conditional Access Systems.
Content ingestion in various formats
Luminato output modules are available for DVB-ASI, terrestrial, cable and IP transmission. They enable flexible multiplexing of SPTS and MPTS video services as well as PSI/SI table streams. Luminato comes with two integrated IP ports which means saving space and cost as separate modules are not needed.
The output modules support selection of free-to-air and scrambled services from IP stream sources, which can be adjusted to the operator’s service line-up with the built-in advanced transport stream processing capabilities. All the modules support Standard Definition and High Definition video in CBR and VBR AVC video formats and numerous audio formats.
Unparallel usability and reliability
The intuitive user interface makes management of Luminato effortless – everything is visible in a single graphical view, and administrators can add new services just by drag and drop. This eliminates lot of the manual configuration work and provides network administrators with an easily understandable view of their network. Network management has never been this easy before; you can set up a service in few minutes, and yet you have access to all DVB finesses.
Teleste Luminato headend platform is mature and most comprehensive headend platform with installed base of thousands of active devices. Luminato has proofed to be one of the most reliable headend platforms on the market. There are thousands of devices operational across the world serving subscribers with tens of thousands services around the clock. Yet, the failure rate has proofed to be as low as 0,3 %.
