CA2221291A1 - Video pedestal network - Google Patents

Video pedestal network

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CA2221291A1
CA2221291A1 CA002221291A CA2221291A CA2221291A1 CA 2221291 A1 CA2221291 A1 CA 2221291A1 CA 002221291 A CA002221291 A CA 002221291A CA 2221291 A CA2221291 A CA 2221291A CA 2221291 A1 CA2221291 A1 CA 2221291A1
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subscriber unit
access
digital information
intermediate interface
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R. Padmanabha Rao
Paolo L. Siccardo
Gilbert Levesque
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Irdeto USA Inc
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Abstract

An architecture (200) for distributing digital information to subscriber units (202) wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber unit to an intermediate interface (206). The intermediate interface (206) selects the desired service from a broadband network and transmits it to the subscriber unit (202) over a bandwidth-constrained access line. The bandwidth-constrained access line may be implemented with existing infrastructure, yet the subscriber unit (202) may access a wide variety of digital information available on the broadband network. Universal broadband access is thus provided at low cost.
Output bandwidth of broadcast equipment may also be optimized.
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