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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Scott Beaudoin, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Scott Jones, Tulsa, OK (US);
Scott Brillhart, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Michael Brown, University City, MO (US);
Ryan Korte, Highland, IL (US);
Scott Beaudoin, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Scott Jones, Tulsa, OK (US);
Scott Brillhart, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Michael Brown, University City, MO (US);
Ryan Korte, Highland, IL (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
A system for the end-to-end delivery of digital television signals. In a preferred embodiment a digital television signal is: received from production equipment, typically in BD format at approximately 1.4 gigabits per second (Gbps); the received signal is transmitted to a venue point-of-presence; converted for transmission via a 270 Mbps local loop; transmitted to a fiber network point of presence/video service edge; packetized into TCP/IP packets in a video gateway; and routed to one or more destination addresses via the fiber network; received at one or more video service edge destinations; converted to a digital television format, typically SDI; and either transmitted via a second 270 Mbps local loop for delivery to a customer site and subsequent conversion to a 1.4 Gbps HD signal, or converted directly to a 1.4 Gbs HD signal at the receiving video service edge.