Cisco Systems DOC 785983 manual Feature Cisco 6920 RateMUX, Video Resolution, Ethernet Port

Chapter 7 Broadband and Dial Access Products

When to Sell

Sell This Product When a Customer Needs These Features

Cisco 6920 RateMUX • Cable operators who are interested in the ability to increase the number of programs in their existing digital tier will find the Cisco 6920 RateMUX of interest.

•The upgrade of cable plants from 64 to 256 QAM provides another opportunity for operators to add programming to their digital tier.

•The rollout of HDTV presents a need to support SDTV in the unused portion of the HDTV transport.

Key Features

•Transport grooming allows customization of digital program lineups

•Transration supports significant bit rate reduction on individual input programs

•Statistical multiplexing optimizes output bandwidth

•MPEG splicing enables local ad insertion in the digital domain

Competitive Products

•	Terayon: CherryPicker	•	Scientific Atlanta: PowerVu Plus™ BitMizer
•	Harmonic: Transrater	•	Big Band Networks: Broadband Media Router

Specifications

Feature	Cisco 6920 RateMUX
Digital Video Format	MPEG2 Main Profile at Main Level Bit Rate less than or equal to 15 Mbps for transcoding; 20 Mbps for pass
	through VBR or CBR systems
Video Resolution	Vertical: 480, 240 (NTSC), and 576, 288 (PAL); Horizontal: 704, 544, 352
Video Aspects Ratios	4:3 or 16:9
Digital audio formats	Musicam, Dolby AC3
Ethernet Port	10BaseT; TCP/IP (for remote management/configuration)
Input Interface	Number of inputs: Up to 15 discrete transport streams
	Interface: DHEI, DVB-ASI; Information rate: 40 Mbps for DHEI, 216 Mbps for DVB-ASI
Output Interface	Number of outputs: Up to 3
	Interface: DHEI, DVB-ASI for use with either 64 or 256 QAM; Information rate: 40 Mbps for DHEI, 54 Mbps
	for DVB-ASI

For More Information

See the Cisco 6920 RateMUX Web site: http://www.cisco.com/go/6900rm

Cisco 6920 RateMUX Statistical Multiplexer

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