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Michael Wellings, Director, Engineering APAN 2006 ResearchChannel ResearchChannel Topics of Discussion Topics of Discussion HD Netw ork Update iHDTV Applications Current state of iHDTV system Planned Software Enhancements Demos

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ResearchChannel ResearchChannel

Michael Wellings, Director, Engineering APAN 2006

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Topics of Discussion Topics of Discussion

HD Netw ork Update

  • iHDTV Applications

Current state of iHDTV system Planned Software Enhancements

  • Demos

System design Audio Video

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  • Develop a recognized national and international media presence

for research activity

  • Maximize the distribution and accessibility of research resources

from participating institutions to public audiences around the world

ResearchChannel Goals ResearchChannel Goals

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  • Create accessible, high-quality video resources

for scientific communities

  • Lead and partner in technology experiments to develop new

methods of exchanging interactive multimedia research information on a global scale

ResearchChannel Goals ResearchChannel Goals

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  • Universities
  • Research institutions
  • Corporate research centers

The Com pany W e The Com pany W e Keep Keep

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A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University Universidad de Puerto Rico California State University, Sacramento Universidade de São Paulo Duke University University of Alaska - Fairbanks George Mason University University of Chicago Johns Hopkins University University of Hawaii Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Maryland National University of Singapore University of Michigan New York University University of Pennsylvania Oregon State University University of Southern California Pennsylvania State University University of Virginia Rice University University of Washington Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey University of Wisconsin-Madison Stanford University Medical Center Virginia Tech Texas A&M University Yale University Tufts University

ResearchChannel ResearchChannel Participants Participants

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AARNet National Academy of Engineering Advanced Network Forum National Academy of Sciences AJA Video Systems Inc. National Institute of Nursing CENIC National Institute of Standards and Technology Fujinon National Institutes of Health Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Library of Medicine IBM Corporation National Science Foundation Intel Corporation National Sea Grant College Program Internet2 Pacific Northwest Gigapop Johnson & Johnson Poznañ Supercomputing and Networking Center Library of Congress R1edu.org Microsoft Research SURFnet National Academies Vulcan Northwest Inc. Wisconsin Public Television

ResearchChannel ResearchChannel Participants Participants

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2 1 .9 m illion households

  • DishNetwork satellite system
  • 1 1 .5 m illion hom es
  • Cable systems
  • 1 0 .4 m illion hom es
  • 3 5 states

U.S. Television U.S. Television Distribution Distribution

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hink Re se arc hChanne l July July ’ ’0 4 0 4 July July ’ ’0 5 0 5 Yearly Web Visits: 7 5 6 ,4 8 4 1 ,6 3 4 ,0 8 8 Average Visits Each Day: 2 0 7 8 4 4 8 9 Streaming Content Plays Each Year: 4 9 ,2 2 2 1 ,3 9 4 ,1 4 4 Average Plays Each Day: 1 3 5 3 8 3 0

Online Usage on the Online Usage on the Rise Rise

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W eb Trends: W eb Trends: Streaming Media Streaming Media

Programs Played up 1 ,6 0 0 % over last year

2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7/ 1/ 2003 8/ 1/ 2003 9/ 1/ 2003 10/ 1/ 2003 11/ 1/ 2003 12/ 1/ 2003 1/ 1/ 2004 2/ 1/ 2004 3/ 1/ 2004 4/ 1/ 2004 5/ 1/ 2004 6/ 1/ 2004 7/ 1/ 2004 8/ 1/ 2004 9/ 1/ 2004 10/ 1/ 2004 11/ 1/ 2004 12/ 1/ 2004 1/ 1/ 2005 2/ 1/ 2005 3/ 1/ 2005 4/ 1/ 2005 5/ 1/ 2005

Files Played per Month 7/ 04 - 5/ 05 Files Played per Month 7/ 03 - 7/ 04

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1 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 7 / 1 / 1 9 9 9 8 / 1 / 1 9 9 9 9 / 1 / 1 9 9 9 1 / 1 / 1 9 9 9 1 1 / 1 / 1 9 9 9 1 2 / 1 / 1 9 9 9 1 / 1 / 2 2 / 1 / 2 3 / 1 / 2 4 / 1 / 2 5 / 1 / 2 6 / 1 / 2 7 / 1 / 2 8 / 1 / 2 9 / 1 / 2 1 / 1 / 2 1 1 / 1 / 2 1 2 / 1 / 2 1 / 1 / 2 1 2 / 1 / 2 1 3 / 1 / 2 1 4 / 1 / 2 1 5 / 1 / 2 1 6 / 1 / 2 1

Total program viewing time increased 3 4 5 %

W eb Trends: W eb Trends: Viewing Duration Viewing Duration

Minutes Played per Month 8/ 03-8/ 04 Minutes Played per Month 8/ 04-6/ 05

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  • More than 2,100 hours of programming in

the VOD library

  • Almost 400 new programs added this year, and

this number is on the rise

ResearchChannel ResearchChannel Program s Program s

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iHDTV Explained iHDTV Explained

  • iHDTV Explained
  • iHD1500
  • iHD270
  • HD to the Desktop
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iHDTV Explained iHDTV Explained

  • iHD1500
  • Uncompressed SMPTE 292M 4: 2: 2
  • Video format 1080i/ 60 10bit
  • Data rate total approx 1.5 gbps
  • Requires:

high-end HD capture cards Dual 1 Gige NICS PCI Express PCs Windows XP

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iHDTV Explained iHDTV Explained

  • iHD270 (first demonstrated aug 99)
  • Sony HDCam tm compression
  • SDTI data format 270mbps
  • AJA Xena I/ O (Windows version of AJA-Kona)
  • Requires:

AJA Xena-HD capture cards Dual Processor P4 Windows XP (at the current time) Sony HDCam Hardware encoder/ decoder

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  • Sept 2005 -

iGrid San Diego

  • Enhanced HD interactive - USA118: Global N-Way Uncompressed

Interactive Conferencing

  • Underwater research using HD from SS Thompson – USA119:

20,000 Terabits Under the Sea

  • Nov 2005 -

SC05 Seattle

  • Enhanced HD Interactive Conferencing/ HD Storage and capture

using SRB (Storage Resource Broker)

Recent Dem onstrations Recent Dem onstrations

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iGRI D iGRI D 2 0 0 5 San Diego 2 0 0 5 San Diego

  • USA118: Global N-Way Interactive HD
  • USA119: 20,000 Terabits under the sea
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iGRI D iGRI D 0 5 0 5 – – USA1 1 8 USA1 1 8

  • Sept 2005 -

iGrid San Diego

  • Enhanced HD interactive - USA118: Global N-

Way Uncompressed Interactive Conferencing

  • Remote sites:
  • 1. University of Washington - Seattle
  • 2. WIDE - Tokyo
  • 3. University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • 4. University of Michigan
  • 5. SURFnet - Amsterdam
  • 6. AARnet - Goldcoast
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iGRI D iGRI D 0 5 0 5 – – USA1 1 8 USA1 1 8

  • Sept 2005 -

iGrid San Diego

  • Remote site equipment:

2 RX iHD1500 Hosts (multicast from iGRID) 1 TX iHD1500 Client

  • Central site equipment:

6 RX iHD1500 Clients 2 TX iHD1500 Hosts (Multicast) Evertz HD Video Tile Generator Multichannel mix-minus audio system

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iGRI D iGRI D 0 5 0 5 – – USA1 1 8 USA1 1 8

  • iHD500 – built upon demonstration with

Intel at SC 04

  • Real-time HD communication: Australia and

Seattle > Pittsburgh @ 1.5gbps each direction

  • PCI Express platforms provided by Intel
  • Relatively High latency (1500ms RT)

500ms hardware/ software one-way 250ms network delay one-way

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iGRI D iGRI D USA 1 1 8 Netw ork USA 1 1 8 Netw ork Diagram Diagram

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iGRI D USA 1 1 8 iGRI D USA 1 1 8

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iGRI D USA 1 1 8 iGRI D USA 1 1 8

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iGRI D iGRI D 0 5 0 5 – – USA1 1 9 USA1 1 9

  • Sept 2005 -

iGrid San Diego

  • First ever live HD/ ip from a ship at sea to

viewers on shore

  • Ku-Band equipment upgrade to SeaTel antenna
  • Careful RF engineering to design satellite Link-

Budget

  • Real-time MPEG-2 MP@HL encoding
  • Ip gateway
  • Satellite modem 13 mbps on-station
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HD VOD HD VOD

  • http: / / www.researchchannel.org/ demos/ mf

_desktophd.asp

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iGRI D USA 1 1 9 iGRI D USA 1 1 9

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iGRI D iGRI D USA 1 1 9 Netw ork USA 1 1 9 Netw ork

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Softw are Challenges for SC Softw are Challenges for SC ‘ ‘0 5 0 5

  • iHD1500 Enhancements @ SC ‘05:
  • tile display generated in software
  • Audio mixing in software
  • Audio mix-minus in software
  • Video switching in software
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iHD1 5 0 0 application iHD1 5 0 0 application

  • SMPTE 292M/ ip
  • 1.5gbps
  • 1080-60i HD video with multiplexed audio
  • ResearchChannel partner Intel PCE-Express 3.4GHz Xeon

platforms

  • ResearchChannel partner AJA Video Systems supplied initial

round of Xena-HD capture boards

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iHD1 5 0 0 application iHD1 5 0 0 application

Latency about 4 frames end to end plus network delay

  • 4 frames= 133ms or ~ 1/ 7 sec
  • Network delay Australia> Philadelphia ~ 250ms
  • Satellite latency about 250ms per hop
  • H.323 devices about 250ms plus network delay
  • No significant delay in video equipment
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iHD1 5 0 0 Softw are iHD1 5 0 0 Softw are

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SC SC’ ’0 5 0 5

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  • Open Source
  • First quarter 2006
  • Open source structure be settled on

iHD iHD-

  • X:

X: Open Source Open Source

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HD Projects HD Projects

  • Videoconferencing in HD @1.5mbps – iHD1500
  • Reduced latency using new hardware
  • Blackmagic DecLink HD plus
  • AJA Video XENA-HS
  • Custom boards
  • Possible hardware development and collaboration with RC

Australian partners and Intel

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DigitalW ell: DigitalW ell: Grid Grid-

  • enabled Digital Asset Managem ent

enabled Digital Asset Managem ent

  • Integration - Broadcast, Streaming, VoD
  • End to End Automation
  • Capture, Describe, Preserve, Discover, Deliver
  • Deliver Realism – Exploit Next Gen Networks
  • Commodity to SD to HD Formats
  • Content Agnostic – “Data Blobs”
  • Modular Extensible Architecture
  • Evolve with Technology
  • Middleware, Metadata, Rights, Web Services API
  • Federated Interoperation – DLibs & DataGrids
  • SDSC Storage Resource Broker
  • Namespace & Storage Abstraction
  • Collections
  • Television: UWTV, ResearchChannel
  • Radio: KEXP, KDNA
  • Partners: Microsoft Research Lecture Series
  • Campus: Radiology, Astronomy, Ethnomusicology,

Oceanography, Forestry, …

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DigitalW ell DigitalW ell: D : D-

  • Lib & Data Grid Federation

Lib & Data Grid Federation

WUNGrid AARNET RC Australia MBARI Scripps

CDL DigitalWell SRB Data Grid

SC’05 RCGrid

Synchronize, Share, Mirror, Preserve … Metadata, Collections, Applications, Rights …

NSDL Sites

PRAGMA Sites

Authenticated Authorized Interoperation

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High Definition Video to the High Definition Video to the Desktop Desktop

  • FORMATS
  • MPEG2 MP@HL
  • WM9-HD@720p
  • H.264, ACV, MPEG-4
  • HDV
  • PLAYERS
  • VLC (subject to license

issues)

  • WM9/ 10
  • QuickTime
  • VLC
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iHD iHD Developm ent Developm ent

The Future Low er latency Linux im plem entation I nteroperability SHD projects

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For More I nform ation For More I nform ation

  • www.researchchannel.org
  • inquires: info@researchchannel.org

Michael Wellings Director, Engineering wellings@researchchannel.org

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Frequency Characteristics for 25 Mbps L-GOP Compression Frequency Characteristics Frequency Characteristics for 25 Mbps L for 25 Mbps L-

  • GOP Compression

GOP Compression

24 MHz Band

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Preliminary Bandwidth Comparison between HDCAM/SR, XDCAM-HD and HDV Preliminary Bandwidth Comparison between HDCAM/SR, XDCAM-HD and HDV

30 MHz 30 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz

HDCAM-SR HDCAM-SR HDCAM HDCAM

24 MHz 24 MHz 30 MHz 30 MHz