ResearchChannel

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ResearchChannel

• Michael Wellings, Director, Engineering
• Jim DeRoest, Director, Streaming Media
• CESNET 2006

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Topics of Discussion

• HD Network Update
• iHDTV Applications
• Current state of iHDTV system
• Planned Software Enhancements
• Demos
• System design
• Audio
• Video
• DigitalWell and Storage Resource Broker

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ResearchChannel Goals

• 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

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ResearchChannel Goals

• 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

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ResearchChannel Participants

• A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane
  University Universidad de Puerto Rico
• California State University, Sacramento Universi
  dade 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 AM University Yale University
• Tufts University

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ResearchChannel Participants

• 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

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iHDTV Explained

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

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iHDTV Explained

• iHD1500
• Uncompressed SMPTE 292M 422
• 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

• iHD270 (first demonstrated aug 99)
• Sony HDCamtm 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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High Definition Video to the Desktop

• FORMATS
• MPEG2 MP_at_HL
• WM9-HD_at_720p
• H.264, ACV, MPEG-4
• HDV

• PLAYERS
• VLC (subject to license issues)
• WM9/10
• QuickTime
• VLC

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Recent Demonstrations

• 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)

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iGRID 2005 San Diego

• USA118 Global N-Way Interactive HD
• USA119 20,000 Terabits under the sea

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iGRID 05 USA118

• Sept 2005 - iGrid San Diego
• Enhanced HD interactive - USA118 Global N-Way
  Uncompressed Interactive Conferencing
• Remote sites
• University of Washington - Seattle
• WIDE - Tokyo
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• University of Michigan
• SURFnet - Amsterdam
• AARnet - Goldcoast

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iGRID 05 USA118

• 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 VIP-12 Video Tile Generator
• Multichannel mix-minus audio system

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iGRID 05 USA118

• iHD500 built upon demonstration with Intel at
  SC 04
• Real-time HD communication Australia and Seattle
  gt Pittsburgh _at_ 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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iGRID USA 118 Network Diagram
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iGRID USA 118
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iGRID USA 118
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iGRID 05 USA119

• 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_at_HL encoding
• Ip gateway
• Satellite modem 13 mbps on-station

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HD VOD

• http//www.researchchannel.org/demos/mf_desktophd.
  asp

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iGRID USA 119
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iGRID USA 119 Network
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Software Challenges for SC 05

• iHD1500 Enhancements _at_ SC 05
• tile display generated in software
• Audio mixing in software
• Audio mix-minus in software
• Video switching in software

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iHD1500 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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iHD1500 application

• Latency about 4 frames end to end plus network
  delay
• 4 frames133ms or 1/7 sec
• Network delay AustraliagtPhiladelphia 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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iHD1500 Software
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SC05
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DigitalWell Grid-enabled Digital Asset Management

• 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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DigitalWell and Data Grids

• Storage Resource Broker Data Grid Middleware
• Provide DigitalWell interconnect to other
  federated digital repositories
• Why SRB?
• Storage Abstraction SAN, NAS, Tiered
  Infrastructure, etc
• Namespace Abstraction
• Extensible Metadata, mapping, sharing with access
  controls
• Other active SRB D-Lib, DAMS projects
• D-Space, Fedora
• Participation in World Wide Universities Network
• WUNGrid www.wungrid.org

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DigitalWell D-Lib Data Grid Federation
Authenticated Authorized Interoperation
Synchronize, Share, Mirror, Preserve
Metadata, Collections, Applications, Rights
DigitalWell
SRB Data Grid
NSDL Sites
PRAGMA Sites
WUNGrid
SC05 RCGrid
AARNET RC Australia
MBARI Scripps
CDL
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SC05 N-Way DigitalWell

• iHD1500 collaborative capture/Edit/Search
• Worlds Largest TiVo
• Mixture of distributed NAS/SAN storage
• Apple XServe, Isilon, Silicon Mechanics, SDSC
• Content delivered via SRB data grid
• Participants - AARNET, UMichigan, UW
• Final edit UW Kane Studios
• SC05 interaction with UW editors via iHD N-Way
• Video delivery to SC05 via iHD N-Way

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SC05 SRB Data Grid Diagram HD Collaborative
Video
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DigitalWell Development

• Open Source Soliciting partners
• Distribution Feeds
• RSS Metadata and content Yahoo/Google
• Data Grid
• Federation WUNGrid, AARNET
• Investigate storage bandwidth issues for HD
• Authentication/Authorization
• Shibboleth Integration
• Discovery Metadata
• Search, Transcripts, Mapping, Inheritance
• Digital broadcast infrastructure

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Grid Enabled Digital Broadcast
Manage Digital Essence Edit, Transcode,
Automate Metadata Device Acquisition
MXF, AAF, SMPTE, MPEG7, Archive/Preservation
Re-purpose, Footage,
Service Flows
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iHD Development

• The Future
• Lower latency
• Linux implementation
• Interoperability
• SHD projects

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For More Information

• www.researchchannel.org
• inquires info_at_researchchannel.org
• Jim DeRoest
• Director, Streaming Media
• deroest_at_researchchannel.org
• Michael Wellings
• Director, Engineering
• wellings_at_researchchannel.org