Patent ID: 8479234
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an output signal comprising: providing a plurality of primary receiver decoder circuit modules at a local collection facility, said plurality of primary receiver decoder circuit modules comprising a first receiver decoder circuit module; receiving a plurality of channel signals, said plurality of channel signals having a first channel signal, wherein the first channel signal has a first Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) format; communicating the first channel signal to the first receiver decoder circuit module; decoding the first channel signal to form a first decoded signal into one of a high definition serial digital interface signal and an asynchronous serial digital interface (ASI) signal; encoding the first decoded signal at a first encoder module into a first encoded signal having a second MPEG format, wherein the second MPEG format is different than the first MPEG format; multiplexing the first encoded signal into a multiplexed signal; forming an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) signal from the multiplexed signal at a network adapter; communicating the ATM signal from the local collection facility through an ATM network backhaul to a remote facility; and generating an output signal at the remote facility in response to the ATM signal.