Patent Publication Number: US-10321205-B2

Title: Method for broadcasting an alert service

Description:
The present invention relates to the field of the broadcasting of an alert service in a system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network. 
     In systems for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes the audiovisual streams are multiplexed and marked timewise to allow SFN (Single Frequency Network) broadcasting thereof. 
     SFN (Single Frequency Network) broadcasting is characterised in that the broadcasting of the services is done by the sending of the data stream by various transmitters on a single modulation frequency. Because of this, it is necessary for these various transmitters to receive exactly the same content and to be finely synchronised together in order to avoid causing interference in the places situated at the junction of the coverage areas of the various transmitters. 
     This synchronisation between the various SFN transmitters can for example be achieved by inserting, in the stream distributed to these transmitters, synchronisation packets such as T2-MI (T2-Modulator Interface) timestamp packets that correspond, in the DVB-T2 standard, to timestamps, and MIPs (Mega-frame Initialisation Packets) in the DVB-H and DVB-T standards. This mechanism is described in the document: “Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); DVB mega-frame for Single Frequency Network (SFN) synchronization modulator interface (T2-MI) for a second generation digital terrestrial television broadcasting system (DVB-T2)” of the ETSI ( European Telecommunications Standards Institute ) under the reference ETSI TS 102 773 V1.1.1 (2009-09). The transmission point receiving the stream then synchronises on the received stream, for example by means of these T2-MI packets of the DVB-T2 timestamp type. This synchronisation of the transmission point on the received stream causing the synchronisation together of all the transmission points is referred to as the SFN synchronisation of the transmission point. 
     SFN broadcasting is characterised by the definition of SFN networks. An SFN network is a geographical area covered by a set of transmitters, the number of which is greater than or equal to one. These transmitters are finely synchronised and transmit exactly the same data stream on the same frequency. 
     In some regions, the population is subjected to major risks such as for example a volcanic eruption, hurricanes or typhoons. To enable such populations to take precautions before the arrival of such events, alert messages are broadcast by the authorities. The broadcasting of such alert messages by means of a system for broadcasting SFN digital audiovisual programmes is an advantageous solution but one that is difficult to implement because of the synchronisation of the various SFN transmitters and the multiplexing of the audiovisual streams. 
     The present invention aims to enable a system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network to broadcast an alert service in a way that is simple and rapid to implement and of low complexity. 
     The invention relates to a method for broadcasting an alert service in a system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network, characterised in that the method comprises the steps performed by an insertion module of the alert service:
         obtaining frames containing the alert service and other services,   associating a mark for each frame,   identifying the identifiers of the packets of audio and video components of the alert service,   identifying the identifiers of the packets of audio and video components of other services,   receiving a command to broadcast an alert message,   storing video and audio packets of the alert service as from the first frame mark following the reception of the alert message broadcast command,   replacing, as from the second frame mark following the reception of the alert message broadcast command, all the packets of the video and audio components of the services other than the alert service with the packets of the alert service stored in the backup memory and replacing the identifiers of packets of audio and video components of the alert service respectively with the identifiers of packets of the audio or video component of the packet replaced in order to form a new frame.       

     The invention also relates to a device for broadcasting an alert service in a system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network, characterised in that the device comprises:
         means for obtaining frames containing the alert service and other services,   means for associating a mark for each frame,   means for identifying the identifiers of the packets of audio and video components of the alert service,   means for identifying the identifiers of the packets of audio and video components of other services,   means for receiving a command to broadcast an alert message,   means for storing video and audio packets of the alert service as from the first frame mark following the reception of the alert message broadcast command,   means for replacing, as from the second frame mark following the reception of the alert message broadcast command, all the packets of the video and audio components of the services other than the alert service with the packets of the alert service stored in the backup memory and replacing the identifiers of packets of audio and video components of the alert service respectively with the identifiers of packets of the audio or video component of the packet replaced in order to form a new frame.       

     Thus the system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network can broadcast an alert service in a way that is simple and rapid and not complex to implement. 
     Indeed, the present invention is able to broadcast the alert service less than two frames after the reception of a command to broadcast an alert message. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, replacing all the packets of the video and audio components of the services other than the alert service with packets of the alert service stored in the backup memory is broken down into substeps of:
         replacing, as from the second frame mark following the reception of the command to broadcast an alert message, all the packets of the video and audio components of the services other than the alert service with null packets,   replacing the null packets with packets of the alert service stored in the backup memory.       

     Thus the packets of the alert service do not need to be stored as many times as there exist other services. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the frames are type T2 frames and the method further comprises the step of encapsulating the packets of the new frame in a T2-MI stream. 
     Thus the present invention is applicable in new-generation broadcasting systems. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the T2 frames comprising the alert service and the other services are included in at least one T2-MI stream and the T2 frames are obtained by de-encapsulating the T2 frames in the T2-MI stream. 
     Thus the present invention is applicable in new-generation broadcasting systems. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the T2 frames comprising the alert service and the other services are included in a single T2-MI stream. 
     Thus the architecture of the broadcasting system is simplified. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the T2 frames comprising the alert service and other services are included in two T2-MI streams, the frames of the alert service being encapsulated in a T2-MI stream different from the T2-MI stream in which the T2 frames comprising the other services, and the method comprises the step of aligning the frames of the alert service and the frames of the other services. 
     Thus, by encapsulating the frames of the alert service in another T2-MI stream, it is possible to have a generation of the alert service centralised, for example, by a body, such as a state, in parallel with the conventional broadcasting operators. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the T2 frames are included in the TS streams and the method further comprises the steps of:
         calculating the ratio between the number of packets of video and audio components of the alert service and the number of packets of video components of the alert service and other services,   determining a timestamping for each TS stream.       

     Thus the new frames are in accordance with the standard used for the broadcasting. 
     According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises the step of receiving a command to stop broadcasting an alert message and the packets of the other services are not replaced as from the mark of the frame following the reception of the command to stop broadcasting an alert message. 
    
    
     
       The features of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will emerge more clearly from a reading of the following description of an example embodiment, said description being given in relation to the accompanying drawings, among which: 
         FIG. 1  illustrates an example of architecture for broadcasting an alert service in a system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  shows a module for inserting an alert service for synchronous terrestrial broadcasting in a single-frequency network according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  show an example of an algorithm for synchronous terrestrial broadcasting in a single-frequency network according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  shows an example of a T2-MI stream received and processed according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  shows the reception of a command to broadcast an alert message between T2 frames. 
     
    
    
       FIG. 1  illustrates an example of architecture for broadcasting an alert service in a system for broadcasting digital audiovisual programmes in a single-frequency network according to the present invention. 
     The present invention is described in a broadcasting system in accordance with the DVB-T2 standard, the acronym for Digital Video Broadcasting—Second Generation Terrestrial. The present invention is also applicable in audiovisual broadcasting systems in accordance with other broadcasting standards. 
     The system according to the example in  FIG. 1  comprises at least one multiplexer  11  that multiplexes audiovisual services to be broadcast. 
     The multiplexer  11  encodes and multiplexes for example x services denoted Serv 1  and Serv 2  to Servx as well as a service denoted ServEWS, which comprises the audiovisual programme to be broadcast in the event of an alert. 
     In a variant, the system comprises a second multiplexer  13  that multiplexes at least the audiovisual alert service to be broadcast ServEWS in place of the multiplexer  11 . 
     The multiplexer  11  forms for example three audiovisual data streams denoted TS 1 , TS 2  and TS 3 . The audiovisual data streams TS 1 , TS 2  and TS 3  are streams of the TS (the acronym for Transport Stream) type in accordance with ISO 13818. 
     According to the variant, the multiplexer  13  encodes and multiplexes for example the services denoted Serv 11 , Serv 12 , and ServEWS 
     The multiplexer  13  forms for example two audiovisual data streams denoted TS 11  and TS 12 . The audiovisual data streams TS 11  and TS 12  are type TS streams. 
     The data streams formed by the multiplexer  11  are processed by a T2 gateway denoted  12  in accordance with the DVB standard in version 2 thereof and which forms a stream called a T2-MI stream. A T2-MI stream consists of a set of isolated physical-layer tunnels. Each tunnel contains a multiplex of programmes corresponding to a TS stream within the meaning of version 1 of the standard. The T2-MI stream is therefore composed of various programmes that are to be broadcast over a given region and of the alert service. The T2-MI stream formed by the T2 gateway  12  is hereinafter referred to as the main T2-MI stream. This T2-MI stream comprises the services broadcast when no command for broadcasting the alert service is generated as well as the alert service that is not broadcast when a command to broadcast the alert service is not generated. 
     According to the variant, the data streams formed by the multiplexer  13  are processed by a T2 gateway denoted  14  also in accordance with the DVB standard in version 2 thereof and which forms a T2-MI stream. The T2-MI stream formed by the T2 gateway  14  is hereinafter referred to as the secondary T2-MI stream. 
     The T2-MI stream or streams formed by the T2 gateway  12  or even the T2 gateway  14  are transferred, in accordance with the present invention, to an EWS alert service insertion module denoted  10 . 
     The transfer of the T2-MI stream or streams formed by the T2 gateway  12  or even the T2 gateway  14  is done by means of a satellite link. Satellite broadcasting is only one example, any other broadcasting means being able to be used. Satellites offer the advantage of affording a wide coverage of a set of potentially numerous transmitters distant from one another. According to the territory to be covered, broadcasting by optical fibre can for example be envisaged. 
     An alert service generation module  17  generates commands to broadcast the alert stream to the alert service insertion module  10 . The alert service generation module  17  is able to generate the service denoted ServEWS to the multiplexer  11  or  13  or not if the alert service is generated by another device not shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     According to the present invention the EWS alert service insertion module  10 :
         obtains frames containing the alert service and other services,   associates a mark for each frame,   identifies identifiers of the packets of audio and video components of the alert service,   identifies identifiers of the packets of audio and video components of the other services,   receives a command to broadcast an alert message,   stores video and audio packets of the alert service as from the first frame mark following the reception of the command to broadcast an alert message,   replaces, as from the second frame mark following the reception of the command to broadcast an alert message, all the packets of video and audio components of the services other than the alert service with the packets of the alert service stored in the backup memory and replaces identifiers of packets of audio and video components of the alert service respectively with the identifiers of packets of the audio and video component of the packet replaced in order to form a new frame.       

     The EWS alert service broadcasting module  10  transfers the T2-MI stream thus formed to processing and transmission equipment for broadcasting  15 . 
     It should be noted here that, for reasons of simplification, a single EWS alert service broadcasting module and a single item of processing and transmission equipment for broadcasting are shown in  FIG. 1 . In reality, the system comprises one EWS alert service broadcasting module  10  and one item of processing and transmission equipment for one broadcast  15  per SFM network. 
       FIG. 2  shows an alert service insertion module for synchronous terrestrial broadcasting in a single-frequency network according to the present invention. 
     The alert service insertion module  10  comprises a communication bus  201  to which there are connected a processor  200 , a non-volatile memory  203 , a random access memory  202 , an interface  204  for communicating or inputting with the T2 gateways  12  and  14  and an interface  205  for communicating or outputting with the processing and transmission module  15 . 
     The non-volatile memory  203  stores the software modules implementing the invention, as well as the data for implementing the algorithm that will be described hereinafter with reference to  FIG. 3 . 
     In more general terms, the programs according to the present invention are stored in a storage means. This storage means can be read by the microprocessor  200 . 
     When the alert service insertion module  10  is powered up, the software modules according to the present invention are transferred into the random access memory  202 , which then contains the executable code of the invention as well as the data necessary for implementing the invention. 
     By means of the interface  205 , the alert service insertion module  10  transfers the modified stream to the processing and transmission module  15  for broadcasting. 
     All or some of the steps of the algorithm described hereinafter with regard to  FIG. 3  can be implemented by software by executing the steps by means of a programmable device such as a microprocessor, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) or a microcontroller or implemented in a component such as an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) or an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit). 
     In other words, the alert service insertion module  10  comprises the circuitry that enables the alert insertion module to execute the steps of the algorithm in  FIG. 3 . 
       FIG. 3  show an example of an algorithm for synchronous terrestrial broadcasting in a single-frequency network according to the present invention. 
     More precisely, the present invention is executed by the processor  200  of the alert service insertion module  10 . 
     At step E 300 , the processor  200  detects the reception of the T2-MI streams from the T2 gateways  12  and  14  containing time markers for SFN broadcasting. The time markers are for example T2-MI-timestamp packets. 
     At step E 301 , the processor  200  aligns the T2-MI streams using the time information of the T2-MI-timestamp packets. For this purpose, the processor  200  determines, from information stored in the random access memory  202 , the unique identifier of the alert service as well as the T2-MI stream that comprises the alert service. This information is for example and non-limitatively stored when the alert service insertion module  10  is installed. 
     When the alert service is included in the main T2-MI stream, the processor  200  does not execute step E 301 , the main T2-MI stream being already aligned. 
     When the alert service is included in the secondary T2-MI stream, the processor  200  executes step E 301  and aligns the main T2-MI stream and the secondary T2-MI stream. 
     At the following step E 302 , the processor  200  de-encapsulates the T2-MI streams in order to supply TS streams. A T2-MI stream comprises T2-MI data packets such as T2-MI timestamp synchronisation packets, signalling packets, including the packet called current T2-MI L1, which gives information on the structure of the T2-MI stream, and packets referred to as baseband frame (or “BBframe”) packets containing the data of the MPEG-2 TS streams in various tunnels. The T2-MI packets are organised in T2 frames; each T2 frame contains a T2-MI timestamp packet, a current T2-MI L1 packet and baseband frame packets. 
     It should be noted that in a variant the processor  200  can, instead of receiving T2-MI streams, receive directly TS streams with time markers corresponding to the standard used for the broadcasting. These markers are for example MIP packets (Megaframe Information Packets) in the case of first-generation DVB-T broadcasting. 
     In this case, the processor  200  does not execute steps E 300  to E 302 . 
     At the following step E 303 , the processor  200  associates a mark for each T2 frame of each de-encapsulated TS stream. 
     An example is given with reference to  FIG. 4 . 
       FIG. 4  shows an example of a T2-MI stream received and processed according to the present invention. 
     In the example in  FIG. 4 , a T2 frame of a T2-MI stream comprising three tunnels denoted PLP 0 , PLP 1  and PLP 2  is shown. 
     The tunnel PLP 0  comprises data P 1 , P 2  and P 3  of the service Serv 1  that have been multiplexed, the tunnel PLP 1  comprises data P 11 , P 12  and P 13  of the service Serv 2  that have been multiplexed and the tunnel PLP 2  comprises data P 21 , P 22  and P 23  of the service Serv 3  that have been multiplexed. 
     A mark  40 , present in each frame T2, is duplicated to the first TS packet of each tunnel. The tunnel PLP 0  is marked by the mark  41 , the tunnel PLP 1  is marked by the mark  42  and the tunnel PLP 2  is marked by the mark  43 . 
     At the following step E 304 , the processor  200  seeks, in the de-encapsulated T2-MI stream comprising the alert service, the unique identifier of the alert service and stores the PIDs (packet identifiers) of the video component and the audio component of the alert service. The identifier is called service_id. 
     At the following step E 305 , the processor  200  seeks, in the de-encapsulated T2-MI stream, the unique identifiers of the other services and stores the PIDs of the video component and audio components of the other services of the main stream. 
     Once this operation has been performed, the processor  200  passes to step E 306  of  FIG. 3   b.    
     At step E 306 , the processor  200  checks whether a command to broadcast an alert message is received. 
     The alert message broadcast command is for example included in one of the T2-MI streams received and is generated by the alert service generation module  17 . 
     If no alert message broadcast command is received, no processing is carried out on the various TS streams. They are encapsulated in packets, keeping the same T2-MI structure as the T2-MI streams at the input of the alert service insertion module  10 . Thus the BBframes have the same size and the T2-MI packets have the same counters. 
     If an alert message broadcast command is received, the processor  200  passes to step E 307 . 
     At step E 307 , the processor  200  stores the packets of the video component and audio components of the alert service as from the T2 frame mark following the reception of the alert message broadcast command. The other packets of the alert service are not saved. 
       FIG. 5  shows the reception of an alert message broadcast command between T2 frames. 
     In the example in  FIG. 5 , an alert message  50  is received after the T2 frame mark denoted  51  and before the reception of the T2 frame mark  52 . 
     The processor  200  at step  307  stores the packets of the video component and audio components of the alert service as from the T2 frame mark  52 . 
     At the following step E 308 , the processor  200 , for each frame T2, counts the number of TS packets stored at step E 307 . This number is called N o _packet_alert. 
     At the following step E 309  and as from the following T2 frame mark, in the example in  FIG. 5  the frame mark denoted  53 , the processor  200  identifies the packets of the various TS streams contained in the main T2-MI stream. 
     At the following step E 310 , the processor  200  replaces all the PID packets of the video and audio components of the services other than the alert service with null packets. 
     At step E 311 , the processor  200 , for each T2 frame of the main T2-MI stream, counts the number of TS packets in each of the TS streams of the main T2-MI stream. For each TS stream of the main T2-MI stream, this number is called N o _packet(i) where i identifies a stream TSi of the main T2-MI stream. 
     At the following step E 312 , the processor  100  calculates, for each TSi, the ratio between the number of packets of the alert service and the TSi stream according to the following formula: 
     
       
         
           
             
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     It should be noted here that, since the result of this division is not an integer, the processor  200  then defines as remainder (i) the remainder of the Euclidian division 
     
       
         
           
             
               
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     At the following step E 313 , the processor  200  calculates, for each TSi stream, the duration of a TS packet in PCR hours. The timestamping, in the form of packets containing a PCR field, is described in ISO 13818-1. 
     PCR is the acronym for “Program Clock Reference”. 
     For this purpose, the processor  200  uses the PID containing the PCR of the first service of the TSi stream. At each new PCR(n) value, where n is the PCR field index, the processor  200  determines: Diff=PCR(n)−PCR(n−1), counts the number of TS packets between two PCR values: N o PacketPCR(i) and performs the Euclidian division of Diff by N o PacketPCR(i). The quotient is referred to as step_per(i), the remainder as remainder_per(i). 
     The processor  200  carries out a Euclidian division of Diff by N o PacketPCR. The quotient is referred to as step_per(i) and the remainder remainder_per(i). 
     The processor  200  timestamps in PCR time all the packets of the TSi stream. The timestamping TimePcr of the packet j carried out is as follows: 
     TimePcr (0)=0 and residue_per=0 for the first packet containing the T2 frame mark following the reception of the alert message, namely the frame numbered  52   
     residue_per(j+1)=residue_per(j)+remainder_per(i), 
     if residue_per(j+1)&lt;N o PacketPCR then TimePcr(j)=TimePcr(j−1)+step_per(i) 
     Otherwise residue_per(j+1)=residue_per(j+1)−N o PacketPCR 
     TimePcr(j)=TimePcr(j−1)+step_per(i)+1 
     Once this operation has been performed, the processor  200  passes to step E 319  in  FIG. 3   c.    
     At step E 319 , the processor  200  detects a T2 frame mark. 
     At the following step E 320 , the processor  200  reads the first alert service packet stored during the previous T2 frame and stores it in a FIFO memory. 
     At the following step E 322 , the processor  200  defines the following variables Interval(i)=ratio(i), residue(i) and the packet counter cpt(i)=1. 
     At the following step E 323 , the processor  200 , at each packet of each TSi stream, increments the corresponding counter cpt(i) by one unit. 
     At the following step E 324 , the processor  200  checks whether the cpt(i) counter=Interval. 
     If so, the processor  200  passes to step E 325 , if not, the processor  200  returns to step E 323 . 
     At step E 325 , the processor  200  reads the following packet received. 
     At the following step E 326 , the processor  200  updates the variable residue(i): residue(i)=residue(i)+remainder(i). 
     At the following step E 327 , the processor  200  checks whether residue(i)&gt;ratio (i). If not, the processor  200  passes to step E 329 . If so the processor  200  passes to step E 328  and updates the variable residue(i): residue(i)=residue(i) ratio(i). 
     At the following step E 329 , the processor  200  updates the variable interval(i): interval(i)=ratio(i)+1. 
     At step E 330 , the processor  200  reads the following packet of the alert service stored during the previous T2 frame and stores it in a FIFO memory. 
     Thus all the packets of the alert service saved during the previous T2 frame are read and stored in the FIFO memory. 
     Once this operation is performed, the processor  200  passes to step E 340  in  FIG. 3   c.    
     At the following step E 340 , the processor  200  checks whether the packet received from the TSi stream is a null packet and that the FIFO memory contains at least one packet of the alert service. 
     If not, the packet received from the TSi stream is not modified and the processor  200  passes to step E 352 . 
     If so, the processor  200  passes to step E 341  and reads a packet in the FIFO memory. 
     At the following step E 342 , the processor  200  stores the packet read at step E 341  in a so-called backup memory. 
     At the following step E 343 , the processor  200  checks whether the TSi packet read is a packet of an audio component. If the packet is a packet of an audio component, the processor  200  passes to step E 344 . The processor  200  replaces the null packet with the packet of the alert service read. If not, the processor  200  passes to step E 345 . 
     At step E 344 , the processor  200  replaces the PID of the alert service packet stored in the backup memory with the first PID of the audio component of the TSi stream identified at step E 305 . 
     Once this operation has been performed, the processor  200  passes to step E 346 . 
     At step E 345 , the processor  200  replaces the PID of the alert service packet stored in the backup memory with the first PID of the video component of the TSi stream identified at step E 305 . 
     Once this operation has been performed, the processor  200  passes to step E 346 . 
     At step E 346 , the processor  200  checks whether the following packet received from the TSi stream is a null packet. If the following packet of the TSi stream is a null packet, the processor  200  passes to step E 347 . If not, the processor  200  passes to step E 352 . 
     At step E 347 , the processor  200  reads the following packet stored in the so-called backup memory. The processor  200  replaces the null packet with the alert service packet read. 
     At the following step E 348 , the processor  200  replaces the PID of the alert service packet stored in the backup memory with the following PID of the audio component of the TSi stream identified at step  305  if the packet read is an audio packet or replaces the PID of the alert service stored in the backup memory with the following PID of the video component of the TSi stream identified at step E 305 . 
     At step E 349 , the processor  200  checks whether all the components of each TSi stream have been processed. If not, the processor  200  passes to step E 350 . If so, the processor  200  passes to step E 351 . 
     At step E 340 , the processor  200  considers another component and returns to step E 346 . 
     At step E 351 , the processor  200  updates the continuity counters of the packets. For each PID of the services replaced, the first continuity counter accepted is 0 and the discontinuity indicator flag (or “flag discontinuity indicator”) is set to one; next, for each PID the continuity counter is incremented by 1. 
     At step E 350  the processor  200  updates the PCRs of the streams thus modified. The PCR of the packet n is updated as follows: 
     PCR(n)=PCR(n−1)+DeltaT(n, n−1) where DeltaT is the time between the packet n and the packet n−1. 
     For each service, the first PCR value updated is the original PCR of the packet inserted and the discontinuity indicator flag is set to 1: 
     PCRout(0)=PCRin(0) 
     For n&gt;0 PCRout(n)=PCRout(n−1)+DeltaT(n, n−1), DeltaT(n,n−1)=TimePcr(n)−TimePcr(n−1). 
     Once this operation has been performed, the processor  200  passes to step E 352  and re-encapsulates the packets in a T2-MI stream. The T2-MI stream has exactly the same structure as the original stream since the processing is carried out at the TS level and there is no packet elimination or addition. The processing latency of the main stream is very low and thus it is easy to repeat the characteristics of the incoming T2-MI stream. 
     Once this operation has been performed, the processor  200  returns to step E 340 . 
     The insertion of the alert service stops either because an alert stop message is received by the alert service insertion module  10  or because the alert service is no longer present. In this case, the alert service insertion module  10  no longer performs any processing on the T2-MI stream.