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SECTION 1 – Technology and Applications
CS COFDM Digital Video Products
Cobham Surveillance has introduced a new family of COFDM (Coded
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed) digital video products
called SOLO, with domo technology at their core. These products
support narrowband (1.25MHz and 2.5MHz) and full DVB-T compliant
(6, 7, or 8MHz) channelisation. This line has specifically been
developed for worldwide customers in the law enforcement and
military markets, and for the manufacturers of Unmanned Ground
Vehicles (UGV)and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)who support
their missions.
Digital technology has made rapid advancements in key areas over
the past few years. Notably the size, weight, power consumption
and cost have dropped by about 30% per year. Cobham now offers
digital systems that represent good value to users and are a better
fit for operational requirements than analogue systems. It also
develops specific implementations of COFDM technology for the
public safety and military markets.
Cobham Surveillance is committed to working with customers on
developing products that meet specific needs, and invites you to
discuss your requirements with its team.
The benefits of digital transmission
The migration from analogue microwave systems to digital
transmission offers several key benefits to users:
Better Performance - By using digital modulation and
compression techniques, digital microwave provides superior
performance in non-line of sight and high multipath applications.
Unmanned Ground Vehicles operating in buildings or urban
environments, as well as low flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, will
be able to transmit dramatically clearer video with less break up to
remote receive stations. Covert surveillance cameras no longer need
to have a clear line of sight to the receive location to have good
picture quality. Unlike analogue, digital video picture quality is noise
free regardless of distance
Efficient Spectrum Utilisation -• Digital video systems
operate in a fraction of the spectrum utilised by typical analogue
transmitters, offering up to 8 digital video streams in the spectrum
previously used to transmit a single analogue channel. Cobham
SOLO products support 1.25MHz or 2.5MHz channels in the
narrowband configuration or 6-8MHz channels in the full DVB-T
compliant configuration. This compares to up to 25MHz for a
typical analogue channel. In addition, digital channels can be
located adjacent to each other without a guard interval. Analogue
systems tend to bleed over their allotted spectrum, requiring
several Megahertz of separation between channels at a minimum.
As regulatory agencies worldwide reallocate spectrum, it’s clear
that digital transmission enables more users to co-locate channels
in an increasingly crowded RF spectrum.
Secure Transmission Using Encryption -• Digital
transmission enables the secure transmission of video by using
AES128 or 256 bit encryption. There is no penalty to the user
in terms of performance. Analogue systems don’t offer this
capability as a feature. Analogue “cut and rotate” encryption
modules are expensive, often doubling the price of a system,
and not nearly as effective in securing the video data stream. In
addition, they add to the size of both the transmitter and the
receiver. Digital offers true encryption with no additional size
penalty. In the case of the Cobham receiver, AES encryption can
be carried on over the IP network
Set up for Internet Access -• Many customers are looking
at how to access their video from anywhere, at any time, over
the internet. Digital transmission makes it easier to send data
over the internet, avoiding the need for a separate analogue-to-
digital conversion. Cobham receivers have been designed to offer
internet connectivity by means of an optional TCP/IP Ethernet
network interface, accessed via a convenient RJ45 connection.
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