Intelligent Operation-level IP monitoring Solution

With the increasingly extensive and in-depth application of video surveillance, various industries, commercial enterprises, and public users are increasingly demanding network-based video surveillance, the "Global eye" and "Wide View" business models gradually show their advantages. operators can use the advantages of ubiquitous broadband networks to connect scattered and independent image collection points to the Internet, achieve unified monitoring, storage, management, and resource sharing across regions and a wide range.

Operational monitoring platform requirements

Users monitored by operators on the global eye and wide view platforms can be divided into industry users, ordinary commercial users, and individual users. From the current development stage, industry users are currently the main target customers of operator monitoring, and monitoring itself is a line-by-line and personalized service. In terms of operation monitoring, according to the different requirements of professional users, ordinary commercial users, and individual public users on image definition, latency, data reliability, and cost monitoring, targeted deployment and implementation are required.

Therefore, an operational monitoring platform requires that it be operational and manageable, and can meet the characteristics of large capacity, scalability, and high performance of carrier systems, at the same time, to develop a large number of industry users and meet the needs of end users with a large number of industry characteristics, such as high-definition and Low-latency images, three integrations of public security and security projects, alarm linkage, intelligent image analysis, license plate recognition, and other industry-specific value-added business needs.

Innovative IVS smart IP monitoring Solution

To meet the user needs of the above-mentioned operator monitoring, H3C has accumulated long-term technical accumulation in the fields of IP networks, IP video applications, and ip san storage, and has a deep understanding of the essential needs of network video monitoring, the IVS operation-level IP intelligent monitoring solution has been released. It is developed in accordance with the "Global eye" and "Wide View" specifications, it also integrates the features and value-added services provided by H3C in a variety of industry solutions to fully meet the needs of users in different industries of the operation-level monitoring platform. At the same time, the IVS operation-level intelligent monitoring solution adopts the advanced NGN system architecture and innovatively utilizes various technologies such as hardware media switches, Unified Storage Management, iSCSI block storage mode, and EPON access.

Figure 1 Five innovations of IVs smart monitoring Solution

It is the first to introduce the NGN architecture and SIP control signaling into the monitoring system. It adopts the structure of separation of signaling control and Media Processing, and implements the monitoring management and control platform based on the concept of SoftSwitch, all monitoring functions are implemented using IP standard technology, which greatly improves the use of vendor proprietary protocols in the original monitoring industry.

The first hardware streaming media switch ums was introduced to achieve real large-capacity, low-latency media stream exchange, comprehensively improving the overall level of the operator's streaming media distribution network.

It was the first to introduce the concept of Storage Management (DM), which effectively solved the problem of massive video storage management for large-scale monitoring, and achieved distributed deployment and centralized management of massive storage, dynamic Storage space allocation and adjustment.

First, we introduced the storage method of iSCSI block storage into monitoring, this effectively solves the dumbbell effect caused by the file storage of the original monitoring video images (low system performance caused by the performance bottleneck of the Streaming Media Server, complex cluster management, and poor stability ), at the same time, it enables real-time playback and second-level retrieval of historical videos.

It was the first to introduce the EPON technology into the monitoring solution and use one optical fiber to carry multiple monitoring points, which solved the problem of large-scale monitoring occupying a large amount of optical fiber resources.

IVS operation-level IP intelligent monitoring solution Overview

IVS (IP Video Surveillance) intelligent IP monitoring solution at the operation level, the standard, open, concise, and all-ip ngn system architecture replaces the non-standard, heterogeneous, closed, and complex system architecture of traditional solutions.

1. solution composition

The H3C IVS operation-level IP intelligent monitoring solution includes Video Monitoring and Management Server VM series video management components, Ms series media distribution and storage components, EC/ECR series video encoder, DC series video decoder, client software VC, IP-SAN network storage equipment, etc.

The following figure shows the structure of the IVS solution system:

Figure 2 Composition of the IVS Intelligent Monitoring System

The components are as follows:

Central Service Platform: Provides access management for users and devices, video access and control services, and storage and processing services.

VM center management unit: acts as the business center within the domain and is responsible for global business control. As an interactive entity between domains, it is responsible for Inter-Domain Business control and global business and authentication functions. Meanwhile, the built-in NRM storage management module enables centralized management of a large number of storage devices in the system and Dynamic Distribution of storage resources.

VM control signaling unit: acts as the signaling processing center in the domain and is responsible for global signaling processing. As a signaling interaction entity between domains, Vm is responsible for Inter-Domain signaling control; coordinates the signaling interaction between the local or external domain terminal entities.

Ums9005 universal media switch: Consistent with the function of the MS video distribution unit, it forwards and distributes audio and video. However, unlike the architecture of Ms video distribution units using PC servers and software, ums9005 adopts the H3C high-end switch architecture and adopts the vtdu Board developed by NP technology for media forwarding. The single board forwarding capacity reaches 8 GB, and a single device can have up to four Boards, it provides real high-performance media processing capabilities and is suitable for large-capacity media forwarding at the operation level. It also supports dual-controller and dual-power supply.

Ms video distribution unit (vtdu): the main function of the MS video distribution unit is to forward and distribute real-time video and audio media streams, it can receive unicast or multicast real-time video and audio data sent by EC/ECR media terminals and forward and distribute the data to multiple video clients (VC or DC media terminals ). Multiple Ms video distribution units can be deployed in the system in a distributed manner. VM video management units manage and schedule services to achieve load balancing.

The MS network storage unit (NRU) is responsible for video data transfer and retrieval. It is responsible for receiving video data forwarded by the MS video distribution unit and storing it in an ip san storage device, in addition, based on the standard RTSP and RTP protocols, the VOD function for the video client is provided. The system can deploy multiple MS network storage units in a distributed manner, which are managed by VM video management units and business scheduling.

IP San video storage device: provides video data storage. The ip san storage technology is undoubtedly the best choice for storing and sharing massive amounts of information. The video and audio Storage section includes H3C IP-SAN storage devices. All ip san storage devices can be flexibly deployed in different monitoring centers as needed, but they can all be centrally managed by the storage management module.

Front-end unit: complete the video signal input function. In addition to various front-end camera equipment and cloud platform, the video source also includes the EC/ECR series monitoring media terminal of H3C.

Figure 3 frontend Devices

The EC/ECR front-end encoder uses telecommunication devices and has a wide range of temperature and humidity adaptation. It is superior to common video encoders in terms of Lightning Protection, anti-corrosion, and moisture-proof. At the same time, ECR encoder is also equipped with internal storage devices, supports front-end local storage, local high-reliability SATA hard disks, high-reliability technologies such as raid and hot plug-in, and sound SNMP network management to achieve unified management of devices and storage resources. In addition, EC/ECR provides a wide range of Network Interfaces. In addition to standard electrical interfaces, it also supports SFP and EPON passive optical network interfaces.

Client unit: it is an application platform for centralized remote image monitoring and maintenance management, including DC series Video Decoder and VC client software.

The DC-series monitoring media terminals also provide video and audio decoding, output, and network access functions. The IP data packets sent from the front-end monitoring media terminal can be restored to analog video and audio signals and then input to the TV wall and other devices.

The VC client software consists of two components: the Administrator version and the customer version. The Administrator version must be used by the operator Administrator to complete the management of Customer Service Activation. The customer version is used by end users, you can use VC to complete video real-time monitoring, cloud platform control, video on demand, and other business functions.

Figure 4 VC Client

Ivs ip intelligent monitoring solution features and advantages at the operation level

The IVS operation-level IP intelligent monitoring solution integrates video codec, network storage, management platform, and transmission network platforms. It is based on standard, open, high-quality, and Reliable IP technology, it provides solutions suitable for global eye monitoring. It has the following features:

The control and bearer phases are separated based on the NGN telecom-level architecture.

The IVS solution fully integrates technologies in the fields of IP networks, video, storage, and signaling, and adopts an open architecture and standard technology. The entire system architecture is divided into access layer, media exchange layer, management control layer, and business support layer, with clear layers;

Figure 5 H3C IVS Architecture

The IVS solution draws on the NGN (next-generation communication network) architecture to introduce the advanced concepts of signaling control and media stream Exchange Separation into the video monitoring system. The System Management Server only processes signaling streams. The processing and exchange of media streams over the network or dedicated streaming media servers are distributed. All control signals are implemented using sip signaling. It is precisely because the IVS monitoring solution adopts the mechanism of separation of service bearer and control, which makes the entire system highly capable and scalable, and is especially suitable for large-scale monitoring applications.

Large operation capacity and high performance

The IVS solution supports 15000 front-end encoding devices and 45000 cameras in a single domain system, and can be further expanded through the cluster to fully meet the large capacity requirements of the operation-level monitoring platform.

An innovative hardware streaming media switch ums9005, with a single vtdu board supporting 8 GB forwarding, the whole machine supports forwarding of four vtdu high-performance boards, realizing the real significance of large-capacity, low-latency media stream exchange, this comprehensively improves the overall level of the operator's streaming media distribution network.

Standardized implementation lays the foundation for the operation-level monitoring platform

All technologies used by the H3C ivs ip monitoring solution comply with the corresponding international/domestic standards.

1) monitoring control signaling: In line with the SIP standard, SIP has become the control signaling standard recommended by the operator and the Public Security Bureau "3111 standard", which can be easily interconnected with other multimedia systems.

2) image encoding: fully complies with international standards, including H. 264 baseline profile and H. 264 mainprofile: supports both MPEG4 and MPEG2 international standards. The standardized image format is completely tested by the internationally accepted third-party company Tektronix testing instrument.

3) Storage Technology: fully complies with international iSCSI standards and supports end-to-end IP San.

The adoption of various standard technologies can maximize the protection of users' investment.

High-Reliability Design for telecom-grade front-end devices, reducing carrier TCO

Carrier-class devices and manufacturing processes are used to fully meet the high-reliability monitoring requirements of high-risk sites. The encoder is designed for use in harsh outdoor environments, with a wide temperature range and a long working range of 0-65 ℃.