The Video Unified Edge (VUE) is CommScope’s next generation virtualized video processing solution. The VUE software-based video processing application can be deployed in the data center, headend, or hub on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware.
VUE provides an evolving set of video processing functions:
- Multiplexing of input UDP streams/programs
- Ancillary PID multiplexing/remapping
- DEPI encapsulation and UEPI decapsulation for Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) network distribution
- SCTE 55-1 Out of Band set top box communication and control
VUE's functionality aims to ease transition to a Distributed Access Architecture. VUE can perform EQAM core functions and build video and OOB signals to forward to Remote PHY Devices (RPDs) and/or Remote MACPHY Devices (RMDs). The RPDs/RMDs then convert the signals to analog for transmission over HFC networks as either RF or optical signals.
Each VUE application server supports up to 960 output transport streams and 100 out-of-band multiplexer streams. This means the maximum number of pipes per VUE server is limited to 960 VUE pipes and 100 OOBM pipes.
VUE supports both N:1 and 1:1 redundancy to achieve high availability. VUE application servers can be configured as initial active and initial standby in a redundancy cluster (RC). The VUE servers in the cluster are configured identically by the VUE. For more information, see High availability with redundancy.
For more information about the system hardware and software requirements, see VUE Installation Guide. For the latest updates, see VUE Release Notes.