NAMC-ODSP-M: DSP based Media Processing/Gateway

Audio and video detection,transcoding and acceleration for VoIP and SS7 solutions in AMC formfactor (MicoTCA and AdvancedTCA)

The NAMC-ODSP-M is a DSP based media processing/gateway AMC (AdvancedMC) that enables you to add video and audio acceleration to your AdvancedTCA® (ATCA®) and MicroTCA® (µTCA, MTCA) systems. It provides a broad range of audio/video codecs and algorithms in a compact AMC module, including H.264, MPEG4, H.263, G.711, G.729, SILK and Opus, DTMF, VoP, ISDN, SS7, ATM, VoIP, 3G protocols , I-TDM and TDM.

We have enhanced this standard functionality with additional video and voice quality features. An on-board FPGA simplifies management while enabling you to extend and customize the module to suit the exact needs of your application.

Integrated media gateway software provides rich audio and video applications with many codecs and protocols included and a simple configuration API so no DSP programming is required.

The NAMC-ODSP-M combines a powerful FPGA with an array of DSPs, an on-board switch and advanced media gateway software in a single-width, mid-size AMC module package to make it easier for you to add video and audio acceleration to your communications and networking systems.

Subsystem Processor
The on-board Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA provides a local Linux processor for low-overhead management to the interfacing host system, while also giving you headroom for further extension and customization.

Media Processing Array
Up to eight Octasic OCT2224M DSPs, each with twenty-four DSP cores, provide the specialized processing power needed for video and audio media processing. Each DSP is equipped with its own private external 512MB DDR3 memory. This pool of DSPs is controlled from a host application over Ethernet using one of the redundant 1/10GbE ports of the NAMC-ODSP-M.

Interfaces
The AMC Ethernet ports are connected to the onboard managed Ethernet switch, to which each individual DSP is also connected by two separate 1GbE links to support, for example, 1080p video conferencing functions.

An FPGA-based ITDM to TDM controller enables one or two 8k channel ITDM interfaces, resulting in up 16k ITDM channels.

The NAMC-ODSP-M provides two redundant 10GbE interfaces at ports 4-7 and 8-11, and two redundant 1GbE interfaces at ports 0 & 1 of the common options region of the AMC backplane connector.

API
We provide an integrated Ethernet-based API for simple connection and configuration, and to enable the attachment of media gateway software.

Media Gateway Software
The NAMC-ODSP-M comes with Octasic’s Vocallo media gateway software, providing rich audio and video applications based on IP and TDM, with many codecs and protocols included, such as high density H.264, MPEG4, H.263 video codec and G.711, G.729, SILK, Opus and EVS voice transcoding. Octasic has enhanced this standard functionality with video and voice quality features such as video scaling, mixing and keying as well as echo cancellation, conferencing and adaptive noise reduction.

This covers many advanced audio / video applications, conferencing systems, audio / video transcoding, video surveillance and T.38 fax relay applications. The software provides an Ethernet packet-based configuration API so no DSP programming is required. It offers a very flexible architecture so that you can easily prototype, develop and deploy.

Application Optimization
N.A.T. can adapt the NAMC-ODSP-M to suit your application-specific needs with for example, fewer DSPs or a larger FPGA. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Key features

Technical details

Documentation

Block diagram

Order code

Applications/Solutions

Key Features:

Up to eight OCT2224M DSPs
Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA
Redundant 1/10G Ethernet connectivity
Integrated media gateway software

Capable of up to:

5,120 channels G.729AB/G.711 transcoding
16 simultaneous H.264 HD/SD transcodes
16,384 TDM/iTDM channels

Applications:

Session border controller (SBC)
Carrier grade media gateway
Media server / media resource function
Mobile video optimization (transcoding and transrating)
Audio/video conferencing server (MCU)
Interactive voice and video response system
Content detection and analysis

Subsystem Processor

Xilinx Kintex-7 XC7K160T, FBG676 (160k LE, 12Mbit internal SRAM, 8SerDes, 400 I/0)
Microblaze soft-core CPU

Media Processing Array & Memory

Up to eight 24-core Octasic OCT2224M DSPs. Each DSP connects to two 16-bit wide DDR3 memory slots. Using 2Gb devices this results in 512MB DRAM per DSP.
Each DSP has its TDM interface (4 Rx + 4 Tx lines, up to 32MHz) connected to the FPGA.

Backplane Connectivity

Two redundant 1GbE backplane at ports 0 and 1, and two redundant XAUI 10GbE backplane at ports 4-7 and 8-11. Full AMC TCLKA-D connectivity (for syncing onboard iTDM/TDM to system).

Networking

Vitesse VSC7448 Ethernet switch offering 24x 1GbE ports and four 10GbE ports. Each DSP has two 1GbE interfaces while the FPGA has three 1GbE and two 10GbE interfaces to the on-board Ethernet switch.
L2 and L3 switching / routing

Clocking

Clocking Chip Si5338 (4 programmable low jitter clock outputs)
Stratum 3 Telecom PLL

Codecs Supported: Audio

Wireline: G.711, G.722, G.723, G.726, G.729a
Wireless: AMR, AMR-WB, EFR, GSM-FR, EVRC -A/-B/-NW2K, EVS
Internet: SILK, Opus, iLBC
Acoustic echo cancellation, noise reduction, level control
Tone detection / generation / relay
Conferencing

Codecs Supported: Video

H.263, MPEG4, H.264, MPEG2
1080p to QCIF resizing
Bit rate / frame rate adaptation
Mixer, picture-in-picture
Data
T.38 Fax Relay
Voice band-data

Operating System Support

Embedded Linux operating system

Environmental Conditions

Temperature (operating): 0ºC to +60ºC with forced air cooling
Temperature (storage): -40ºC to +85ºC
Relative Humidity: 10% to 90% at +55ºC (non-condensing)

Power Consumption

45W typical (TBD)

Standard Compliance

AMC.0 R2.0, AMC.2, IMPI V1.5 & V2.0, HPM.1
EN60950, UL1950, CE, RoHS

Title	Description	Format	Size	Rev #	Date Last Modified
namc_odsp_m_ds	Data Sheet	pdf	815 KB	1.3	02-02-2018
namc_odsp_m_man_hw	Hardware Manual	pdf	401KB	1.1	27-05-2016
namc_odsp_m_m_man_fw	Firmware Manual	pfd	-	-	on request only

Product Code Hardware: NAMC-ODSP-M - [Option]

Option	Description	Comment
-8	Single-width, mid-size AMC board with 8 OCT2224M-DSPs (optional single-width, full-size front panel)	-
-x	Reduced quantity of DSPs on request	-

Product Code Firmware: NFW-ODSP-M - [Option]

Option	Description	Comment
-A	N.A.T. firmware package with base audio codecs, per DSP	-
-AV	N.A.T. firmware package with audio and video codecs, per DSP	-