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Alcatel-Lucent has delivered its commercially available end-to-end LTE
network solution to provide TV broadcasters with a live video feed
of the World Match Racing Tour’s German Grand Prix, an international
sailing boat race, taking place between 19-24 May on Lake Constance,
Germany. The unique usage of next-generation mobile network
revolutionizes live video coverage of sports happenings and events.
Live on-deck video streams will be captured by onboard cameras and
transmitted via LTE to the on-shore production studios, guaranteeing a
high-speed, reliable and high-quality connection.
A world’s first, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
will use its market-leading end-to-end LTE
network solution to provide TV broadcasters with a live video
feed of the World Match Racing Tour’s German Grand Prix, an
international sailing boat race (May 19-24th, 2010 on Lake Constance,
Germany). This
innovative usage of 4G LTE technology replaces a ‘traditional’,
more complex set-up for streaming video - and shows that LTE can have
a significant impact on the transmission of live video content
during sports events.
Live feeds from Formula-1 and cycling races, soccer games or
track and field events are common today. However, the effort involved
to get all video shots transmitted to the production studio is
significant. Expensive satellite links, proprietary trunk radio
systems, and even helicopters with mobile radio antennas are used for
this very complex and costly operation.
A world’s first, the German Grand Prix will now see live
on-deck video streams captured by onboard cameras and transmitted via
LTE to the on-shore production studios, guaranteeing a high-speed,
reliable and high-quality connection.
“Thanks to the partnership with Alcatel-Lucent, the
complexity related to relaying video content to the TV production
studios is reduced significantly,” says Eberhard Magg, Managing
Director, Match Race Germany. “The end-to-end LTE solution powered by
Alcatel-Lucentshowcasesnew ways of making major sports events’ video
coverage available to a worldwide audience.”
“This unique event demonstrates that Alcatel-Lucent is at the
forefront of introducing new technological and commercial benefits
through our portfolio of next-generation mobile and fixed
technologies,” says Dr. Erich Zielinski, End-to-End 4G/LTE solutions,
Alcatel-Lucent. “Today, we prove there is real business potential
behind service providers selling LTE capacity on-demand to TV
broadcasters who are interested in offering live video streams from
sports events. This whole undertaking is a model of what
Alcatel-Lucent calls its High
Leverage NetworkTM architecture - providing sufficient capacity
for the ever-growing data traffic at the lowest cost per bit, all
with the intelligence necessary to create new business opportunities
for our customers.”
For this project, Alcatel-Lucent has set up a complete end-to-end
network - to stream live video content directly from the sailing
boats into the public viewing area, and onto the Internet. The
Alcatel-Lucent LTE network covers the 4-5 kilometre racing event area
-spanning Lake Constance, Kressbronn as well as the city of
Langenargen where the TV production centre is located.
About the World Match Racing Tour
The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is the leading professional sailing
series featuring 10 World Championship events across the globe,
sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) with
“Special Event” status. The World Tour awards over US$1.5million in
prize money with points awarded at each event culminating in the
crowning of the “ISAF Match Racing World Champion”. In addition, an
incentive to compete in the world’s premier sailing series just got
bigger. A US$250,000 overall prize pool for the top nine teams with a
$50,000 bonus for the outright winner of next year’s World Match
Racing Tour is now on offer. Events utilise the same “match race”
format used in the America’s Cup with racing taking place in identically
supplied racing yachts which places a focuses on team work and
skill. Racing takes place close to the shore for the general public
to follow the races as virtual on-the-water stadiums.
Media and television highlights coverage reaches over 600 million
households in excess of 100 countries around the world.
About Alcatel-Lucent and LTE
Having been selected to support 40+ LTE trials around the globe
and securing commercial contracts with two of the largest operators
in the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a recognized market leader in LTE. To
help operators realize their potential, Alcatel-Lucent is offering a
unique, pre-integrated, end-to-end LTE network solution and a full
set of associated professional services. Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end
network architecture is pre-integrating Alcatel-Lucent
converged radio access network (2G/3G/4G RAN) and an
industry-leading IP networking solution encompassing Alcatel-Lucent’s
Ultimate Wireless Packet Core, IP/MPLS mobile transport,
wireless network guardian, and a comprehensive IMS solution. This
network solution allows scaling of GSM/W-CDMA networks and a smooth
evolution to LTE. The company also founded the  ng Connect
Program, a global initiative to drive the development of an open
and diverse ecosystem of LTE device manufacturers, content providers
and application partners. Through the ng Connect program and with
Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end LTE solution, wireless broadband
operators benefit from open innovation, pre-integrated solutions,
reduce time to market with LTE-enabled services, and the ability to
drive new and non-traditional business models.
For more information about Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end LTE
solution, please visit: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/lte
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About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic
industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and
governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and
video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile
and converged broadband networking, IP and optics technologies,
applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled
technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest
innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With
operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global
services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local
partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro
15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive
offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent
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