SCTE 137-7 2017 (R2021) PDF

NOTE: This document is identical to SCTE 137-7 2010 except for informative components which may have been updated such as the title page, NOTICE text, headers and footers. No normative changes have been made to this document.

This Architectural Overview Technical Report is intended to provide an introduction to the Modular Headend Architecture, with particular emphasis on the EQAM as a key component. This document describes the various architectural entities and the interfaces that connect them, provides an overview of the various profiles of EQAM devices and their operations, and discusses the various specifications that contain normative requirements pertaining to the Modular Headend Architecture.