Availability and resilience

Ensuring maximum availability and resilience in transmitters

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Investing in next-gen transmission infrastructure for the long haul (10+ year lifecycles) poses a significant challenge. To thrive over such an extended period, decisions must prioritize flexibility and agility, adapting to evolving broadcast standards, services, and viewer habits.

Key considerations include whole-life efficiency, minimal maintenance downtime, and optimal power consumption – essential for long-term operational success.

Resilient broadcasting

Designed to stay on air 24/7

Key components to uninterrupted broadcasting

Inherent reliability is crucial to minimize interruptions and revenue loss. Our transmitter design prioritizes 24/7 high availability through proactive resilience and self-reliant operation, minimizing operator intervention.

Key to this is liquid cooling, reducing maintenance compared to traditional air conditioning, alongside sealed, fanless amplifiers eliminating corrosion risks. An intelligent control system automates functions and autonomously solves problems, ensuring optimal performance and a resilient, cost-effective broadcast future.

Robust transmitter design

Our transmitter platform is designed for reliable operation. It combines dual redundancy in control architecture and exciter systems to ensure fault tolerance, and features a liquid-cooled system that dissipates up to 95% of heat directly, minimizing thermal stress and reducing maintenance efforts and operational expenses.

Smart systems

Built to evolve, the transmitter utilizes a software-based architecture. This enables updates via software uploads, eliminating the need for costly hardware modifications, and facilitates long-term support, ensuring compatibility with evolving standards and requirements. Automated monitoring and control moreover streamline maintenance.

Protection from cyber threats

Cyber-threats pose a significant risk to broadcasters, as all IP-connected systems are inherently vulnerable. Rohde & Schwarz offers expert IT security solutions and proactive maintenance, supporting operators in ensuring network safety. Continuous status reporting further simplifies system management.

"Broadcasting is evolving rapidly, creating exciting opportunities with new transmission and broadcast formats. Securing your future success means choosing a transmitter platform built for flexibility and adaptability."

Maurice Uhlmann, Product Manager Transmitter Systems at Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz lifetime services

The 10- to 15-year lifecycle of a transmitter poses significant challenges in generating consistent revenue and profits, with evolving requirements, enhanced functionality, and a dynamic IT security landscape all impacting investment returns.

As a trusted broadcast industry leader, Rohde & Schwarz addresses these challenges by developing high-quality, future-proof functionality with attention to detail, while providing comprehensive lifetime support that minimizes operational costs and protects your capital investment, ultimately aiming to substantially reduce operator risk across the entire transmitter lifecycle.

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