Sample video wholesale IPsec configuration

Overview

Larger providers or a cooperative of smaller providers often unite to provide a video head end to avoid the costs of investing in satellite head end locations on their own ground station, to provide triple-play features. Each retail subscriber can purchase content from this single station and receive it over IP. However, encryption is required so that the signal cannot be understood if intercepted.

The following figure shows a sample video wholesale configuration with a high-speed encrypted tunnel.

Figure 34-5: Sample video wholesale configuration