Standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit providing a cloud gateway functionality

A system comprising:

• a hosting unit comprising a chassis adapted for receiving at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit, the chassis comprising at least one processing unit capable of processing packets of an Internet Protocol (IP) flow;
• and
• the at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit inserted into the chassis, the at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit each comprising:
• a housing having standardized dimensions and adapted to being inserted into the chassis;
• a host interface on a back panel of the housing, the host interface being connected to the hosting unit;
• a first connector for receiving a source video IP flow;
• at least one processing unit in the housing for:
• executing a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client, the HTTP client establishing a connection with a HTTP server hosted by a cloud video server and receiving the source video IP flow from the HTTP server of the cloud video server via the first connector, the source video IP flow using one of the HTTP or the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol;
• and
• executing a conversion function, the conversion function generating a video stream based on the source video IP flow;
• and
• a second connector for outputting the video stream;
• wherein the first and second connectors of at least one of the at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit are respectively different from the host interface.

A system comprising:

• a hosting unit comprising a chassis adapted for receiving at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit, the chassis comprising at least one processing unit capable of processing packets of an Internet Protocol (IP) flow;
• and
• the at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit inserted into the chassis, the at least one standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit each comprising:
• a housing having standardized dimensions and adapted to being inserted into the chassis;
• a host interface on a back panel of the housing, the host interface being connected to the hosting unit;
• a connector for receiving a source video stream;
• at least one processing unit in the housing for:
• executing a conversion function, the conversion function generating a video Internet Protocol (IP) flow based on the source video stream;
• and
• executing a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client, the HTTP client establishing a connection with a HTTP server hosted by a cloud video server and transmitting the video IP flow to the HTTP server of the cloud video server via one of the following:
• the connector or another connector of the transceiving unit, the video IP flow using one of the HTTP or the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol.