Method and system for monitoring and controlling a local collection facility from a remote facility using an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network

A system comprising:

• a local collection facility comprising
• a plurality of primary receiver decoder circuit modules comprising a first receiver decoder circuit module,
• said first receiver decoder circuit module receiving a first channel signal and forming a first decoded signal into one of a high definition serial digital interface signal and an asynchronous serial digital interface signal, wherein the first channel signal has a first Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) format,
• an encoder in communication with the first receiver decoder circuit module forming a first encoded signal having a second MPEG format from the first decoded signal, wherein the second MPEG format is different than the first MPEG format, and
• a multiplexer multiplexing the first encoded signal into a multiplexed signal;
• a network adapter converting the multiplexed signal into an ATM signal;
• and an ATM switch communicating the ATM signal through a network;
• and wherein a remote facility in communication with the local collection facility generates an output signal in response to the ATM signal.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of local collection facilities, each a local collection facility comprising
• a plurality of primary receiver decoder circuit modules comprising a first receiver decoder circuit module;
• said first receiver decoder circuit module receiving a first channel signal and forming a first decoded signal into one of a high definition serial digital interface signal and an asynchronous serial digital interface signal, wherein the first channel signal has a first Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) format;
• an encoder in communication with the first receiver decoder circuit module forming a first encoded signal having a second MPEG format, wherein the second MPEG format is different than the first MPEG format;
• a multiplexer multiplexing the first encoded signal into a multiplexed signal;
• and
• a network switch communicating the multiplexed signal through a network,
• wherein said plurality of local collection facilities communicate a plurality of multiplexed signals through the network;
• and
• a remote facility in communication with the plurality of local collection facilities generating an output signal in response to the plurality of multiplexed signals.