LU-Smart

Bringing Bonded Transmission to Mobile Phones & Tablets.

Supporting several iOS/Android devices, the LU-Smart mobile app represents the next level in mobile newsgathering, allowing LiveU’s broadcasting and online video customers to extend their coverage using a smartphone or tablet. Based on LiveU’s fourth-generation uplink technology, LU-Smart bonds internal Wi-Fi and cellular connections to reach optimal video quality.[/col]

LU-Smart Specifications:

  • OS Support Supports iOS 5 upwards on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad
       
    Video:  
    Output Resolution 720 x 576 (PAL) 720 x 480 (NTSC)
    Encoding Adaptive Rate Video encoding
       
    Audio:  
    Format Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) 
    Sample Rate 48 Khz
    Channels 2 (mono duplicated to stereo)
    Bitrate 64 Kbps
       
    Output:  
    Connects to LiveU LU40i receiver/ server

    • SmartGrip Specifications:
  • Supported Smartphones iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, Samsung S3, Samsung Note
    MIFI 3G / 4G based on local network coverage
    Battery Li-Ion, Adds 3 hours of continuous transmission
    Dimensions 45mm x 275mm x 52mm / 1.7'' x 10.8'' x 2.04'' (WxHxD)
    Weight 340 gram / 12 oz
  • Bonds 3G/4G and Wi-Fi networks to send up to 5 Mbps professional quality video content with sub 2-second latency
  • LiveU Center remote management
  • Connectivity to CDN/SDI out
  • Simplified GUI
  • Switch camera view
  • Phone internal Flash control
  • LiveU reliable video protocol and advanced FEC

Introducing the Smart Grip for Additional Resiliency and Performance
LiveU SmartGrip LiveU's innovative Smart Grip device holds a chargeable battery and MiFi channel (or any other mobile hotspot), which is bonded together with the smartphone’s internal 3G/4G connection to combine two cellular connections beyond the smartphone, boosting live video transmission time, quality, reliability and performance.

 

LiveU Connect Platform
LU-Smart connects to your existing LiveU receiving server and is incorporated into the LiveU ecosystem by LiveU's unfied management platform, the LiveU Connect, enabling control rooms to manage multiple video feeds from LiveU units operating in diverse locations.

Flexible HD Coverage
The LU-Smart enables high-quality, reliable live video transmission on-the-move. Operators can combine available networks to support connection to an external MiFi, enabling the bonding of two cellular connections in a single smartphone. In this way users can bond the phones' internal 3G/4G with external 3G/4G for a very fast uplink


Platform Flexibility

LiveU's transmission products can be used for either TV or web/mobile transmission.