GatesAir Unveils New Intraplex Audio over IP Transport Technology
GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters, has unveiled a new Intraplex Audio over IP transport technology at IBC2018. The software-defined innovation provides broadcasters with a highly scalable, redundant, and cloud-based transport platform for multichannel contribution and distribution.
The integration of multichannel Audio over IP transport into a facility's IT infrastructure offers several tangible benefits for broadcasters and network operators. The platform first streamlines installation and management by removing the need for many separate codecs and auxiliary hardware components, freeing multiple equipment racks in enterprise-level facilities.
Furthermore, the highly scalable solution, which is compatible with AES67 and Dante on the studio side, will allow users to manage many Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) streams on a centralized cloud platform – an industry-first in Audio over IP networking for broadcasters. SRT is a low-latency open source media streaming protocol that provides packet encryption and re-transmission capabilities for reliability and security.
To further strengthen stream robustness and reliability, GatesAir is additionally integrating Dynamic Stream Splicing (DSS), an Intraplex technology that diversifies data across redundant networks to SRT. The addition of DSS to SRT will add additional protection against certain types of packet losses and complete network failures.
IBC2018 Debut for Two Intelligent IP Network Solutions
GatesAir will also use IBC as the European debut for two Intraplex intelligent IP network solutions introduced at the 2018 NAB Show: