AVB: Get On My Layer (3), Bro

In March 2011, the IEEE 1733 standard was approved for publication. It specified how to transport Layer 3-encapsulated AV data.  The awesome Layer 2 Quality of Service (QoS) provided by the IEEE 802.1 AVB standards is one of the best things to come with this standard. Also big:  the standard is reliable, well known, what[…]

AVB – what does IT all mean?

What is it? In an ideal world, all video and audio would just hop onto the nearest network, to be pulled accessed anywhere that network goes, bandwidth permitting.  With network bandwidth increasing by the day, why not? Because IEEE 802.1 standards are needed to make this happen.   See, data networks typically give you the data when they can,[…]

Dave Fahrbach