
What is NMOS, and Why Does It Matter for AoIP?
One of the things I find interesting about the broadcast industry’s move to IP is how the conversation tends to focus on transport. Ravenna, AES67, ST 2110 - these are protocols for moving media across a network, and they’ve matured significantly over the last decade. But transport is only part of the picture. Once you have dozens or hundreds of IP devices on a network, you need answers to some fairly fundamental questions. How do applications know what devices are available? How do you make a connection between a sender and a receiver? How do you change that connection, and when does the change take effect? ...