Biamp Audia Classic Firmware Upgrade Procedure - Manual (Page 8)

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Why AVB?
Streamlined
For AV integrators and IT managers, AVB means end-to-end digital networks
that are simple to design and easy to manage. AVB follows the IEEE 802.1
standards, which are open, industry-accepted standards for transporting audio
over networks.
These standards were created to address shortcomings in existing proprietary
audio visual networking systems such as synchronizing multiple streams of
audio and video, eliminating the buffering
delay through the network, and creating
resource reservation. AVB fully addresses
the shortcomings in networked AV, and
makes highly flexible and affordable
networking of professional Ethernet-
based AV products a reality
Efficient
This form of digital networking allows
IT managers to reduce costs by sharing
equipment between rooms and locations.
For example, a company can use a single
AVB network to transport all media
between rooms, such as a boardroom,
the CEO’s private conference room, a
training room and a marketing conference
room. By comparison, a siloed four-room
environment would require four sets of
equipment because each room would
need its own digital signal processing
(DSP) hardware. AVB eliminates the need for room silos and makes it easier for
IT professionals to remotely manage and troubleshoot their network. And as
every IT manager knows, every minute spent troubleshooting a system is time
lost and company dollars wasted.
By continuing to facilitate a relationship between AV and IT, Biamp will be
able to support a vast ecosystem of AVB-compatible products that will lower
industry prices, drive innovation and secure future investments all along the
sales channel from the manufacturers to the integrators to the end users.
AVB eliminates the
need for room siloes
and makes it
easier for IT
professionals
to remotely manage
and troubleshoot their
network.