As part of the comprehensive schedule of papers and keynotes to be presented at the forthcoming AES Fall Convention 2023 in New York, Jeff Berryman from the OCA Alliance will present a session on connection management in AES70-2023 on Friday 27^th October.

This session will explain how the new features of AES70-2023 – due to be released Q4 2023 – can be used to manage connections of three popular media transport schemes:

• AES67, the AES standard that defines high performance Audio-over-IP interoperability
• SMPTE ST2110-30, derived from AES67, that defines the elementary essence transport of video, audio and associated data over IP networks (especially relevant for the broadcast community)
• MILAN, an AVB-based media transport specification from the AVnu trade association

The presentation will cover an overview of the architecture of AES70, including:

• members of the AES70 standards family, in particular AES70-21-2023 and AES70-22-2023
• Network Application Control (NAC), the AES70-2023 general model for networking
• Connection Management 4 (CM4), the AES70-2023 general connection management model
• using CM4 for AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110-30 connection management
• using CM4 for MILAN connection management; and using CM4 for other media transport schemes

“We’re excited to present the latest updates to the AES70 standard at the AES Fall Convention,” says Bosch platform strategist and OCA marketing chair, Ethan Wetzell. “Connection management is a hot topic right now, and we’re pleased to present how AES70’s powerful connection management features are being extended to three of the most universally adopted transport technologies, namely AES67, ST 2110 and MILAN. This development will help to broaden the adoption of AES70 as the industry moves increasingly towards integrated workflows.”

The 60-minute session on connection management in AES70-2023 will be held on October 27, 11:30am, room 1E11. For further information and to register please see here.

To learn more about the OCA Alliance, AES70 and how the standard can benefit you, please visit https://www.ocaalliance.com/.

ABOUT AES70

AES70 is an open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media network devices. From a single device and controller to networks with almost any number of devices and multiple controllers, AES70 provides for powerful, high speed, low cost, robust system control and monitoring of devices from different manufacturers.

AES70 can be used in conjunction with any available media networking transport protocol (Dante, MILAN, AES67, Cobranet, etc.). Offering interoperability across different media transports and manufacturers’ devices, it enables whole new levels of complex system integration and options as to how and where network devices can be deployed.  AES70 protocols normally operate over standard wired and wireless Ethernets, but may be extended to use other kinds of connections.

AES70 control functionality allows system professionals to change and monitor all operating parameters of a network device, including the creation and deletion of signal paths, parameter adjustments for signal processing objects, network device firmware updates and many other functions Control can also be limited to provide simpler ‘operator’ functionality; for instance, providing just level, mute, power on/off and fault indication.

AES70 is the standard upon which the Open Control Architecture ecosystem of devices, software, development tools, and technical resources is based.

AES70 is not itself a media transport, or a means of programming a network device or system control or generating a user interface. AES70 is available free of charge to manufactures, system integrators and designers, to implement with their own and third-party network devices, as they require.

ABOUT THE OCA ALLIANCE

The OCA Alliance is a non-profit corporation formed to promote the AES70 standard and Open Control Architecture (OCA) ecosystem, as a control solution for professional media networking applications. The OCA Alliance’s purpose is to actively promote the development and adoption of the OCA ecosystem of hardware, software, and developer tools that support the AES70 standard. The OCA Alliance’s activities support the AES70 standard and OCA ecosystem as a media networking system control solution through marketing, education and training, while developing future standards and other documents that augment, enhance or extend the primary AES70 standard, for the purposes of enabling and promoting increased interoperability and reliability, for a variety of transport standards.