Eur Ing Andrew W. Jones BSc CEng MIEE Engineering Learning Executive BBC Training & Development
2.8 Digital Interfaces for Broadcast Signals
2.8.1 Layered Approach to Broadcast Media Interfaces
It is common to talk of a ‘stack’ when referring to interfaces and protocols for transfer of IT data across a computer network. This is a reference to layers of processing within software and perhaps associated hardware, necessary to provide a reliable information link between computer applications. Some communications engineers refer to an idealised ‘OSI seven-layer model’.
Transmission of data on the broadcast industry standard interfaces described here is in many ways simpler than transfer of data over IT style packet networks. These broadcast ...
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