Telos Infinity: Breaking the Matrix with AES67

Presenters : Martin Dyster - Telos Alliance

Year : 2018

dlp_document_download : Martin Dyster VP Business Development & Project Director - Te l o s I n f i n i t y THE TELOS ALLIANCE AES SHOW NEW YORK CITY 2018 A SHORT HISTORY LESSON Started developing AoIP in 1998 Launched first AoIP protocol for broadcast in 2003: Called Livewire 15 Years of AoIP market experience More than 80,000 devices deployed globally Founder member of the AES x192 committee whose work became the AES67 standard Livewire+ AES67 protocol is fully AES67 compliant Fully committed to the SMPTE 2110 Suite The Telos Alliance – A Brief History INTERCOM ….. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT ‘Traditional’ Matrix Intercom Systems do all of the following: • Interface with VoIP / SIP Telephony • Interface with mobile phone applications • Offer ‘Software Panels’ • The option of Integrated wireless solutions • AES67 / AoIP connectivity • Rely on connection to a Central Matrix or Matrices • System size is defined by a Matrix port count Matrix Intercom – Extensive Features Axia IP Intercom – First Telos Alliance Matrix - less Intercom product launched in 2010 • Ideal for simple Peer to Peer Comms • Integrates with Axia Consoles • Limited feature set • Not optimised for TV/ Vertical Market applications • Lacking PL, IFB, Group etc. • Livewire only – not AES67 Partylines, IFBs and Groups all require mixing Matrices can store configurations Gain controllable I/O and crosspoints Signal detection and monitoring is easy Matrices are resilient – Dual Power/Dual CPU Wide range of connectivity options A known commodity A Matrix is a practical solution … MATRIX - LESS INTERCOM A GAME CHANGER The challenge for Telos Alliance Development Team • Produce ‘Familiar’ Software and Hardware components • Meet or exceed expected Intercom functionality • Use standards based protocols natively – AES67 / SIP / VoIP • Interface with baseband and AoIP equipment seamlessly • Develop a scalable and resilient solution • Achieve all of the above with no Matrix or Engine whatsoever • Use a purely distributed architecture Designing an IP Intercom from the ground up Implementing a distributed model – DSP in every device Dashboard Advanced Agent creates and maintains database of configuration – not required for system operation Dashboard Software UI designed for users at all skill levels Dual NIC and redundant PSU for resilient architectures Telos Alliance xNode baseband to AoIP convertors Telos VX for integrated telephony Native AES67 connection to anything on network Proven technology – thousands of devices in 24/7 service How does Infinity ‘Break the Matrix’? Plug and Play connectivity HTML5 based UI means control and configure from any device Infinite scalability - never run out of ports Planned or ad -hoc changes made simple Uses existing Media over IP infrastructure Faster networks = Extended WAN = no need for codecs or interfaces Local, Regional, National, even Global virtualized ‘matrix’ coverage Lower Total Cost of Ownership Communication and contribution audio on the same network Additional benefits Mixing Console Legacy Equipment Media IP Network Production Control Room Audio Control Room Master Control Room Post Production Room Analog/AES xNode s CCU Studio Floor Simple Television Production Facility Wireless Beltpacks Multi Studio System Example shows four similar Production Studios and Master Control connected via a common IT infrastructure. Dashboard Advanced enables the users to manage their own studio configurations while the Master Control client has full administrative rights over the entire system Multi Site System Sites are connected using Telos Infinity software servers equipped with the adaptive OPUS VoIP codec Dashboard manages each local client with overall administrative control assigned to one or more Master Control operations Transparent high bandwidth WAN connections should work directly via either Multicast or Unicast connections Network Resilience Telos Infinity supports resilient network plans Telos Infinity has dual NIC ports that can be used for dual connections or for separating media and control Infinity also supports dual power (PoE and DC) Start at Any Size Add, Move, or Scale Economically Telos Infinity is fully AES67 compliant so…… Telos Infinity connects to any compatible AES67 network stream All Infinity devices generate and receive 1ms AES67 packets Native discovery protocol is Livewire Dashboard Advanced has an AES67 SDP connection tool Currently supports SAP (Dante) and will add Bonjour (Ravenna) NMOS is a planned future development 3 rd Party AES67 source/destination streams appear in Dashboard No card or interface required Connecting Telos Infinity to the wider IP world Infinity Dashboard AGENT runs as a service – maintains a config database Dashboard HOST runs as a service – provides user interface to database System Admin connects to Server, manages system via HTML 5 Operators, Technicians and Engineers use login credentials to access system Physical and virtual system can be divided in ZONES (Studios etc.) System elements (Devices, Groups, PL etc.) can be divided into SCENES Each Login client can be given restricted access to specific ZONES/SCENES Scenes can be edited ‘live’ or offline Dashboard Advanced logs all system activity (alarm conditions etc.) Managing a Telos Infinity system