The industry-standard guide to networked audiovisual systems
Published with InfoComm International, Networked AV Systems discusses the essential information AV and IT professionals need to know when working with network-driven equipment and processes. Each chapter features diagrams, photos, notes, chapter reviews, and end-of-chapter questions with in-depth explanations. In accordance with InfoComm's performance standards for the AV industry as they relate to networking, this book serves as both an on-the-job reference and a study tool for the Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) exams.
Networked AV Systems covers:
- Network classifications, topologies, architectures, and standards
- Layers of a network
- Bandwidth, encoding, and transport
- Network building blocks
- Designing a network for AV systems
- Ethernet and AVB
- Network addressing
- Subnetting: networking AV devices together
- Protocols, ports, and documenting AV devices
- Audio and video streaming
- Digital signage
- Conferencing
- Secure remote management and monitoring
- Service level agreements
- Network security
- Troubleshooting networked systems