1. Notion of network
The aim here is not to give an exhaustive account of this vast subject, which is the subject of an abundant literature, but simply to give a few notions useful for understanding what follows.
1.1 Channel and network
In communications, there are two basic types of link: channels and networks.
A channel is a direct communication link between a source and a destination, i.e. a point-to-point connection. In video, for example, an RS 422 link between an editing table and a VTR is a channel. The RS 422 "port" is directly connected at a given moment to a well-defined VTR (even if it is bay-switchable). The direct parallel link between a computer and its printer is also a channel.
A network, on the other hand, is an architecture...
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Standards
- Television – 10-Bit 4:2:2 Component and 4fsc Composite Digital Signals – Serial Digital Interface - SMPTE 259M - 1997
- Television – Formatting AES/EBU Audio and Auxiliary Data into Digital Video Ancillary Data Space - SMPTE 272M - 1994
- Television – SDTI Content Package Format (SDTI-CP) - SMPTE 326M - 2000
- Information Systems – Fibre Channel – Physical and Signaling Interface - ANSI X3.230 - 1994
- Fibre...
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Society of motion picture and television engineers (SMPTE) http://www.smpte.org
Union européenne de radiodiffusion (UER)
Audio Engineering Society (AES) http://www.aes.org
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