LeafandSplineArchitecture
Whenscalingup,additionalspineswitchescanbeadded."Leafandspine"topologyiscommonforlargescalemedianetworks.
"Leaf"switchesprovideconnectionstoend-pointsandareinterconnectedbyspineswitches.Eachleafneedsaconnectiontoeach
spine.
ThefollowingdiagramshowsthearchitectureofaLeafandSplinenetwork.
SwitchChoice
SmallAoIPdedicatednetworkswithverylowaudiochannelcountscanuselowcostswitches,butalmostallAES67broadcast
networksshouldusePTPv2(IEEE1588-2008)awareswitchestoguaranteetiming.
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AoIP Network Examples
Radio Production System