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[email protected] © 2012 Wheatstone Corporation 120901 INTRODUCTION TO WHEATNET-IP WHEATNET-IP Welcome to the Intelligent Network Why the Integrated Control Layer is Important Advantages Broadcasters who connect their studios with an AoIP network WheatNet-IP has numerous real benefits in We looked at the world of AoIP Networking can make their facilities more efficient and flexible. But to take the broadcast environment. These fall into four and thought long and hard before jumping “Intelligent network,” a network using architecture full advantage of the capabilities of these networks, a second main categories: flexibility, control, security, and with “distributed intelligence” in. The stuff that was out there was OK, but control layer is needed. Up until now, AoIP technology has been efficiency. left a LOT of room for improvement. For deployed in two steps: first the transport layer, which carries starters, the way the workload is distributed the IP audio is built, and then a second, optional control layer, Flexibility had to change. Rather than having a single usually running on networked PCs, is added on top. But the • Simplify your wiring and infrastructure source call the shots, we thought it important next generation of AoIP networks combine the two from to have distributed intelligence built into the start. • Two built-in mixers in every BLADE for WheatNet-IP. What this means is that every summing, splitting, submixing. BLADE (or node) has the DNA of the entire FIRST-GENERATION AOIP NETWORK TECHNOLOGY: • Consoles can be reconfigured instantly for network and can operate in any position multi-purpose use on the network.