REAL TIME AUDIO

NETWORK
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 The PRAESENSA real time audio network consists of 3 things

Devices that Devices that receive

Network Infrastructure
create audio flows audio flows
that carries the data
System
Controller Cabling Amplifiers
Network
Switches
Call Station Call Station

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 (1) Devices that create audio flows

Dante Virtual Soundcard Devices that

create audio flows
3rd party Dante audio System
player Controller
112
120 channels
rd
3 party Analog to Dante 8 Message
converter players

Praesideo PRS-4OMI4
Dante transmitter

Microphone
2 channels Call Station
Analog Line Input

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 (1) Devices that create audio flows

 Three basic ways of transmitting data over a network:  Unicast:

 PRAESENSA is using Multicast for audio flows

 Multicast:  Broadcast:

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 Infrastructure that carries the data

Network Infrastructure
that carries the data
Routers Copper Cables

Switches
PoE Injectors
Active Fiber cables
repeaters
Fiber optic
Switches in tranceivers
PRAESENSA

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 Copper Cable requirements Network Infrastructure
 Use shielded twisted pair cabling (F/UTP), not ordinary UTP that carries the data

 F/UTP = Foiled/Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper cables

– Consists of 4 unshielded twisted pairs encased in an overall foil shield
– Not to be confused with S/FTP (Screened/Foiled Twisted Pair) which has 4 individually shielded
twisted pairs encased in an overall braided shield
 Designed for Gigabit (1000BASE-T)
– Use shielded CAT5e or higher
– Up to 100m, but depends on cable and termination quality and environment
– Cable connector wiring should conform to TIA/EIA-568-B

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 Copper Cable requirements Network Infrastructure
 Twisted pair cables are divided into categories according to their that carries the data
speed and frequency Copper cables
 Look at entire spec of the cable, not only to CAT5e or CAT6 etc.
 CAT 5e, 4 pairs (4 x 2)
 Minimum requirement for 1 Gbit Ethernet
 CAT 6, 4 pairs (4 x 2)
 improved noise reduction
 reduced EMI vulnerability and decreased crosstalk

 Use Ethernet cable testers to ensure functionality

 Mandatory in case RJ45 connectors are manually attached.

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 Copper cables frequency Network Infrastructure
 Clock rate for both 100Mbit and 1Gbit = 125 MHz that carries the data

 How speed was increased from 100Mbit to 1Gbit: Copper cables

100 Mbit 1 Gbit

 Only uses one pair for 1 direction  Uses all 4 pairs in both directions
RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 RJ45

 4B5B encoding required for clock sync consumes  Uses TCM modulation doubling the bandwidth per pair
additional 25% bandwidth

 This all adds up to 100 * 4 * 2 =800 + 25% =1000 Mbit.

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 Copper cables frequency Network Infrastructure
 Clock rate for both 100Mbit and 1Gbit = 125 MHz that carries the data

 How speed was increased from 100Mbit to 1Gbit: Copper cables

100 Mbit 1 Gbit

 Not all Cables and connectors that are specified for

100Mbit Ethernet are good enough for Gbit Ethernet
 The bi-directional usage of the UTP cables and the TCM
encoding requires better signal to noise levels and less
crosstalk.

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 Fiber optic cable Network Infrastructure
 Multi Mode for short and medium distance that carries the data

 Core diameter 50 μm (<550m) Fiber cables

 Core diameter 62.5 μm (<220m)
 Large core diameter can have a cheap light source (LED) in transceiver
 Connector type: dual LC ; power 1W
 Transceiver for PRA-ESP8 and PRA-MPS3 : PRA-SFPSX

 Single Mode for medium and long distance

 Small core diameter 9 μm (<10km)
 Small core diameter requires a more expensive light source (laser) in transceiver
 Connector type: dual LC ; power 1W
 Transceiver for PRA-ESP8 and PRA-MPS3 : PRA-SFPLX.
Fiber
optics

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 Fiber optic cable Network Infrastructure
that carries the data

Fiber cables
TIA-598C
Fiber Type
Color Code
Multimode (50/125) (OM2) Orange
Multimode (50/125) (850 nm Laser-optimized) (OM3, OM4) Aqua
Multimode (50/125) (850 nm Laser-optimized) (OM5) Lime Green
Multimode (62.5/125) (OM1) Orange
Multimode (100/140) Orange
Single-mode (OS1, OS1a, OS2) Yellow
Polarization Maintaining Single-mode Blue
Source FOA

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 Active network components Network Infrastructure
that carries the data
 create latency (delay) Active
Switches repeaters
– latency should be < 50% of the maximum audio latency in the application
PoE injectors
– In case of a dedicated WAN, like a campus, this usually complies
– If internet is involved, e.g. VPN, this usually not complies
Latency
– Assure packet latency variation over the network is stable (<100μs jitter)

 have limited bandwidth

– E.g. 100Mbps, 1Gbps, 10Gbps, 40Gbps
Band
– Assure bandwidth of the network components is sufficient for the application
width
– >3 Mbps bandwidth per channel
– have Gigabit Ethernet connection between switches
– Possibilities of doing a speed test, e.g. via Wireshark.

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 Active network components Network Infrastructure
that carries the data
 PRAESENSA devices include a switch (data carrier) External
Switches
 Additionally PRA-ES8P2S could be added ͚Built in͛
Switches
– Based on Advantech switch EKI-7710G-2CPI
– Preconfigured for PRAESENSA EN54-16 compliancy
– Pre-configuration optimized for OMNEO networks

 Other 3rd party managed Ethernet Switch

– Switch ports at least 1Gbps full-duplex
– Switch should have non-blocking switching capabilities in hardware
– Quality of service (DiffServ) with >= 4 output queues and strict priority packet scheduling
– Switches may not have EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) or should have the possibility to disable it
– Advantech switches support X-Ring which cannot be used together with RSTP.

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 Active network components Network Infrastructure
 Other recommended 3rd party Switch capabilities that carries the data

– RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) support for redundant networks Switches
– IGMPv2 or IGMPv3 snooping (Internet Group Management Protocol version 2 or 3) needed to
limit multicast traffic
– Only use IGMP snooping if you really have to
– On a GBit Ethernet network you can transport > 200 multicast Audio channels and still have bandwidth left
for other purposes
– The biggest problem is a high network processing load on standard devices (e.g. PC's ) and 100Mbit devices
(e.g. Atterotech Dante I/O module or FPA5000 and AVENAR fire panels) because of all the multicast traffic
– Only works if there is one IGMP querier present in your network
– SNMPv3 (Simple Network Management Protocol version 3) to obtain switch status info

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 Active network components Network Infrastructure
 3rd party Switch support that carries the data

– We can’t do feasibility tests on each switch a customer wants to use

Switches
– Different SW version in the switch can change the behavior
– For PRAESENSA it is simple: we have all switches needed to build a typical system available in our
portfolio
– But if needed,
– select 3rd party switches based upon its specification in line with OMNEO requirements
– if it does not perform contact the switch manufacturer to get it fixed
– this is not different to any other 3rd party product
– Using the big brands in switches/routers will for sure make this approach more successful.

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 Active network components Network Infrastructure
 3rd party L3 Switch support that carries the data

– Candidate for vessels

Switches

CISCO IE-5000

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 Active network components Network Infrastructure
 3rd party L3 Switch support that carries the data

– Candidate to add to the PRAESENSA EN54-16 certificate

Switches

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 (3) Devices that receive audio flows

Devices that receive

audio flows

Amplifiers 100V Loudspeakers

Life line
Multifunction
Power Supply

Loudspeaker built
Call Station
into Call Station

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 Security protection algorithms SC
 The System Controller stores passwords and exchange passwords with clients in
SHA-2 Secure Hash Algorithm (version SHA-256)
 Configuration and message backup is possible over an authenticated secure
connection (HTTPS) based on Transport Layer Security (TLS).

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 Security protection algorithms
 Secure OMNEO communication between PRAESENSA devices
– Provides encryption against eavesdropping and interception
– Protection against high jacking

1) OCA security
– Control security via Transport Layer Security (TLS) by encryption & authentication
– TLS is relatively slow (running in software), so not applicable for real time audio

2) Dante audio Security

– AES128 Audio encryption & authentication of the Dante stream.

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