experts in digital networks for time-critical media

Networking for the 21st century

The headline features of 5G and 6G mobile networks are new radio interfaces and new applications. But to provide the service those applications need, as well as fixing problems that operators have identified, also requires radical changes to the way packets are routed. More …

We played a leading role in ETSI ISG NIN, which was set up to standardise Flexilink, a network protocol that has been identified as being able to natively and efficiently support the evolving demands of infoComms towards 2030 and beyond. The main standards are ETSI GS NGP 013 and ETSI GS NIN 005.

Features of Flexilink include:

• Lowest possible latency for live media
• Minimal per-packet overheads (both header size and processing requirement)
• Flexible addressing
• Support for mobility and security
• Ease of management

We are active in many international standards fora, contributing the result of over 40 years' experience of developing digital networking systems. They include IEC TC100, ISO/IEC JTC1, and AESSC SC-02 Subcommittee on Digital Audio.

Other links:

• ITU-T's report on applications that need the low latency Flexilink provides
• technology for the future Internet

Aubergine implementation platform and development environment.

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