Technology |
Development date |
Transport |
Transmission scheme |
Mixed use networking |
Control communications |
Topology |
Fault tolerance |
Distance |
Diameter |
Network capacity |
Latency |
Maximum available sampling rate |
AES47 |
2002[2] |
ATM |
Isochronous |
Coexists with ATM |
Any IP or ATM protocol, IEC 62379 |
Mesh |
Provided by ATM |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
125 μs per hop |
192 kHz |
AES50 |
|
Ethernet physical layer[a] |
Isochronous or synchronous |
dedicated Cat5 |
5 Mbit/s Ethernet |
Point-to-point |
FEC, redundant link |
Cat5=100 m |
Unlimited |
48 channels |
63 μs |
384 kHz and DSD |
AES67 |
2013-09[3] |
Any IP medium |
Isochronous |
Coexists with other traffic using DiffServ QoS |
IP, SIP |
Any L2 or IP network |
Provided by IP |
Medium dependent |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
4, 1, 1⁄3, 1⁄4 and 1⁄8 ms packet times[b] |
96 kHz |
AudioRail[c] |
|
Ethernet physical layer |
Synchronous |
Cat5 or fiber |
Proprietary |
Daisy chain |
None |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Unlimited |
32 channels |
4.5 μs + 0.25 μs per hop |
48 kHz (32 channels), 96 kHz (16 channels) |
AVB (using IEEE 1722 transport) |
2011-09 |
Enhanced Ethernet |
Isochronous |
Coexists with other traffic using IEEE 802.1p QoS and admission control |
IEEE 1722.1 |
Spanning tree |
Provided by IEEE 802.1 |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Dependent on latency class and network speed[citation needed] |
Dependent on latency class and network speed[citation needed] |
2 ms or less |
192 kHz |
Aviom Pro64 |
|
Ethernet physical layer |
Synchronous |
Dedicated Cat5 and fiber |
Proprietary |
Daisy chain (bidirectional) |
Redundant links |
Cat5e=120 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
9520 km[d] |
64 channels |
322 μs + 1.34 μs per hop |
208 kHz[e] |
CobraNet |
1996 |
Ethernet data link layer |
Isochronous |
coexists with Ethernet |
Ethernet, SNMP, MIDI |
Spanning tree |
Provided by IEEE 802.1[f] |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
7 hops, 10 km[g] |
Unlimited |
1+1⁄3, 2+2⁄3 and 5+1⁄3 ms |
96 kHz |
Dante |
2006 |
Any IP medium |
Isochronous |
Coexists with other traffic using DiffServ QoS |
Proprietary Control Protocol based on IP, Bonjour |
Any L2 or single IP subnet |
Provided by IEEE 802.1 and redundant link |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Dependent on latency |
Unlimited |
84 μs or greater[h] |
192 kHz |
EtherSound ES-100 |
2001 |
Ethernet data link layer |
Isochronous |
Dedicated Ethernet |
Proprietary |
Star, daisy chain, ring |
Fault tolerant ring |
Cat5=140 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Unlimited |
64[i] |
84–125 μs + 1.4 μs/node |
96 kHz |
EtherSound ES-Giga |
|
Ethernet data-link layer |
Isochronous |
Coexists with Ethernet |
Proprietary |
Star, Daisy chain, ring |
Fault tolerant ring |
Cat5=140 m, MM=600 m, SM=70 km |
Unlimited |
512[j] |
84–125 μs + 0.5 μs/node |
96 kHz |
Gibson MaGIC |
1999-09-18[5] |
Ethernet data-link layer |
Isochronous |
|
Proprietary, MIDI |
Star, Daisy chain |
|
Cat5=100 m |
32 channels |
|
290 μs or less[6] |
192 kHz |
HyperMAC |
|
Gigabit Ethernet |
Isochronous |
Dedicated Cat5, Cat6, or fiber |
100 Mbit/s+ Ethernet |
Point-to-point |
Redundant link |
Cat6=100 m, MM=500 m, SM=10 km |
Unlimited |
384+ channels |
63 μs |
384 kHz and DSD |
Livewire |
2003 |
Any IP medium |
Isochronous |
Coexists with Ethernet |
Ethernet, HTTP, XML |
Any L2 or IP network |
Provided by IEEE 802.1[k] |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Unlimited |
32760 channels |
0.75 ms |
48 kHz |
Milan |
2018 |
Ethernet |
Isochronous |
Coexist with other protocols in converged networks |
IEEE 1722.1 |
Star, Daisy chain |
Redundant links |
Cat5=100 m, MM=2 km, SM=70 km |
Dependent on latency class and network speed[citation needed] |
Unlimited |
2 ms or less |
192 kHz |
mLAN |
2000-01[7] |
IEEE 1394 |
Isochronous |
Coexists with IEEE 1394 |
IEEE 1394, MIDI |
Tree |
Provided by IEEE 1394b |
IEEE 1394 cable (2 power, 4 signal): 4.5 m |
100 m |
63 devices (800 Mbit/s) |
354.17 μs |
192 kHz[l] |
Optocore[m] |
|
Dedicated fiber |
Synchronous |
Dedicated Cat5/fiber |
Proprietary |
Ring |
Redundant ring |
MM=700 m, SM=110 km |
Unlimited |
1008
channels at 48 kHz |
41.6 μs[8] |
96 kHz |
Q-LAN |
2009 |
IP over Gigabit Ethernet |
Isochronous |
Coexists with other traffic using DiffServ QoS |
IP, HTTP, XML |
Any L2 or IP network |
IEEE 802.1, redundant link, IP routing |
Cat5=100 m, MM=550 m, SM=10 km |
7 hops or 35 km |
Unlimited |
1 ms |
48 kHz |
RAVENNA |
2010 |
Any IP medium |
Isochronous |
Coexists with other traffic using DiffServ QoS |
IP, RTSP, Bonjour |
Any L2 or IP network |
Provided by IP and redundant link |
Medium dependent |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
variable[n] |
384 kHz and DSD |
Riedel Rocknet |
|
Ethernet physical layer |
Isochronous |
Dedicated Cat5/fiber |
Proprietary |
Ring |
Redundant ring |
Cat5e=150 m, MM=2 km, SM=20 km |
10 km max, 99 devices |
160 channels (48 kHz/24-bit)[9] |
400 μs at 48 kHz |
96 kHz |
SoundGrid |
|
Ethernet data link layer |
Isochronous |
Dedicated Ethernet |
Proprietary |
Star, daisy chain |
Device redundancy |
Cat5/Cat5e/Cat6/Cat7 =100m, MM=2km, SM=70km |
3 hops |
Unlimited |
166 μs or greater |
96kHz |
Symetrix SymLink |
|
Ethernet physical layer |
Synchronous |
Dedicated Ethernet |
Proprietary |
Ring |
None |
Cat5=10 m |
16 devices |
64 channels |
83 μs per hop |
48 kHz |
UMAN |
|
IEEE 1394 and Ethernet AVB[o] |
Isochronous and asynchronous |
Coexists with Ethernet |
IP-based XFN |
Daisy chain in ring, tree, or star (with hubs) |
fault tolerant ring, device redundancy |
Cat5e=50 m, Cat6=75 m, MM=1 km, SM=>2 km |
Unlimited |
400 channels (48 kHz/24 bit)[p] |
354 μs + 125 μs per hop[q] |
192 kHz
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