Harris Corporation Brings Next Generation of Intraplex(R) Transport Expertise to Radio Broadcasters at IBC
August 10 2005 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) Transports Multiple Services Over IP to
Create Today's Most Reliable and Cost-Efficient Audio Networking
Platform CINCINNATI, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation's (NYSE:HRS) Broadcast Communications Division (BCD)
comes to IBC with the radio broadcast industry's first managed
platform for the transport of audio over IP. Intraplex(R)
NetXpress(TM), the next generation of Harris' Intraplex line of
reliable transport solutions, is a managed networking platform with
the ability to send multiple services over one IP connection while
allowing an operator to control and monitor the entire operation
from a central area. Radio broadcasters can transport multiple
audio programs in multiple formats, local area network (LAN) data,
and PBX/PABX telephone communications over a single IP connection.
The result is a far more cost- and bandwidth-efficient transport
network compared to the expense of using separate dedicated E1/T1
circuits and individual codecs. Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) arms
stations with a suite of hardware and software tools for
redundancy, error mitigation, quality of service, and network
performance monitoring to create the most reliable audio transport
over IP system available for radio broadcasters today. Furthermore,
Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) serves as a gateway to reliable IP
transport through a platform that allows radio broadcasters to
gradually transition from E1/T1 or work within a hybrid IP/TDM
network. Existing Intraplex(R) customers can protect their
investment and take advantage of the new system's dual-bus
structure. Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) provides both a high-speed
bus to enable new high-performance features, and a multi-channel
E1/T1 bus that allows users to repurpose their existing inventory
of Intraplex(R) E1/T1 family channel modules within the IP
environment. Broadcasters who implement this cost- effective
approach can move incrementally to IP, thus avoiding the expense of
building an entirely new infrastructure. "The transition to an IP
environment makes sense for radio broadcasters who are looking to
move beyond the expense and limitations of transport over fixed
bandwidth circuits," said Bob Band, channel sales manager for EMEA,
Harris Networking Solutions. "The ability to reliably transport
audio, voice, and data over a robust, lower-cost IP connection in a
point-to-multipoint design is clearly more efficient than the
typical point-to-point design of E1 circuits. The new system also
maintains the powerful level of reliability and robustness that has
been a hallmark of Intraplex products for years. Broadcasters can
establish links between multiple studios and transmission sites,
ensuring that each station within a specific group can not only
share on-air and production sources but remain on the air even in
the harshest conditions." Visitors to the Harris IBC booth can see
a continuous demonstration of the new system transmitting audio
over IP in real time. Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) fits securely
within an end-to-end radio solution from studio to transmitter and
can transport both real-time linear and compressed audio over a
bandwidth- efficient IP network for maximum flexibility. And since
IP circuits can vary widely in quality, Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM)
allows users to balance transmission bandwidth, service cost,
signal delay and error mitigation levels to meet their particular
business requirements A typical installation features Intraplex(R)
frames at each studio and a transmitter featuring various
Intraplex(R) channel modules. Individual Intraplex(R) channel
modules can be turned on or off during any application using a Web
browser or SNMP network manager. Using both new and legacy channel
modules, services can be multiplexed into a single stream destined
for one location or as separate streams to multiple locations.
Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) also offers very low delay and Forward
Error Correction -- just two examples of the system's comprehensive
suite of hardware and software tools. Intraplex(R) NetXpress(TM) is
slated for commercial availability in early 2006. About Harris
Broadcast Communications Division Harris Broadcast Communications
Division is one of four divisions within Harris Corporation, an
international communications equipment company focused on providing
assured communications(TM) products, systems and services for
government and commercial customers in more than 150 countries. One
of the world's leading suppliers of broadcast technology, Harris
Broadcast Communications Division offers a full range of solutions
that support the digital delivery, automation and management of
audio, video and data. For more information, visit
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/ . For additional information and
photos, visit http://www.broadcast.harris.com/news . DATASOURCE:
Harris Corporation CONTACT: Martha Rapp, Harris Corporation,
+1-217-221-7577, or ; or Becky Smith (EMEA, Asia-Pacific), Ellabeck
Communications Ltd, +011-44-0-1795-521729, or , or Robin Hoffman,
Pipeline Communications, +1-973-746-6970, or , both for Harris
Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/
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