Tech Focus: Telos Zephyr Connect is a software-based multi-codec gateway for transporting multiple stereo, mono and dual-mono audio channels across IP networks. It provides the same functionality and features as the Telos iPort High Density hardware platform but with increased flexibility and scalability. It includes two bidirectional codec channels and can be expanded to 64 channels per instance in one-channel increments.
Each codec is independently configurable and offers genuine Fraunhofer IIS encoding algorithms, including AAC, AAC-HE, AAC-HEv2, AAC-LD, MP3 and MP2, in various bitrates. It also offers the option of Enhanced aptX encoding.
Zephyr Connect is ideal for sending multiple linear or MPEG channels over VPNs, satellite links, Ethernet radio systems, and Telco- and ISP-provided services such as SD-WAN, MPLS, or legacy data links. It can also be used as a network distribution system, a multichannel link to remote studios, or a studio-to-transmitter link. Pair Zephyr Connect with an appropriate server for streaming audio or pass audio and GPIO with a QoS-enabled IP link between studios on a Livewire network using Telos Alliance xNode2s.
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