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IEEE Audio Video Bridging

IEEE · 2005–2011

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

Audio Video Bridging is a family of IEEE standards adding precise timing, stream reservation and queuing to switched Ethernet so audio and video arrive on time. IEEE working papers from 2006 set targets of 2 ms latency through up to seven bridges.

Introduced
2005–2011
Category
Ethernet time-sensitive networking standards
Intended use
Synchronised, guaranteed-bandwidth audio and video over Ethernet
Production
IEEE 802.1 AVB Task Group; later Time-Sensitive Networking

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    The first attempt to build deterministic media transport into Ethernet switches themselves.

  2. 02

    Its timing work carried into Time-Sensitive Networking and is referenced alongside AES67.

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    AES logo (publisher of AES67)Audio Engineering Society AES67© Audio Engineering Society · © Audio Engineering Society, used for identification and historical commentary

Engineering record

Targets
2 ms maximum latency through up to seven bridges, sub-microsecond sync[1]

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1Ethernet AV summaryIEEE 802.1 · technical paper · 2006-04

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