Intraplex® IP Link
Audio Codecs for IP-based STL/TSL
OVERVIEW
IP Link 100c • IP Link 100e • IP Link 100n • IP Link 200 • IP Link MPXp
The Intraplex IP Link family of IP audio codecs provides high-end features at an affordable price.
Offering an array of audio coding options along with IPConnect technology for data tunneling, the IP Link codecs are suitable for use in Studio-to-Transmitter Links (STLs) as well as audio contribution and distribution networks. Support for IP multicast and multiple unicast streams enables one encoder to feed multiple decoders.
By incorporating three IP Interfaces that can be used for streaming and management, the IP Link systems can provide a level of reliability not seen in comparably-priced codecs.
As the latest additions to the Intraplex line of data transport products, the IP Link family of audio codecs bring legendary Intraplex reliability to the IP codec market.
Main Features of Intraplex® IP Link
- IP Link 100c [IPL100C]: Portable, half-rack unit; single bidirectional stereo audio channel
- IP Link 100e [IPL100E]: Modular plug-in card for Flexiva transmitters/exciters; single bidirectional stereo audio channel
- IP Link 100n [IPL100N]: Single bidirectional stereo audio channel
- IP Link 200 [IPL200]: Two bidirectional stereo audio channels
- IP Link MPXp [IPL100MP]: Single stereo channel, analog composite FM multiplex signal IP encoder and decoder with front panel display and GPS timing capability
- Standard: Linear, AAC-LC, Opus and G.722 audio coding
- Optional: AAC-HE, AAC-HEv2, AACELD, MPEG2, MPEG3 and Enhanced aptX audio coding
- Optional: μMPX Encode / Decode (IPL100C and IPL100E). Encodes a full FM composite MPX signal, including pilot and RDS, with perfect peak control with bitrate of 320 kbit/s
- Optional: Automatic audio loudness leveling and metering compliant with EBU R-128 and ITU-R
- Optional: IPConnect capability to reliably transport external IP packets
- Other transport modes: Transparent AES up to 192 kbps to support composite FM multiplex signal over AES
- Protocol Encapsulation: RTP, SHOUTcast/Icecast, MPEG-TS
- Three independent IP interfaces for redundant network operation
- Optional redundant power supply: 12VDC or 48VDC
- Built-in silence sensor with optional stream switch over
- Automatic backup to audio playout from USB drive or external audio source
- Multicoding can encode the same audio source in multiple formats for STL, backup, and web streaming
- Optional Dynamic Stream Splicing providing “hitless” operation and T1/ E1 circuit like performance on less predictable IP networks
- Prioritized stream sources at the output with automatic switch over and switch back between primary and secondary streams and backup sources (streams, USB, external audio source)
- Programmable RTP level Forward Error Correction (FEC) scheme
- Programmable time diversity and interleaving of streams to combat burst packet losses
- Integrated with Intraplex IP Link Scheduler for automated scheduled program switching
- Integrated with Intraplex LiveLook (network analytics and monitoring software)
- N+1 redundancy with integrated control of external switching equipment
- IP Link 200: SynchroCast™ option provides dynamically managed precision delay for Single Frequency Network (SFN) broadcasting and simulcasting
- Support for IP multicast and multi-unicast
- Web browser user interface and SNMP network management
- Eight multipurpose contact closure inputs and outputs provide:
- Transport of logic signals with time-alignment to audio
- Stream control
- Alarm notification
Main Features of Intraplex® IP Link
- IP Link 100c [IPL100C]: Portable, half-rack unit; single bidirectional stereo audio channel
- IP Link 100e [IPL100E]: Modular plug-in card for Flexiva transmitters/exciters; single bidirectional stereo audio channel
- IP Link 100n [IPL100N]: Single bidirectional stereo audio channel
- IP Link 200 [IPL200]: Two bidirectional stereo audio channels
- IP Link MPXp [IPL100MP]: Single stereo channel,
Product Literature
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 100c [pdf, 774 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 100e [pdf, 851 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 100n [pdf, 765 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 200 [pdf, 674 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link MPXp [pdf, 651 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® Audio Processing [pdf, 732 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IntraAlert [pdf, 496 KB]
- Brochure for Intraplex® Product Line [pdf, 2 MB]
- Presentations
- FM SFNs: A Toolkit to Extend Radio Coverage 4/30/2020 [pdf, 10 MB]
- Intraplex Audio Systems: Customer Use Cases 4/21/2020 [pdf, 3 MB]
- Intraplex IP Audio Contribution & Distribution Capabilities 4/14/2020 [pdf, 4 MB]
- Next Generation Radio Transmission Systems 4/9/2020 [pdf, 7 MB]
- FM Boosters 2.0 – It’s Not Your Father’s SFN 4/8/2018 [pdf, 4 MB]
- Reliable Transport of Audio and Data Over IP 4/23/2017 [pdf, 486 KB]
- Single Frequency Networks: SynchroCast™ 4/23/2017 [pdf, 1 MB]
- Analyzing Requirements For IP STL 4/17/2016 [pdf, 658 KB]
- Audio Over IP – Technology Considerations 9/12/2015 [pdf, 691 KB]
- Synchronous Boosters for Single Frequency Networking and MaxxCasting 8/1/2015 [pdf, 2 MB]
- The Role of Network Packet Loss Modeling in Reliable Transport of Broadcast Audio 4/14/2015 [pdf, 1 MB]
- White Papers
- FM Boosters 2.0 – It’s Not Your Father’s SFN 4/8/2018 [pdf, 1 MB]
- The Role of Network Packet Loss Modeling in Reliable Transport of Broadcast Audio 2/5/2015 [pdf, 2 MB]
- Methods for Mitigating IP Network Packet Loss in Real Time Audio Streaming Applications 2/5/2014 [pdf, 465 KB]
- Press Releases
- GatesAir TV and FM Transmitter Lines Expand to Meet Low-Power Demand 9/3/2024
- GatesAir Unveils Trio of New Intraplex Solutions at IBC2024 8/19/2024
- GatesAir Adds Targeted Advertising Capabilities to Intraplex IP Codecs and Ascent Cloud Platform 4/9/2024
- GatesAir Adds to Flexiva GX Transmitter Family 3/19/2024
- GatesAir to Introduce New Intraplex IP Link Codec and Efficient MPX Transport Application at IBC 8/29/2023
- GatesAir Shines a Light on Global Radio Transmission Trends at IBC 8/22/2023
- GatesAir Unveils Intraplex Cloud Monitoring Service at NAB Show 2023 4/12/2023
- GatesAir Supplies FM and HD Radio Systems to WAY Media Stations 10/25/2022
- GatesAir Expands Low-Power FM Transmission Family with Flexiva GX Series 8/17/2022
- GatesAir Adds Audio Processing to Intraplex IP and Cloud Transport Solutions 10/27/2021
- GatesAir Integrates Intraplex Audio over IP Transport Within Flexiva Radio Transmitters 8/26/2020
- GatesAir and StreamGuys Enable Cloud Services with Intraplex Networking Solutions 6/10/2020
- GatesAir Promotes Keyur Parikh to Vice President of Engineering 6/8/2020
- Media Update Alert: GatesAir Wins in Bulgaria 5/19/2020
- Media Update Alert: GatesAir Sets Sights on NAB Show Express 5/12/2020
- GatesAir Supplies KAKT(FM) with End-to-End HD Radio Solution 8/7/2019
- GatesAir Integrates Video over IP Support into Intraplex® Ascent Transport Platform 8/1/2019
- GatesAir Introduces Intraplex® Ascent to Address Broadcast and IT Convergence for Audio over IP Transport 3/7/2019
- GatesAir Channel Partner FS24 Opens Technical Support Center in Argentina 10/18/2018
- GatesAir Addresses Broadcast and IT Convergence with New Intraplex Audio over IP Transport Platform at IBC2018 8/23/2018
- GatesAir Amplifies Efficiency and Functionality for DAB Radio Ecosystem at IBC2018 7/26/2018
- GatesAir Appoints Tony Gervasi as Intraplex Broadcast Sales Manager 4/4/2018
- GatesAir Fortifies Data Protection over IP Networks with New Intraplex® IPConnect Gateway 3/14/2018
- GatesAir Implements AES67 Interoperability for Audio over IP Signal Transport 2/28/2018
- GatesAir Brings Transmission and Networking Innovations to CABSAT 1/9/2018
- GatesAir Strengthens IP Data Protection, Bandwidth Efficiency for Radio Broadcasters at IBC2017 8/1/2017
- GatesAir and Tecom Group Strengthen Intraplex® IP Link with a Centralized Management Tool 4/21/2017
- GatesAir Enhances IP Data Protection for Radio Broadcasters with Intraplex® IPConnect 4/12/2017
- GatesAir to Showcase Robust Delivery of Public Safety Communications over IP Networks at IWCE 3/8/2017
- GatesAir Wins Largest Single-Frequency Network FM Radio Rollout in the Middle East 3/7/2017
- GatesAir Halves Bandwidth Consumption for Uncompressed Digital IP STL Transport 3/6/2017
- Tanana Valley Television and Radio Chooses Turnkey GatesAir Transmission and Studio Systems 6/27/2016
- GatesAir Announces Second Annual Customer Event, Conference Presentations for 2016 NAB Show 4/7/2016
- GatesAir and Burk Technology Establish SNMP over IP Path for Richer RF Monitoring 3/28/2016
- GatesAir Expands Intraplex® IP Link Family at 2016 NAB Show 3/2/2016
- GatesAir Second Annual Repack Summit Explores Impact of Channel Relocation, Transition to ATSC 3.0 11/30/2015
- GatesAir Boosts IP Transport Capacity for Microwave STL Connections 9/28/2015
- GatesAir Expands Intelligent IP Networking Portfolio Across Over-The-Air Radio Spectrum 8/19/2015
- GatesAir Appoints Omnicast as an Australian Distribution Channel 6/23/2015
- GatesAir Boosts Network Reliability, Stream Monitoring for IP Transport 3/26/2015
- GatesAir Transitions WRLY-LP to Intelligent IP Networking Solution 11/3/2014
- GeoBroadcast Solutions Helps West Virginia Radio Maximize Coverage with MaxxCasting™ 9/10/2014
- GatesAir Optimizes Next-Generation Over-The-Air Platforms at The Radio Show 9/9/2014
- Bible Broadcasting Network Delivers its Message with GatesAir 9/2/2014
- IBC2014: GatesAir Showcases Intelligent Networking, Interoperability for Reliable IP Signal Transport 8/12/2014
- GatesAir Emphasizes Transport and Delivery for Over-The-Air Networks at BroadcastAsia2014 6/9/2014
- GatesAir Simplifies On-Air Program Synchronization Across Transmitter Networks 4/6/2014
- GatesAir AES-192 Solution Breaks New Ground in Signal Transport over IP for Radio Broadcasters 4/2/2014
Product Literature
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 100c [pdf, 774 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 100e [pdf, 851 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 100n [pdf, 765 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link 200 [pdf, 674 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IP Link MPXp [pdf, 651 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® Audio Processing [pdf, 732 KB]
- Data Sheet for Intraplex® IntraAlert [pdf, 496 KB]
- Brochure for Intraplex® Product Line [pdf, 2 MB]
- Presentations
- FM SFNs: A Toolkit to Extend Radio Coverage 4/30/2020 [pdf, 10 MB]
- Intraplex Audio Systems: Customer Use Cases 4/21/2020 [pdf, 3 MB]
- Intraplex IP Audio Contribution & Distribution Capabilities 4/14/2020 [pdf, 4 MB]
- White Papers
- FM Boosters 2.0 – It’s Not Your Father’s SFN 4/8/2018 [pdf, 1 MB]
- The Role of Network Packet Loss Modeling in Reliable Transport of Broadcast Audio 2/5/2015 [pdf, 2 MB]
- Methods for Mitigating IP Network Packet Loss in Real Time Audio Streaming Applications 2/5/2014 [pdf, 465 KB]
- Press Releases
Video
Intraplex IP Audio Contribution & Distribution Capabilities
Intraplex Audio Systems: Customer Use Cases
GatesAir Unveils 5G Broadcasting Innovations at IBC2024 – The Future of OTA Technology
FM SFNs: A Toolkit to Extend Radio Coverage
Using Contact Closures to Improve Streaming Workflows
NAB Show 2019 | Intraplex IP Link
Intraplex® IP Link MPXp | GatesAir Connect Product Overview
Essential AoIP STL with Intraplex IP Link 100 | GatesAir Connect Webinar Series
GatesAir Empowers OTA Broadcast Infrastructure at NAB Show 2018 | InBroadcast Insight
Intraplex® IPConnect | GatesAir Connect Product Overview/Demo
Leveraging Intraplex LiveLook analytics to optimize AoIP performance | GatesAir Connect Webinar
InBroadcast InSight at IBC 2016 - GATESAIR
Intraplex® Products | NAB Show 2016 Webinar
InSight At NABSHOW 2016 GatesAir
GatesAir's IBC2015 Product Tour: InBroadcast InSight
Press and Accolades
Awards
- Best of Show 2018: Intraplex IP Link 200A (Radio World International Edition)
- Best of Show 2016: Intraplex® IP Link MPX (Radio World)
Articles
- User Report: MPR/APM Build Links With Burk (Radio World, 10/27/2020)
- Codecs Offer Redundancy, Backup and Failover (Radio World, 9/20/2020)
Press and Accolades
Awards
- Best of Show 2018: Intraplex IP Link 200A (Radio World International Edition)
- Best of Show 2016: Intraplex® IP Link MPX (Radio World)
- Best of Show 2016: Intraplex® IP Link MPX (Radio Magazine)
- Pick Hit 2013: Intraplex® IP Link (Radio Magazine)
- Pick Hit 2012: Intraplex® IP Link 100 (Radio Magazine)
- Best of Show 2017: Intraplex® IP Link MPXp (Radio Magazine)
- Best of Show 2023: Intraplex IP Link 100n (Radio World)
Articles
- User Report: MPR/APM Build Links With Burk (Radio World, 10/27/2020)
- Codecs Offer Redundancy, Backup and Failover (Radio World, 9/20/2020)
- Compact hardware codec from GatesAir (IBC Daily, 9/14/2020)
- GatesAir unveils modular Intraplex IP Links at IBC Showcase (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting, 9/10/2020)
- IBC Showcase 2020: 10 Essential Product Releases (TM Broadcast, 9/8/2020)
- GatesAir integra audio Intraplex sobre transporte IP dentro de Flexiva (Produ, 9/2/2020)
- GatesAir Integrates Intraplex Audio over IP Transport Within Flexiva Radio Transmitters (TheFuture.TV, 9/1/2020)
- Two New Intraplex IP Link Audio over IP Innovations, From GatesAir (Radio+Television Business Report, 9/1/2020)
- GatesAir integra audio Intraplex sobre IP en transmisores (TV y Video, 9/1/2020)
- AoIP purpose-built for GatesAir transmitters (IBC Daily, 8/28/2020)
- GatesAir Intraplex IP Link Audio-over-IP (Fast-and-Wide, 8/27/2020)
- GatesAir merges Intraplex Audio over IP transport in Flexiva radio transmitters (BroadcastPro Middle East, 8/27/2020)
- New Intraplex IP Links Include a Flexiva Plug-In (Radio World, 8/26/2020)
- GatesAir integrates Intraplex Audio over IP Transport within Flexiva Radio Transmitters (RadioInfo, 8/26/2020)
- GatesAir announces two new Intraplex IP Link Audio over IP innovations (TM Broadcast, 8/26/2020)
- The Old WAAF: A Greater LOVE for Boston (Radio & Television Business Report, 7/30/2020)
- Worcester, MA Station WKVB-FM Expands to the Boston-Market By Significantly Improving Its Signal Through a Diplexing Arrangement With WXLO-FM’s GBS HD MaxxCasting™ Antenna (Yahoo! Finance, 7/30/2020)
- Trends in Codecs and STLs for 2020 (Radio World, 7/29/2020)
- KWFN Deploys an HD Radio Single-Frequency Network (Radio World, 7/16/2020)
- GatesAir y StreamGuys habilitan servicios en la nube (TV y Video, 6/16/2020)
- GatesAir and StreamGuys Enable Cloud Services with Intraplex Networking Solutions (MediaNTEK, 6/15/2020)
- GatesAir y StreamGuys habilitan servicios en la nube con Intraplex (Newsline Report, 6/15/2020)
- GatesAir and StreamGuys Enable Cloud Services with Intraplex Networking Solutions (The Future of TV, 6/14/2020)
- GatesAir and StreamGuys enable cloud services with Intraplex Networking Solutions (Asia Radio Today, 6/14/2020)
- GatesAir, StreamGuys Translate Closures Into Metadata (Radio World, 6/14/2020)
- GatesAir Promotes Keyur Parikh to Vice President of Engineering (MediaNTEK, 6/12/2020)
- StreamGuys And GatesAir Team Up; Move Would Allow Live-Stream Ad Breaks (Inside Radio, 6/12/2020)
- GatesAir And StreamGuys Partner On Cloud Services (InBroadcast, 6/11/2020)
- GatesAir y StreamGuys habilitan servicios en la nube (Produ, 6/10/2020)
- GatesAir and StreamGuys Enable Cloud Services with Intraplex (Radio Online, 6/10/2020)
- Using Contact Closures to Improve Streaming Workflows – GatesAir and StreamGuys (Content+Technology, 6/10/2020)
- GatesAir partners with StreamGuys to automate server-side applications in the cloud (TM Broadcast, 6/10/2020)
- Dynamic Ad Insertion, Cloud-Based Recording Options For Radio (Radio & Television Business Report, 6/9/2020)
- GatesAir Selects A New Engineering VP With An Intraplex Plug (Radio & Television Business Report, 6/9/2020)
- GatesAir has promoted Keyur Parikh to Vice President of Engineering (RadioInfo, 6/9/2020)
- GatesAir promotes Keyur Parikh to vice president of engineering (Broadcast & CableSat, 6/9/2020)
- GatesAir: Keyur Parikh se torna o novo vice-presidente de engenharia (Panorama Audiovisual, 6/9/2020)
- GatesAir Promotes Parikh to VP of Engineering (Radio World, 6/8/2020)
- GatesAir Promotes Keyur Parikh To VP of Engineering (InBroadcast, 6/8/2020)
- GatesAir Promotes Parikh to Vice President of Engineering (TV Technology, 6/8/2020)