Reibungslose Übertragung der virtuellen Mitgliederversammlung 2020 der GEMA

The demands on data transmission for an event streaming are high. At an official occasion such as the GEMA general meeting, legal requirements come on top of the large number of participants and viewers. Together with LanWorX, ASCEND supplied three floors of the GEMA headquarters with multiply redundant internet access for the event and ensured uninterrupted transmission.

"When broadcasting the general meeting to the 80,000 members and up to 1,000 parallel viewers, nothing was allowed to stutter for legal reasons," explains Johannes Fickeis, Managing Director of ASCEND GmbH, referring to the especially high demands placed on the SD-WAN system provided.

To meet these demands, the stream was sent to an external server and distributed from there. For this purpose, ASCEND provided two Peplink Balance 710 routers with two switches as a high-availability setup. The setup was connected to multiple internet connections:

• 6 LTE lines from three different providers
• one wired internet connection

As soon as a line deteriorated — i.e. became unsuitable for transmitting video and audio signals — it was automatically and without interruption excluded from the transmission. Once it became suitable again, it was automatically and without interruption reintegrated into the transmission.

Image credits

General meeting – GEMA.de

This article was researched and written with AI assistance and reviewed prior to publication by Ascend's certified engineers.