Glossary of the Bridge

Bridge

It is a hardware-software device engineered to receive audio/video streams from sources (cameras) via the RTSP protocol. It also executes the publication of video/audio data streams towards the VsaaS platform via the RTSP publishing protocol.

Camera

It is a video/audio stream source that transmits data via the RTSP protocol.

Endpoint

It is a microservice of the VSaaS platform that facilitates interaction/exchange of service information between:

• Controller <> MSE

• Bridge <> Control Plane

MSE

Stands for Media Server Engine. It is a high performance server to process information of video, audio, and data types.

System

A set of hardware-software solutions of the APIX video surveillance system.

User

The end user who interacts with all the system components to be able to view audio/video streams from cameras.

VMS

Stands for Video Management System. It is a management core designed to set up the video surveillance system.

VSaaS

It is a software platform with a modular architecture designed for video surveillance systems.