Advanced Bionics CI-5293 - Quality of Service

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Quality of Service
The proprietary wireless communication protocol used to connect to Phonak wireless
accessories meets a Quality of Service of an audio error rate of 0.008 which translates
to a maximum of 2 missed audio frames per second and maintains good audio quality.
The Sonova Binaural Protocol used to communicate between hearing instruments meets
a Quality of Serviceof a frame error rate (FER) of 1.6% to maintain good audioquality.
All Bluetooth-related features of the product such asHFP, A2DP, and BLE services
meet Quality of Service requirements that are determined by the Bluetooth Special
Interest Group (SIG).
Wireless Safety and Performance
Wireless Safety Measures have been put into place for theSonova proprietary protocols:
• A proprietary network protocol which creates and manages the devices in the
network.
• A unique binaural group ID programmed to the processor and its accessories
at fitting time for SBP which is validated during each transmission.