The National Certification Committee suggests the following as references in preparation for the Certified Broadcast Networking Engieer (CBNE) SBE certification examination. This is a list of publications that were used in the creation of the CBNE exam.
Titles in blue are linked and available through the SBE Bookstore, which offers a discount to SBE Members. Titles marked with an asterisk (*) are currently out of print; however, this does not mean they are out-of-date or unavailable through some booksellers or libraries.
Books
- Cisco CCNA Simplified – by Paul Browning, published by Reality Press Ltd, 2009, ISBN 0-9557-8153-1
- Communications Systems and Networks, 3rd edition – by Ray Horak, published by Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-7645-4899-9
- Digital Content Management – by Joan Van Tassel
- Ethernet: The Definitive Guide – by Charles Spurgeon, published by O’Reilly Media, 2000, ISBN 1-5659-2660-9
- IP Address Management Principles and Practice – by Timothy Rooney, published by Wiley-IEEE Press, 2011, ISBN 0-4705-8587-0
- LAN Wiring, 3rd Edition – by James Trulove, published by McGraw-Hill, 2005, ISBN 0-071-45975-8
- Networking for Dummies, 12th edition – by Doug Lowe, published by For Dummies, 2009, ISBN 0-470-53405-2
- Network Warrior – by Gary Donahue, published by O’Reilly Media, 2011, ISBN 1-4493-8786-1
- SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook – Jerry Whitaker, CPBE, 8-VSB, and the Society of Broadcast Engineers, published by McGraw-Hill, 2016, ISBN 978-0071826266
- Video Systems in an IT Environment – by Al Kovalick
Webinars by SBE
- Cybersecurity
- Fundamentals of IP Networking Series
- Advanced IP Networking Series
- Certified Broadcast Networking Engineer Study Topics
- IP Network Troubleshooting Series
- IP Networking
- IP Networking Security
Online Terminology Help
Some of the general areas of emphasis on the CBNE will be:
Audio/Video over IP for Broadcast
- Routing approaches
- IP address management
- UDP and TCP
- Unicast/Multicast
- Utilizing VPNs
- QOS and Packet Loss and Jitter
- IPv6
- Wireless transmission performance issues
Digital Content Management
- SMPTE/EBU Metadata framework
- General Metadata wrappers
- Process of MAM (Media asset management)
- Content management
- Digital Rights management
Video Systems in an IT World
- Networked Media
- Basics of File-Based Workflows
- Storage and play-out systems as optimized for video
- Large scale backup strategies
- Database connectivity (ODBC)
- High-Availability Design and Architecture
- SDI
Data Transmission Systems and Practices
- OSI layers
- IP Address Assignment
- DS and OC System data rates and service options
General PC Hardware, interconnection, and backup
- Hard Drive Types and Applications
- MAC Addresses and NICs
- Categories of interconnection wiring
- UTP and STP, Fiber Optic systems
- System Fauld Tolerance, RAID, SAN, NAS
- UPS Systems
