# SMPTE ST 2110
**Domain:** Professional Media / Real-Time Networks
**Doc Type:** Technical Standards Node
**Maturity:** Established Standards Suite
**Related:** [[DICOM Real-Time Video]], [[Real-Time Transport Protocol]], [[Essence Flow]], [[Precision Time Protocol]]
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## Definition
**SMPTE ST 2110** is a suite of standards for transporting separate professional video, audio, and ancillary-data essence flows over managed IP networks. Separating flows allows each essence type to be routed and processed independently while remaining synchronized.
## Clinical role
DICOM-RTV uses this media architecture as a transport substrate and adds DICOM-specific metadata and clinical object semantics.