Las Vegas - Apr 11, 2011 - Fraunhofer IIS has launched the Fraunhofer Verification Program to enable licensees of Fraunhofer's HE-AAC decoder to verify the audio quality of their implementations. Customers who successfully participate in the Verification Program may be listed with their verified implementations.

The decoder implementations must pass 100 percent of the verification tests in several real-life scenarios, whichinclude streaming capabilities. For this purpose, Fraunhofer IIS provides abroad selection of test bitstreams and a test tool, which helps to reduce development and implementation time, enabling a faster time to market. The HE-AAC codec supports multi-channel broadcasting at 160k/s.