AdTech field guide

Understand the infrastructure
behind every decision.

Clear definitions for the protocols, commercial models and operating concepts used across the Nexus platform—written for product, commercial and technical teams.

Shared language

AdTech is complex.
The explanation should not be.

A platform evaluation becomes easier when every stakeholder understands what moves through the system, where decisions happen and which team controls the outcome. This guide connects common industry terms to practical Nexus workflows.

01

OpenRTB

An open protocol used to exchange bid requests and bid responses between programmatic advertising systems in real time.

IN NEXUS

Nexus uses governed OpenRTB integration patterns to connect supply and demand while keeping routing and commercial policy visible.

02

VAST

The Video Ad Serving Template standard describes how a video player discovers, tracks and renders an advertisement.

IN NEXUS

Nexus supports VAST-oriented operations across web, app and connected TV delivery paths.

03

XML / JSON feed

A structured stream of offers, advertisements or partner records exchanged between systems outside a real-time auction.

IN NEXUS

Nexus normalizes partner fields, delivery rules and feed workflows before traffic reaches a monetization destination.

04

CPA

Cost per action is a commercial model in which value is tied to a validated outcome such as a registration, lead or sale.

IN NEXUS

Nexus keeps campaign operations, conversion validation and partner configuration within the same control plane.

05

QPS

Queries per second expresses the request rate an advertising integration or endpoint is expected to process.

IN NEXUS

Capacity limits and routing policy belong in governed platform configuration rather than scattered partner notes.

06

Control plane

The operational layer used to configure, observe and govern systems without placing every decision inside the data path.

IN NEXUS

Nexus provides a shared control plane above independent revenue engines and tenant infrastructure.

07

Multi-tenant platform

A system that operates isolated customer or business environments through a shared product and operating model.

IN NEXUS

Nexus can keep tenant URLs, connections, modules and limits distinct while preserving centralized administration.

08

MCP

Model Context Protocol is an open protocol that lets AI clients discover and call approved tools and read structured resources.

IN NEXUS

The Nexus MCP server exposes product knowledge, capability discovery and deployment guidance to compatible AI clients.

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