diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8ce206f620678e0140ce3e9b316eca4f07bbb70a..757cccd5b29550b3939e67584af79d432590b0cb 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1797,15 +1797,15 @@ RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/BFRawFormat.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/BeamCoordinates.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/BeamFormedData.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CN_ProcessingPlan.h -text
-RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CN_Stream.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/InverseFilteredData.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/ProcessingPlan.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/StokesData.h -text
+RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/Stream.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/StreamableData.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/TransposedBeamFormedData.h -text
 RTCP/Interface/src/BeamCoordinates.cc -text
 RTCP/Interface/src/CN_ProcessingPlan.cc -text
-RTCP/Interface/src/CN_Stream.cc -text
+RTCP/Interface/src/Stream.cc -text
 RTCP/LofarStMan/CMakeLists.txt -text
 RTCP/LofarStMan/include/LofarStMan/CMakeLists.txt -text
 RTCP/LofarStMan/src/CMakeLists.txt -text
diff --git a/RTCP/CNProc/src/CN_Processing_main.cc b/RTCP/CNProc/src/CN_Processing_main.cc
index 38bc45dd8ddbbbd2108739e4328e3fa43beb68c2..17f866792d7fa8a87f1fbcf915ec069b1f262ec0 100644
--- a/RTCP/CNProc/src/CN_Processing_main.cc
+++ b/RTCP/CNProc/src/CN_Processing_main.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <Interface/CN_Command.h>
 #include <Interface/CN_Configuration.h>
 #include <Interface/Exceptions.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 #include <CNProc/LocationInfo.h>
 #include <CNProc/CN_Processing.h>
 #include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
diff --git a/RTCP/IONProc/src/BeamletBufferToComputeNode.cc b/RTCP/IONProc/src/BeamletBufferToComputeNode.cc
index 80601833fd505c6d1595110b71b3ab1a4c437cfe..3affe7d4655c10c4b620a9ef058ed7db9c0585c7 100644
--- a/RTCP/IONProc/src/BeamletBufferToComputeNode.cc
+++ b/RTCP/IONProc/src/BeamletBufferToComputeNode.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <Interface/BFRawFormat.h>
 #include <Interface/CN_Command.h>
 #include <Interface/CN_Mapping.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 #include <Interface/SubbandMetaData.h>
 #include <Interface/Exceptions.h>
 
diff --git a/RTCP/IONProc/src/ION_main.cc b/RTCP/IONProc/src/ION_main.cc
index 99ede0985e1e076eb5200395a66fe64da01a3412..3e31fc0060276a185f6b1c62d2c7ff76be72a385 100644
--- a/RTCP/IONProc/src/ION_main.cc
+++ b/RTCP/IONProc/src/ION_main.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
 #include <Common/SystemCallException.h>
 #include <Interface/CN_Command.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 #include <Interface/CN_Mapping.h>
 #include <Interface/Exceptions.h>
 #include <Interface/Parset.h>
diff --git a/RTCP/IONProc/src/InputSection.cc b/RTCP/IONProc/src/InputSection.cc
index 3d43d4ac40628a94728f0a1ae4e49e764c392dae..ed2a44ed8f893951c49e977c89c61fbc0a88ea86 100644
--- a/RTCP/IONProc/src/InputSection.cc
+++ b/RTCP/IONProc/src/InputSection.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 //# Includes
 #include <InputSection.h>
 #include <Stream/SocketStream.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
 using boost::format;
diff --git a/RTCP/IONProc/src/OutputThread.cc b/RTCP/IONProc/src/OutputThread.cc
index 1f06efdb71cfd0dadb78c34c08b0e2af09755a5c..08dbcd14dc6ca4e7d9b8e1ac0799b979f8487401 100644
--- a/RTCP/IONProc/src/OutputThread.cc
+++ b/RTCP/IONProc/src/OutputThread.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <IONProc/ION_Allocator.h>
 #include <IONProc/OutputThread.h>
 #include <IONProc/Scheduling.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 #include <Stream/SocketStream.h>
 #include <Thread/Semaphore.h>
 
diff --git a/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CMakeLists.txt b/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 363a2597688e54ca9711d0b65d19a0d3d7afb870..9a5a30f3f7f8ed3e2c2e8f1c80bc23028c12273f 100644
--- a/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set(inst_HEADERS
   CN_Command.h
   CN_Configuration.h
   CN_Mapping.h
-  CN_Stream.h
+  Stream.h
   CorrelatedData.h
   Config.h
   FilteredData.h
diff --git a/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CN_Stream.h b/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/Stream.h
similarity index 87%
rename from RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CN_Stream.h
rename to RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/Stream.h
index f8fb43f30fc55c2108b72166ec369a5e98e4240e..9b6c9488f438b3f707da5c7cd84fa644f92f48ba 100644
--- a/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/CN_Stream.h
+++ b/RTCP/Interface/include/Interface/Stream.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//#  CN_Stream.h: functions to construct streams between ION/CN/Storage
+//#  Stream.h: functions to construct streams between ION/CN/Storage
 //#
 //#  Copyright (C) 2006
 //#  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 //#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 //#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 //#
-//#  $Id: CN_Stream.h 16488 2010-10-07 10:06:14Z mol $
+//#  $Id: Stream.h 16488 2010-10-07 10:06:14Z mol $
 
-#ifndef LOFAR_INTERFACE_CN_STREAM_H
-#define LOFAR_INTERFACE_CN_STREAM_H
+#ifndef LOFAR_INTERFACE_STREAM_H
+#define LOFAR_INTERFACE_STREAM_H
 
 #include <Stream/Stream.h>
 #include <string>
diff --git a/RTCP/Interface/src/CMakeLists.txt b/RTCP/Interface/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d93b026ad61a4ac79aaac4eb4357ea63221e5c3..af509877695e4e7b420731c61f53ffe6a08cebad 100644
--- a/RTCP/Interface/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/RTCP/Interface/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ lofar_add_library(interface
   CN_Configuration.cc
   CN_Mapping.cc
   CN_ProcessingPlan.cc
-  CN_Stream.cc
+  Stream.cc
   Parset.cc
   RSPTimeStamp.cc)
 
diff --git a/RTCP/Interface/src/CN_Stream.cc b/RTCP/Interface/src/Stream.cc
similarity index 97%
rename from RTCP/Interface/src/CN_Stream.cc
rename to RTCP/Interface/src/Stream.cc
index 519e776a478eb6437ed913760fbfbac07aa7b078..dcf606d3bd09c2a6136de56c764376013a8daa88 100644
--- a/RTCP/Interface/src/CN_Stream.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Interface/src/Stream.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//#  CN_Stream.cc: one line descriptor
+//#  Stream.cc: one line descriptor
 //#
 //#  Copyright (C) 2006
 //#  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 //#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 //#
-//#  $Id: CN_Stream.cc 16396 2010-09-27 12:12:24Z mol $
+//#  $Id: Stream.cc 16396 2010-09-27 12:12:24Z mol $
 
 //# Always #include <lofar_config.h> first!
 #include <lofar_config.h>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 //# Includes
 #include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
 #include <Interface/Exceptions.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 #include <Common/StringUtil.h>
 
 #include <Stream/FileStream.h>
diff --git a/RTCP/Storage/src/InputThread.cc b/RTCP/Storage/src/InputThread.cc
index 7c3f8d4ec9e6baee82a06f1e420ddabdc323eab8..3b9e21901018f479f26db1e38dd1f5312a2f773a 100644
--- a/RTCP/Storage/src/InputThread.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Storage/src/InputThread.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <lofar_config.h>
 
 #include <Storage/InputThread.h>
-#include <Interface/CN_Stream.h>
+#include <Interface/Stream.h>
 #include <Stream/NullStream.h>
 #include <Stream/SocketStream.h>
 #include <Common/DataConvert.h>