Below are several links to
information that might be of interest to you. If you know of other sites
that might be of interest to others, please email them to kstack@cenic.org with
your comments so we can add them to this web page.
National and International Initiatives
- Internet2 Commons
- Internet2 Commons
has information on many aspects of video conferencing, including VOIP projects
and how to participate, Certification of Site Coordinators, and White Papers
on H.323.
- ViDe
- ViDe's main web page has
information and references about H.323 video conferencing. ViDe stands for
Video Development Initiative.
- H.323 Forum
- From
the about page: "The H.323 ForumT was created under IMTC (with ITU support)
to address a growing industry need to promote H.323 protocol awareness."
- The
OpenH323 Project
- From the home page: "The OpenH323 project aims to
create a full featured, interoperable, Open Source implementation of the
ITU-T H.323 teleconferencing protocol that can be used by personal developers
and commercial users without charge."
Guides and Tutorials
- ViDe Videoconferencing Cookbook
- Contains
a wide variety of information regarding Video Conferencing, written in an accessible
and lively style.
- Australian
VoIP Overview
- A very gentle overview of Video over IP from Australia's Academic
and Research Network.
White Papers and Technical Information
- Quality of Service Configuration for
TCP/IP Video Conferencing
- Abstract: As the CVS project rolls out new H.323
IP Based Videoconferencing technologies, it is important for campuses to ensure
quality delivery of this service. This paper discusses Quality of Service (QoS)
network configuration practices and includes specific command line examples for
Cisco Powered Networks that can be used by campuses and therefore meet that goal.
- General
Quality of Service Practices for TCP/IP Video Conferencing
- Abstract: As the
CVS project rolls out new H.323 IP Based Videoconferencing technologies, it
is important for campuses to ensure quality delivery of this service. This paper
discusses general best practices and technologies that can be used by campuses
and therefore meet that goal.
- Deploying
H.323 Applications
- Cisco's White Paper on Deploying H.323 Applications in
Cisco Networks. A standard reference in the field; quite technical.
- H.323
Primer
- Overview of H.323. Includes a glossary.
- H.323
and Associated Protocols
- From the abstract: "This report describes the components,
protocols, and procedures in H.323; the challenges to the widespread adoption
of H.323; the outlook for H.323 as a standard for multimedia conferencing; and
key H.323 products and services."
- International
Engineering Consortium H.323 Tutorial
- From the overview: "This tutorial discusses
the H.323 protocol standard. H.323 is explained with an emphasis on gateways
and gatekeepers, which are components of an H.323 network. The call flows between
entities in an H.323 network are explained, and the interworking aspects of H.323
with H.32x family protocols are discussed."
- International
Egineering Consortium Gatekeeper Tutorial
- From the overview: "The goal of
this tutorial is to explain to developers, technical solutions builders, systems
integrators, and resellers the benefits of integrating a gatekeeper when designing
an H.323-based network for Internet protocol (IP)-telephony applications. This
tutorial will describe the functionality as well as the practical applications
of the gatekeeper from which many organizations have benefited when developing
their voice- and video-over-IP solutions."
- Demystifying
Multimedia Conferencing over the Internet Using the H.323 Set of Standards
- From
the introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the
H.323 core components and functionality and the current industry trends with
respect to H.323, such as IP telephony and corporate conferencing."
- Basic
Architecture of H.323
- Swiss Education and Research Network slide show overview.
- Introduction
to H.323 Videoconferencing
- From the introduction: "As the title, 'An Introduction
to H.323 Videoconferencing' suggests, the document caters for a wide range of
readers' knowledge and expertise. To highlight this point it was felt that not
all readers would understand some of the technical terms associated with network
technologies, and so terms such as bandwidth or transport layer could alienate
some members of our expected readership. To overcome this, appropriate additional
material has been included to aid the understanding of the less technically minded."
- Deploying
Secure Enterprise Wide IP Videoconferencing Across Virtual Private Networks
- From
the overview: "This document provides an overview of how to effectively and securely
provide IP-based videoconferencing applications between multiple locations within
a corporate enterprise, using dynamically created Virtual Private Networks across
the Internet."
Case Studies and Examples
- Arizona State Video Conferencing
over IP
- Information from Arizona State about their implementation of Video
over IP.
- New Jersey's Higher
Education Network
- Overview of New Jersey's Higher Education Network and how
it has been implemented.
- University
of Wisconsin-Extension H.323 Implementation
- A web page from University of
Wisconsin-Extension that includes resources to several Video Over IP web pages/information
including some listed above along with programs and courses that they offer.
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April 19, 2004
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