VDM Angermann, R: Video Conferencing in High Bandwidth Access Ne

Future high speed access networks offer the opportunity to implement high quality video conferencing systems. Based on the RoCS demo network at the Carinthia Tech Institute in Klagenfurt, Austria, two different solutions for video conferencing are analyzed. On the one hand, the assets and drawbacks of using the widely accepted Video for Windows standard are discussed, and on the other hand, the usage of the iPORT software development kit from Pleora Technologies is covered in this book. Furthermore, as video quality in such systems strongly depends on hardware, an evaluation of frame grabbers and cameras along with the compatible software leads to a system recommendation for a state-of-the-art optical demo-network.