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Description

THE VTC TECHNOLOGY BRICK HAS BEEN RETIRED BY THE UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS - CONFERENCING AND ENDPOINT BRICKS.

Video teleconferencing technology allows two or more people at different locations to see and hear each other simultaneously, often times even sharing computer applications for collaboration. 

 

Endpoints are used to facilitate video telecommunication.  An endpoint is a terminal, Gateway or multipoint control unit (MCU). Terminals are the clients on the local area network (LAN) that provide real-time, two-way video and audio communications.

Tactical

(0-2 years)

  • ITU-T Recommendations H.320 and H.323 at 768k
  • High Definition (HD) Session Initiated Protocol (SIP)

Strategic

(2-5 years)

  • ITU-T Recommendations H.320 and H.323 at 1MB
  • High Definition (HD) Session Initiated Protocol (SIP)
  • 3G Mobile Telepresence

Retirement

(To be eliminated)

Containment

(No new development

  • International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Recommendation H.320 and H.323 at 384k

Baseline

(Today)

  • International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Recommendation H.320 and H.323 at 384k
  • ITU-T Recommendations H.320 and H.323 at 768k
  • High Definition (HD) Session Initiated Protocol (SIP)

Emerging

(To track)

  • Integration of H.320 and H.323 web collaboration
  • Desktop VTC

Comments

 

  • Tactical and Strategic technologies were selected to leverage NIH’s investment in protocols that are a proven fit for NIH’s known future needs.  Leveraging baseline protocols in the future will minimize the operations, maintenance, support and training costs for new products and services.
  • Some baseline protocols have been designated retirement and containment. These protocols are either not as widely or successfully deployed at NIH, or they do not provide as much functionality, value, or Total Cost of Ownership as the selected tactical and strategic technologies.
  • Please contact the CIT VTC group at NIHVTCadmin@mail.nih.gov to obtain VTC Endpoint information and registration/installation forms.


Time Table

This architecture definition approved on: 9/24/2008

The next review is scheduled in: TBD