Videoconferencing on ATM

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Videoconferencing on ATM
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Business Quality Videoconferencing
Quality, n., pl., adj., -- 1. an essential
characteristic, property or attribute - 2. degree
of excellence of fitness, 3. of or having
superior quality, 4. superiority

• The key to successful video collaboration is
  quality
• Video will be utilized in business in proportion
  to its quality
• Only Business-Quality video will gain strong
  acceptance in the business world
• Business-Quality Video keeps your experts in
  the office decreases business cost and increases
  productivity

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Intranet Video Collaboration
First Virtual delivers a complete set of
business-quality video collaboration tools over
the corporate Intranet

Video Conferencing Video On Demand Live Broadcast
Video Data
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Videoconferencing on ATM

• The traditional method for networking
  videoconferencing equipment was ISDN.
• First Virtual changed the nature of
  videoconferencing by implementing it on standards
  based ATM
• Videoconferencing units connect to a centralized
  ISDN Gateway.

V-Switch
3 x ISDN BRI Lines
V-Gate
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Benefits of ATM Videoconferencing

• ATM makes business-quality videoconferencing
  practical - ISDN locks you into lower quality
  videoconferencing
• ATM is less expensive to implement for
  videoconferencing than ISDN.
• ATM is less complex to implement for
  videoconferencing than ISDN.

V-Switch
V-Gate
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First Virtual Video Codec Support

• First Virtual began implementing ATM based
  videoconferencing on equipment from the market
  leader PictureTel and currently supports the
  following PictureTel systems
• Live 50
• Live 100
• Live 200p
• Venue 2000

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First Virtual New Codec Support

• First Virtual is now announcing greatly expanded
  support for the connection of additional vendors
  videoconferencing equipment to ATM
• Zydacron
• VTEL
• VCON
• Nortel

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First Virtual Zydacron Support

• First Virtual now provides an ATM interface
  direct to the Zydacron OnWAN Enterprise system.
• ATM is the practical way to network these
  high-end codecs that are capable of
  videoconferencing at T1 speeds.
• Connect the OnWAN using standard UTP cabling
  direct to the First Virtual V-Switch.
• Connect the First Virtual V-Gate to the V-Switch
  to enable remote ISDN videoconferencing.
• Install Zydacron videoconferencing without the
  complexity and expense of ISDN networking.

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First Virtual VTEL Support

• First Virtual now provides an ATM interface
  direct to the VTEL Team Concerencing 1000 2000
  and to the Leadership conferencing 5000.
• ATM provides VTEL videoconferencing at speeds of
  384Kb/s and beyond without the need for ISDN
  IMUXs
• Connect VTEL equipment using standard UTP cabling
  direct to the First Virtual V-Switch.
• Connect the First Virtual V-Gate to the V-Switch
  to enable remote ISDN videoconferencing.
• Install VTEL videoconferencing without the
  complexity and expense of ISDN networking.

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First Virtual VCON Support

• First Virtual now provides an ATM interface
  direct to the VCON Armarda Cruiser 100 and 150.
• ATM provides VCONs low cost and high quality
  videoconferencing without the need for expensive
  ISDN
• Connect VCON equipment using standard UTP cabling
  direct to the First Virtual V-Switch.
• Connect the First Virtual V-Gate to the V-Switch
  to enable remote ISDN videoconferencing.
• Install VCON videoconferencing without the
  complexity of ISDN networking.

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First Virtual Nortel Support

• First Virtual now provides an ATM interface
  direct to the Nortel Visit Multimedia
  Conferencing System.
• ATM provides support for the Nortel Visit
  applications such as electronic whiteboarding and
  application sharing without the need to pull ISDN
  cabling.
• Connect Nortel Visit equipment using standard UTP
  cabling direct to the First Virtual V-Switch.
• Connect the First Virtual V-Gate to the V-Switch
  to enable remote ISDN videoconferencing.
• Install Nortel Visit videoconferencing without
  the complexity and expense of ISDN networking.

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Why Connect VideoconferencingEquipment to ATM?

• ATM provides the Quality of Service that video
  requires
• ATM supports multiple data types concurrently
• ATM is becoming the stndard for corporate
  backbones

Data _at_ 10 Mb/s
Mpeg-2 _at_ 6.0 Mb/s
Videoconference _at_ 768 Kb/s
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Video quality is a function of QOS and Bandwidth
support
Good Streaming Support
Poor Streaming Support
Business Quality
Business Quality
Quality
Business Quality
Standard Quality
Best Effort Quality
Poor Quality
POTS
ATM
Ethernet
ISDN
ATM
ISDN
28.8 Kb/s - 64 Kb/s
128 Kb/s - 384 Kb/s
128 Kb/s
384 Kb/s - 2 Mb/s
2 Mb/s - 16Mb/s
384 Kb/s
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How to Connect VideoconferencingEquipment to ATM
Start with a standard PC
Add any H.320 Codec system
Add a First Virtual ATM card
Connect the PC to a First Virtual V-Switch
Add a First Virtual V-Gate
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Enterprise Videoconferencing

• First Virtual introduces three new products that
  dram-tically decrease the cost of campus and
  enterprise videoconferencing
• V-Room Room-system access switch
• RSAC Room-system access module
• HSSM WAN Videoconferencing module

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High Cost Traditional Solution Teleos and Ascend
UTP Cabling
UTP Cabling
UTP Cabling
ISDN Switch
ISDN
UTP Cabling
Use expensive I-MUX at each video station Use
expensive V-35 card in each workstation Use
expensive centralized ISDN switches
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Lower Cost First Virtual Solution
UTP Cabling
UTP Cabling
UTP Cabling
ISDN Gateway
ATM Switch
ISDN
UTP Cabling
No I-MUX at each video station Use low cost ATM
card in each workstation Use low cost centralized
ATM switches
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New Solutions for Room System Videoconferencing

• First Virtual introduces new low cost
  connectivity for high-end Room-System
  videoconferencing equipment such as the
  PictureTel Concorde 4500.
• V-Room A compact ATM - V.35 interface unit
  designed to be located with a room system and to
  connect the videoconferencing unit onto an ATM
  backbone.

Room System
Room System
ATM Backbone
UTP
UTP
ISDN
V-Gate
V-Room
V-Room
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New Solutions for Room System Videoconferencing

• First Virtual introduces new low cost
  connectivity for high-end Room-System
  videoconferencing equipment such as the
  PictureTel Concorde 4500.
• RSAM A V.35 interface module for the First
  Virtual ATM switch designed to interconnect
  larger installations of Room-System
  videoconferencing units to an ATM backbone. Up to
  six Room Systems can be connected to a single
  V-Switch.

Room-System
Room-System
RSAM Modules
V.35
V.35
ISDN
V-Gate
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New Solutions for Room System Videoconferencing

• First Virtual introduces new low cost
  connectivity for wide area videoconferencing.
• HSSM A high speed dual serial interface module
  for the First Virtual V-Switch designed to carry
  both video and data over the existing T1/T3
  networks present in many corporate installations.

T1
T1
V-Switch
T1
T1
V-Gate
ISDN
Ethernet LAN
Ethernet LAN
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Summary First Virtual Enables Lower Cost
Videoconferencing

• First Virtual provides the lowest cost way to
  implement enterprise videoconferencing, both in
  the campus and the wide area.
• First Virtuals ATM based solutions are more
  flexible than traditional videoconferencing
  implementations - providing the ability to
  transport voice and data as well as very high
  quality video conferencing.
• First Virtual has the most comprehensive solution
  for videoconferencing in the industry with
  solution that network all of the leading
  videoconferencing vendors.

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Video At Your Fingertips
V-Caster
V-Recorder
Video
Video Network
Video
Anywhere
ISDN
V-Cache
V-Gate
Anywhere
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