Author_Institution :
Delta Inf. Syst., Horsham, PA, USA
Abstract :
Video teleconferencing (VTC) is being successfully employed throughout the Department of Defense (DoD), in both strategic and tactical environments. It is also being deployed in a wide range of communication network infrastructures: mobile, circuit switched, ISDN, ATM, LAN, Internet, DCTN, and FTS2000. Fortunately commercial VTC standards are being employed in most of these applications thereby contributing to interoperability between these diverse terminals and networks. This paper reviews the status of VTC standards and some of the key applications throughout the DoD. Standards which are reviewed include H.320 (N-ISDN), H.323 (LAN and Internet), H.324 (POTS), H.324M (mobile), H.310 (B-ISDN), and T.120 (desktop collaboration)
Keywords :
circuit switching; land mobile radio; military communication; multimedia communication; open systems; telecommunication networks; telecommunication standards; teleconferencing; ATM; B-ISDN; DCTN; Department of Defense; DoD; FTS2000; H.310; H.320; H.323; H.324; H.324M; ISDN; Internet; LAN; N-ISDN; POTS; T.120; circuit switched networks; communication network infrastructures; desktop collaboration; interoperability; mobile networks; multimedia communication; standards; strategic environments; tactical environments; video teleconferencing; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Communication networks; Communication switching; IP networks; ISDN; Internet; Local area networks; Switching circuits; Teleconferencing;
