[AG-TECH] H.323 / Mbone Gateway Progress?

Mike Daw mike.daw at man.ac.uk
Fri May 24 04:19:51 CDT 2002


Thanks Tom, Ivan, Jeff and Jennifer for answers on this subject. Very
enlightening...

I guess my next step is to try the thing out. Watch this space (maybe!).

--Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Coffin [mailto:tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu]
> Sent: 23 May 2002 20:15
> To: Mike Daw; AG Technical Developers (E-mail)
> Cc: David Boyd (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] H.323 / Mbone Gateway Progress?
>
>
>
> At ACCESS we have been mixing h320 and h261 very successfully
> by breaking it all down into the comon denominators of video
> and audio.
>
> ...so... put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up! :)
>
> ___________________________________________
> At 05:07 PM 5/23/2002 +0100, Mike Daw wrote:
>    >I am trying to anticipate an issue that might be raised
> in the UK in the
>    >near future. This issue is that many companies have invested
> extensively in
>    >H.323 videoconferencing solutions and that the UK Govt.
> is beginning to
>    >invest widely in the AG solution in academia through the e-Science
> programme
>    >(12 nodes currently, more coming soon).
>    >
>    >So, the obvious question is, when will we be able to have
> a meeting
> from our
>    >AG node to someone's videoconferencing facility (forget about the
>    >desirability of this for the moment)?
>    >
>    >I've just spent a pleasant couple of hours reading a fascinating
> document I
>    >found on the web about a meeting attended (among others)
> by our very own
>    >Terry Disz, Bill Nickless and Bob Olson. This document
> outlines a lot
> of the
>    >technological issues as well as the desirability angle,
> given what the
> AG is
>    >trying to achieve. It's here, if anyone's interested:
>    >http://www.sura.org/info_tech/gateways/VC_gateway_report.html
>    >
>    >However, the discussion happened 18 months ago. Its
> conclusions talk about
>    >conducting a survey, looking into the shape of a possible
> H.323/Mbone
>    >gateway and thinking about funding for development work
> into this gateway.
>    >
>    >Can anyone tell me whether anything is happening or is planned to
> happen on
>    >this? What's gone on in the intervening 18 months?
>    >
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