11 april 2023

SURFcontactHD videoconferencing service developed by SURFnet

Agenda

- Functionality of the HDVC-service (high-level)

- Set-up of the service

- Wealth of clients

- Business-case

- Functionality (practical issues)

- Adoption of HD-videoconference

SURFnet, grensverleggend netwerk voor hoger onderwijs en onderzoek2

HD videoconferencing service

Functionality

- Group videoconferencing

- Live streaming and recording

- Videoconferencing through

firewall

- Session booking system

- Monitoring & service reporting

Service

- Management

- Operations

- Support

- Further development

Standards

- Transport = IP

- Protocol = H.323/SIP/H.460

- Quality = HD (720/1080p)

- Numberplan = GDS/E.164

The heart of the service

40 ports HD MCU

Videoconferencing infra

SURFnet

Hospital

UMC

IKC

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GKGK

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HD hardware clients

Polycom HDX 4000H.323/SIP/H.460

Tandberg 1700 MXPH.323/SIP/H.460

For individual usage!

HD hardware clients

Tandberg 3000 MXPH.323/SIP/H.460

Polycom HDX 7000H.323/SIP/H.460

For small groups, easy to relocate

HD hardware clients

LifeSize Express/ RoomH.323/SIP

Tandberg EdgeH.323/SIP/H.460

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For larger groups (room based)

HDVC Telepresence

9

Polycom RPX HD

Tandberg Experia Cisco Telepresence 3000

LifeSize Telepresence

For the boardroom…

Software Clients

10

Polycom PVX H.323/SIP/H.460

PC with Intel Pentium IV 1.8 GHz Microsoft Windows XP or VistaInternet Explorer® 6.0 or later Microsoft Direct X 9.0b or later Windows Media Player 9.0 or later A USB webcam and headset

For use at home!

- HD VC Infrastructure ready for service- Institutions are transferred from current SD-

service- First live tests conducted with users

- January:- 2nd line support- External service description, manual etc.- Booking system

- February:- Pre-production

- As of 1 March: fully operational service

Current state of the service

HD MCU in action!

- Customer driven: service developed on request of UMC’s (academic hospitals)

- Five UMC’s have committed for a 3-year period at 25 kEuro/year

- UMC’s cooperate with IKC’s (integral cancer centers with regional function)

- Three IKC’s have committed for a pilot period of 18 months

Business case

Institutions and guest institutions

Functionality provided

Institutions receive:

Permanent rooms on MCU (10) Ad-hoc rooms on MCU (unlimited) Recording of sessions (unlimited) Streaming of sessions (unlimited) Second line support Monthly reporting

Guest institutions receive:

No permanent rooms on MCU No ad-hoc rooms on MCU No recording of sessions No streaming of sessions Second line support No monthly reporting

Adoption of HD VC

Project with following rules

Well defined project proposal including management support

Maximum contribution of 15 kEuro per institution

Contribution based on matching Implementation ultimately 1 August 2009

End-points support H.323 and/or SIP and 720p / 1080p HD

Stimulating adoption of HD VC by means of a contest

Results:

25 compliant project proposals incl. 9 universities, 6 polytechnics & 4 academic hospitals)

Project proves that local HDVC sets have become affordable

All proposals will receive maximum contribution

Significant take-up of HDVC in higher education in 2009

Technical guidelines results in standardization (interoperability)

Adoption of HDVC expected to increase demand of HDMCU

Increased demand of HDMCU results in lower tariffs for HDVC-service

Lower tariffs results in increased adoption of HDVC (‘chicken & egg’)

Questions?

MCU

Border Controller

Gatekeeper

Tandberg

GDSIPVCR

Codian

Firewall Traversal

Functional design1e line support

Productdecomposition

H.323

H.460

IKC

UMC

SIP