CHAPTER 12

Conferencing

In this chapter, you will learn about

• Conducting a needs analysis for conferencing systems

• The technologies and protocols required to place a conferencing call

• How to include multiple participants in an online conference

• How to conduct online conferences that span multiple networks

With many other IP-based AV applications, your goal is to determine how to modify the content to fit the existing network. Streaming and digital signage fall into this category. Basically, if the network doesn’t have enough bandwidth to deliver high-quality video in real time, these applications can accept a degree of latency or compression.

Conferencing is different because it’s interactive. You can’t expect users to wait online while ...

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