Video Communications: The Whole Picture

by James Wilcox, David Gibson

Overview

Case studies document how, in businesses all across this country, people are communicating via videoconferences with broadcast quality reception. The authors detail how the proliferation of IP networks has driven quality improvements and cost savings in

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138412460
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/27/2017
Pages:	506
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James R. Wilcox has more than two decades of experience in the communications industry and is an executive with Sprint in Portland, OR.
David Gibson is an expert on video applications over mobile and wireless networks, and is also based in Portland, OR.

Table of Contents

1 An Introduction to Video Communications 2 Video Communication Applications 3 Case profiles 4 The Business Case 5 The History and the technology of Analog Video 6 Coding and Compression 7 Standards for Video Conferencing 8 Standards for Audiographic Conferencing 9 Mobile Video Conferencing and Interactive Multimedia 10 Standards for Conferencing over IP networks 11 Circuit-Switched Networks 12 packet-Switched Networks 13 Group Systems 14 Implementing Group-Oriented Systems 15 Personal Conferencing 16 Evaluating and Buying a Personal Conferencing System 17 Information Security and Video Communications 18 The Future of Video Communications