Videoconferencing: The Whole Picture

by James Wilcox

Overview

This text aims to help the reader understand all aspects of videoconferencing. It includes: an overview of the history and technology; a section on security for Internet-based videoconferencing as well as expanded coverage of standards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578200542
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/09/2000
Edition description:	3RD
Pages:	632
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(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.

Table of Contents

1: Part One Videoconferencing:Terms, Conceptas And Applications; 1: An Introduction to Videoconferencing; 2: Videoconferencing Applications; 3: Case Studies; 4: The Business Case; 2: Technologies and Standards For Video Communications; 5: The History and Technology of Analog Video; 6: Coding and Compression; 7: Standards For Videoconferencing; 8: Standards For Audiographic Conferencing; 9: Standards For Conferencing Over IP Networks; 10: Circuit-Switched Networks; 11: Packet-Switched Networks; 3: Evaluating & Buying Video Communication Systems; 12: Group Systems; 13: Implementing Group-Oriented Systems; 14: Personal Conferencing; 15: Evaluating & Buying A Personal Conferencing System; 16: Information Security & Video Communications; 4: The Future; 17: The Future of Video Communications