SURFcontact HD videoconferencing service developed by SURFnet

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SURFcontactHD videoconferencing service
developed by SURFnet
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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

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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

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The heart of the service
40 ports HD MCU
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Videoconferencing infra
VCS
HDMCU
GK
IPVCR
GK
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HD hardware clients
For individual usage!

• Polycom HDX 4000
• H.323/SIP/H.460

• Tandberg 1700 MXP
• H.323/SIP/H.460

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HD hardware clients
For small groups, easy to relocate

• Polycom HDX 7000
• H.323/SIP/H.460

• Tandberg 3000 MXPH.323/SIP/H.460

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HD hardware clients
For larger groups (room based)

• LifeSize Express/ Room
• H.323/SIP

• Tandberg Edge
• H.323/SIP/H.460

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HDVC Telepresence
For the boardroom
LifeSize Telepresence
Polycom RPX HD
Tandberg Experia
Cisco Telepresence 3000
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Software Clients
For use at home!
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
Polycom PVX H.323/SIP/H.460
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Current state of the service

• 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

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HD MCU in action!
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Business case

• Customer driven service developed on request of
  UMCs (academic hospitals)
• Five UMCs have committed for a 3-year period at
  25 kEuro/year
• UMCs cooperate with IKCs (integral cancer
  centers with regional function)
• Three IKCs have committed for a pilot period of
  18 months

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Institutions and guest institutions
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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

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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

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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)

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Questions?
Gatekeeper
H.323
MCU
H.460
Border Controller
UMC
Firewall Traversal
Codian
Tandberg
IKC
IPVCR
Productdecomposition
GDS
SIP
Functional design
1e line support