Voice and Video Conferencing Fundamentals Design, develop, select, deploy, and support advanced IP-based audio and video conferencing system Scott Firestone, Thiya Ramalingam, Steve Fry As audio and video conferencing move rapidly to major customers and end users demanding unprecedented performance, reliability, scalability, and security. Next, they illuminate conferencing architectures, offering practical insights for designing today's complex IP-based conferencing and collaboration systems?. Topics covered in this book include video codecs, media control, SIP and H.323 protocols and applications, lip synchronization in video conferencing, security, and many others have. Steve Fry, the technical leader in Cisco Unified Communications organization, spent the last few years designs and develops products and conferencing phone. Thoroughly understand the basics of audio and video conferencing over an IP network architect network for optimal performance and reliability in conferencing applications Leverage new advances in the architecture of the video, the show codecs to distributed implementations Understand how SIP and H.323 compare, and when to use each Optimize synchronization between traffic Secure audio and video conferencing without sacrificing performance or connectivity Learn how to evaluate vendors and make better buying decisions Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Overview of Conferencing Services Chapter 2 Conferencing System Design and Architecture Chapter 3 Basics of Video Compression Chapter 4 Media Control and Transport Chapter 5 Signaling Protocols: Conferencing Using SIP Chapter 6 Signaling Protocols: Conferencing Using H. Chapter 7 Lip Synchronization in Video Conferencing Chapter 8 Security Design in Conferencing Appendix A Video Codec Standards This book is part of the Cisco Press Fundamentals Series. Books in this series introduce networking professionals to new networking technologies, covering network topologies, sample deployment concepts, protocols, and management techniques. Category: Cisco Press / Networking Covers: Voice and video conferencing 1587052687