AppendixAIntroductiontoVideoconferencingSystem
A.3VideoconferencingConstruction
A.3.1ComponentsofVideoconferenceSystem
Thevideoconferencesystemconsistsoffourparts:terminal,network,MCUandnetwork
managementsystem.FigureA-1showsthecomponentsofvideoconferencesystem.
FigureA-1VideoconferencesSystem
Themainfunctionofthevariouspartsofthedescriptionisdescribedbelow.
Terminal
Ononehand,Videoconferenceterminalconvertsinformationfromtheconferenceroom
intotransferablecodesthroughvideo/audioprocessingandmultiplexing/demultiplexing,
andthensendsthemtoanMCUoranothervideoconferenceterminalthrough
communicationmedia.Ontheotherhand,itdisplaysconferenceinformationofother
terminalsorinformationreceivedfromtheMCUthroughvideo/audioequipmentconnected
toit.
Thetypeofvideoconferenceterminalsinthesamevideoconferencingsystemmaybe
different.
Network
Thevideoconferencesystemcanuseexistingtransmissionnetworkorcircuit-switched
networks,suchasofE1,theDDN,ISDN,orapacket-switchednetworksuchastheIP
networks.SelectdifferenttypesofvideoconferenceterminalsandMCUdevicestoconnect
thenetworksdependingonthenetworkaccessmethods.
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