Workstation-PC multipoint video teleconferencing implementation on packet networks
M. Reha Civanlar, J. P. Worth, Glenn L. Cash · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1993
The increasing availability of high speed local area networks (LANs) and the recent developments in image coding hardware that follow the international standardizations have made multipoint desktop video teleconferencing feasible using mostly off-the-shelf hardware and software. We have implemented a multipoint video teleconferencing system using workstations and personal computers (PCs) on a fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) LAN. The system is based on motion JPEG image coding and uses commercially available hardware and software wherever possible. In this paper, we outline our design experiences.