Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Videoconferencing Over ATM Networks
Abstract:
In the future, all homes and offices will have videoconferencing facilities
as standard facilities. Image being able to hold a virtual meeting with
board members or family who are all over the world, but instead of just
being able to hear them as you can today you would also be able to see
them. This is the primary motivation for this thesis is to demonstrate
the potential of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) as the life blood of
this new multifaceted network, as not only would video be standard but
also high speed internet access and cable television all on the one cable.
To demonstrate this, a videoconferencing card is to be constructed to enable
a demonstration of videoconferencing over an ATM network. ATM technologies,
while still expensive which is partially due to is rarity is currently
only really deployed in the core of today’s telecommunications infrastructure.
This technology however with its ability to integrate multiple services
onto the one communications channel and its ability to allow for the specification
of different qualities of service for each logical connection which it
makes clearly sets ATM in a good position to be the next wide spread network
which will connect all home and businesses and replace the existing copper
network and frame relay.
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