Systems Architecture 6th Edition by Stephen Burd

Exercise 1

Investigate the videoconferencing equipment and software offerings of a major networking or telecommunication vendor, such as Cisco Systems (www.cisco.com), Tandberg (www. tandberg.net), Radvision (www.radvision.com), or Polycom (www.polycom.com). What related standards are supported in each company s product line? Which vendors and products support high-definition video, and what are the related standards? Describe available infrastructure products, including gatekeepers and multipoint control units (MCUs), and compare their capabilities with routers and switches in data networks.