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Rob Bristow, NREN Exchange Fellow, TENET25th June 2015 Video-conferencing – A new NREN Service
Vision
»Video-conferencing that is:› High quality› Easy to use› Works in rooms, on desktop and mobile devices› High quality content sharing› Recording and streaming› Secure› Value for money› Scalable› Interoperable
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What’s wrong with conferencing?
» The room is booked out or locked» The support people have gone home» The equipment is out of commission» There is echo on the audio feed» The video and or audio quality is poor» I can conference from a room but why can’t I
join from my laptop or cell phone or iPad at my desk, or at home or from anywhere in the world?
» I want to easily share content from whichever device I am using
» Etc…3
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State of play of conferencing
Vidyo as Solution
» Capacity of up to 300 concurrent calls via Vidyo Desktop and mobile devices» A 24 port shared dynamic bridge to connect H.323/SIP endpoints to Vidyo
meetings and vice-versa» A range of integration options for Microsoft Lync, Outlook and GoogleMail,
including Lync Gateways to allow Lync/Vidyo/H.323 calls.» WebRCT enablement is due for release soon.» Desktop clients available at no extra charge for Windows, MacOS, Linux. Mobile
clients available for Android and iOS in their respective App stores. » Access to educational pricing on physical Vidyo Room systems and equivalent
software editions where required for equipping conference rooms.» Help desk and an advisory service to institutions in meeting their own in-house
requirements for room and desktop based conferencing.5
What is Vidyo?
» A software approach to videoconferencing» Uses SVC (Scalable Video Codec) and intelligent routing of video
and audio streams to multiple endpoints» Encoding and decoding is done on the endpoints» Uses of the shelf non-proprietary peripherals» Solutions for mobile devices up to full-fledged conference rooms» Scales to meet capabilities of what it’s running on and network
capacity» Will support 4K (or even 5K screens now)
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Core Vidyo infrastructure
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The Vidyo Landscape
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TENET Vidyo Conferencing Infrastructure
Endpoints
» Desktop (and Laptop)› Clients for MacOS, Windows (XP – 8.1) and Linux› Up to 1080p30 encode and UHD 4K (3840x2160) on
suitable hardware (i7)› Show up to 8 participants and content on separate screen› Automatic Echo Suppression› DTMF signaling for calls to legacy and voice-only endpoints› H.239 Data sharing with H.323/SIP endpoints via VidyoGateway› SSL and AES-128 bit encryption
End points – Mobile and web
» Mobile› Android & iOS› Encodes up to 540p30
decodes at up to 720p. › Display up to 4 participants
» Web› Guests download a small
plugin and join through browser (Native WebRCT support coming soon)
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End points - Rooms
» Use existing H.323/SIP endpoints via VidyoGateway» Use Vidyo badged rooms
› Range of form factors and capabilities to suit a range of scenarios› Use off-the-shelf peripherals› Mobile trolley set up available
» Use VidyoRoom SE – all the capabilities but you provide the hardware (i5 or i7)› Receive up to Ultra HD 4K video (3840x2160), transmit up to 1080p60› Transmit high frame rate Audio / Video content up to 1080p30› Content sharing up to 4K content encode and decode
» Connect to H.323/SIP endpoints via VidyoGateway12
Using Vidyo
» TENET has set up “Tenant” areas for each university/research body» Looking to transition to user provisioning through SAFIRE» Meanwhile, request account from your Admin» Download client from VidyoPortal (see:
https://tenetvc.wordpress.com/vidyoportal-addresses/ for the address of your VidyoPortal
» Login and look at: https://tenetvc.wordpress.com/users/getting-started-with-vidyo/
» Have a meeting!
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MacBook-Pro:~ rnb$ traceroute vr1-vm1-cpt1.tenet.ac.zatraceroute to vr1-vm1-cpt1.tenet.ac.za (196.24.243.134), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 137.158.12.1 (137.158.12.1) 13.221 ms 28.685 ms 8.027 ms 2 uc-core.net.uct.ac.za (137.158.255.1) 1.842 ms 4.488 ms 1.659 ms 3 uc-firewall.net.uct.ac.za (137.158.248.21) 2.044 ms 5.598 ms 2.197 ms 4 vlan421.uc-edge.net.uct.ac.za (137.158.248.17) 2.940 ms 2.972 ms 2.562 ms 5 155.232.27.74 (155.232.27.74) 5.406 ms 5.275 ms 5.692 ms 6 vr1-vm1-cpt1.tenet.ac.za (196.24.243.134) 4.923 ms 4.850 ms 5.091 ms
Meeting Toolbar functions
Add people to the meetingAdding participants
Control meeting Select a name and click Invite
Control meeting screen
New room per meeting option
New features (Just released)
» Closer calendar integration for scheduling» Option to create new room for each meeting» Better options for searching contacts» On-screen reminder that you are sharing your whole screen and
status of microphone, speaker and camera muting» Shows who is a guest in your meeting» More in application options to control meeting (mute mics, etc.)» SAML support in the Desktop client» Support for setting parameters with a managed installation
Security enhancements
» Login, signaling and media encryption› HTTPS/TLS/AES 128 bit
» Component authentication / Access protection› Spoof protection and hardened Linux appliances
» Database / Password Protection› Passwords are hashed in DB› The endpoint never stores the password (Token based)
» US DoD approved and HIPAA compliant for healthcare applications
» Full security review process and testing20
What can you use it for?
»Collaboration!»Teaching and learning»Administration»Telemedicine»Interviews »Contact with remote workers
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Vidyo at CERN
» CERN needed to scale V-C capabilities» Traditional V-C was way too expensive» Settled on Vidyo» 20,000 user accounts» Routers in many locations (one coming
on line in Cape Town)» Over 800 concurrent connections at peak» Cool graphic here: http://avc-
dashboard.web.cern.ch`/Vidyo» CERN asked TENET to provide hosting for
Vidyo Router for SA use22
Vidyo at SKA
» Needed to expand video-conferencing hugely
» Existing and emerging H.323/SIP technologies were difficult to use, and very expensive and were not good for the desktop/mobile
» Trialed other systems (Zoom, Blue Jeans), as well as consumer level applications (Skype, Google Hangouts) but came down for Vidyo
» Have in-house VidyoGateway but use TENET’s VidyoPortal and Router
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Telemedicine at RXCH
20/03/2015
Google Tides Update - NTUG Meeting March 2015 24
CoE– MASS
20/03/2015
Google Tides Update - NTUG Meeting March 2015 25
Administation
4th Nov 2014TENET 26
