PEER-TO-PEER DESKTOP VIDEO CONFERENCING FINAL REPORT, PHASE II

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) recently investigated the cost and effectiveness of entry level video conferencing systems (see MPC Report No. 96-67, Final Report, Phase I). The systems were required to run on a Pentium 60 MHz computer with 8 mb of RAM which was connected to the Internet. The Computer Based Intelligent Technology Lab found, in 1996, that Intel Proshare offered the most functionality for the cost. Furthermore, these systems also were capable of ramping up to the next generation of conferencing technologies ranging from new audio codecs, video codecs, and new transmission topologies such as ISDN, which would become available to more of the remote regions in the next two or three years. Therefore, two of the systems were installed, one at UDOT, the other at Utah State University, to test the versatility and usability of the systems of the Wide Area Network (Internet). The success of the first project catalyzed the next phase of the project to install eight more of the systems around the state of Utah and to test their capabilities when used in a larger network. Phase II of the project was aimed at resolving technical issues, installation, and the administration requirements needed to keep such a system in a coherent usable state.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/20000/20400/20499/PB98131592.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=448
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. For an abstract of the Final Report, Phase I see TRIS 00728820.
• Corporate Authors:

  Utah State University, Logan

  Utah Transportation Center
  Logan, UT  United States  84321

  Utah Department of Transportation

  4501 South 2700 West
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114-8410

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Senti, T E
  • Grenney, W J
  • Crookston, N W
• Publication Date: 1998-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Conferences; Implementation; Installation; Telecommunications; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer conferencing; Video technology
• Geographic Terms: Utah
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00748688
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 98-67,, UDOT UT-98.04
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 8 1998 12:00AM