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Internet2 Commons Video and Collaboration Services
Bob Dixon
Megan Troyer
Jonathan Tyman
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Recent Video Events Supported by the Internet2 Commons
Bob Dixon
OARnet and Ohio State University
Internet2 Spring Meeting - April 24, 2007, Washington DC
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Recent Video EventsSupported by the Internet2 Commons
• Megaconference VIII
• Collaboranza II !
• Gigaconference II
• Megaconference Junior IV
• Rutgers Internet2 Day
• ViDe Conference
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Megaconference VIII
• November 6, 2006 - Everywhere!
• World’s Largest Internet Video Conference
• 360 Locations Worldwide; 5000 People
• 25 Countries on 5 Continents
• 12 Hours long; all time zones
• 26 MCUs cascaded together
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Megaconference VIII (cont)
• 26 Interactions (formerly Presentations)
• 17 Door Prizes
• 8 Vendor Presentations
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Megaconference VIII (cont)
• Official Welcome from Ohio State University President
• Huge and Wonderful China Participation; 50 sites
• Second Life - Virtual World participation
• http://www.megaconference.org
• Streaming archives and DVDs available
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Collaboranza II !
• Dec 4, 2006 - Chicago Internet2 Meeting
• Collaboration Tools; Pre-Conference Workshop
• Presentations and Hands-on Demonstrations by Internet2 Commons Hosting Environment Member Vendors
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Collaboranza II ! (cont)
• EVO (formerly VRVS)
• inSORS (Access Grid)
• Marratech
• Microsoft Conference XP
• RADVision Click-to-Meet• http://commons.internet2.edu/rtc/collaboranza
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Gigaconference II
• High Definition Video Conferencing Special Event
• What is the current State of the Art?• December 5, 2006 - Chicago Internet2
Meeting and Everywhere.• All Internet2 Corporate Member High-
Definition Equipment Manufacturers• 16 Remote High-Definition Sites Worldwide
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Gigaconference II (cont)
• LifeSize
• Polycom (MCU and endpoints)
• Tandberg
• Codian (MCU)
• Streaming Video Archive and DVDs Available
• http://commons.internet2.edu/gigaconference
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Gigaconference Firsts
• Largest-Ever HD VC. 24 locations.
• First large-scale use of new Codian MCU
• First cascade between Polycom and Codian HD MCUs.
• First large-scale use of Polycom HD recorder
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Special Event
• Special VIP Show of Computer Art and Animation
• From the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, Ohio Supercomputer Center
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Gigaconference Results
• All the endpoints of all these vendors are interoperable.
• All these MCUs are interoperable.• Very high data rates are not necessary for HD
VC.• All the vendors cooperated and worked
together.• Recordings and (SD) streaming video
available.
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Special Thanks
• Polycom for $5000• LifeSize for $2500• Codian for $2500• Allowed us to rent the high-quality HD
projector.• Codian, flew in the new special HD MCU from
England for this event.• Polycom, provided the HD recorder for this
event.
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Megaconference Junior IV
• Run by and for students• Feb 22, 2007, Everywhere!• 170 locations• 16 countries• 22 presentations• Student VJs• 12 hours• Streaming Video archive available• http://www.megaconferencejr.org
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Rutgers Internet2 Day
• March 21, 2007• 6 locations: • 3 at Rutgers University in New Jersey • University of Maine• DeSales University in Pennsylvania• Internet2 Washington Office
• Internet2 Commons hosted HD Codian MCU for the event
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Rutgers Internet2 Day (cont)
• Rutgers locations used LifeSize High Definition Video
• 200 attendees at Rutgers
• Well received by local officials; to be done annually
• http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/cs/Events/Internet2_2007
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ViDe Conference
• THE WHOLE SHEBANG: Converged Communication Technologies in the Campus Information Ecosystem. Are We There Yet?
• Mar 26-29, 2007, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
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ViDe Conference (cont)
• Commons provided:• Video Connections to remote presenters• Streaming Video• Archiving of the conference
• http://www.vide.net/conferences/spr2007/
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Internet2 Commons H.323 Services Update
Megan Troyer
The Ohio State University
Arlington, VA
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Some Numbers
• Since The Commons moved to a subscription service October, 2003• Almost 1800 conferences• Over 27,000 port-hours of usage• Now have 34 current Subscribers• Data current as of March 31, 2007
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Commons usage by month—not counting the Megas
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Internet2 Commons Certified Site Coordinators
• Now have 436 people who have filled out the SC certification form, • 241 have “Approved” Status
• For the complete list: http://commons.internet2.edu/ > Site Coordinators
• Contact me if your name is missing or your status is incorrect
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Site Coordinator Trainings
• Site coordinator training via H.323 and The Commons aka “VC-by-VC” has been extremely popular
• Teaching about every 2-3 months to full classes (35 seat maximum in the class)
• Next class: May 17, registration coming soon!
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What MCUs do we have?
• Old faithful: Radvision viaIP MCU• This is the host of the Ad Hoc service
• Production Polycom MCU• Has the highest level of administrator
control
• Special Events Codian• Has unique features and connect-ability
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What do we have for streaming or archival?
• Starbak VCG• Production live streaming/archival engine
• Codian MCU• Has the ability for live stream of conference
scheduled on this MCU
• Codian IPVCR• Ability to archive H.239 as second stream
video
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What do we have for testing?
• There are GDS numbers for all three MCUs on the Commons testing website
• http://commons.internet2.edu/testing
• Not on the website (yet):• H.239 testing: 0011897800239• HD Voice Switched: 0011897800264
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What’s new?
• Codian and Polycom MCUs have H.239 compatibility
• Polycom MCU has High Definition capabilities for Voice Switched conferences
• Ad Hoc conferencing capabilities with subscription• No streaming or phone bridge• Limited support
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What else is new? ViDe GDS Update!!
• Internet2 is now hosting the backup North American Root Gatekeeper
• gatekeeper.internet2.edu
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Pilot Program
• Administrator-level rights• MAGPI, OSHEAN, NIH have administrator
or sub-administrator level rights to some of the Commons gear
• They can start, stop, and/or download their own archives
• MAGPI has the ability to manage conferences on the Codian
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What’s coming?
• Last October we installed Tandberg Management Suite (TMS)
• Have been testing permission levels and set-up features• Working on Commons-specific help
documentation
• Will Pilot in Summer 07 with the goal to be live Fall or Winter 2007
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The Internet2 Commons Mission
Jonathan Tyman
Internet2
Arlington, VA
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Internet2 Commons: Mission
• Promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community by means of innovative and integrated, standards-based Internet technologies.
• Work with Internet2 members to create
collaboration services that are: easy, reliable, scalable, sustainable
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Internet2 Commons: H.323 Service
• H.323 Service: Polycom, • Radvision, Tandberg, Codian• Streaming, Archiving, • Multipoint bridging, POTS• GDS, SIP, H.264, H.239• Help desk support• $2,000 for 300 port-hrs 37+ subscribing organizations
• Collaboration Services: inSORS, Marratech, • Click-to-Meet, MSR Conference XP, EVO
• Trainings: Live/Online “Certified Site Coordinators”