Many years ago, it was thought that in the future we would communicate with friends, family and co-workers with the use of hologram technology and although we haven’t quite been able to realise this goal yet, some progress has been made in the form of Adaptive motion control with video conferencing!
It goes without saying that every video conferencing system that is purchased must meet the needs of the business as well as enabling the business to communicate effectively in internal and external business meetings. Here are 4 things that should be considered when choosing a video conferencing system:
Adaptive Motion Control (AMC) with Forward Error Correction acts as the brain of your video architecture by making appropriate changes when the network conditions change and by auto negotiating in real time to make sure that the motion settings are exactly as you want them to be. Bandwidth availability can often be unpredictable and AMC will take appropriate action to minimise the effects of poor bandwidth. Adaptive Motion Control automatically implements a number of industry recognised techniques such as bitrate downspeeding, packet marking and Forward Error Correction (FEC) which when combined, can help to deliver a constant High Definition picture. A number of video conferencing manufacturers offer this feature but Lifesize is considered to be one of the best when it comes to adaptive performance.
The higher the resolution, the less grainy the picture will be therefore you should choose a video conferencing system that is capable of generating High Definition video. Some High Definition video conferencing systems will be able to support 720P and may give the option to opt for 1080P resolution but will reduce the frame rate so you should find out about this when asking about the resolution of your video conferencing system.
The mark of a well thought out and well-designed video conferencing system is that it is reliable. The reliability of the system will be greatly improved if it supports Adaptive Motion Control since this reduces the chances of any problems occurring during a video conferencing session.
Choose a video conferencing service that supports a Firewall or NAT Traversal service as this will help prevent any unauthorised people from listening in to your conversation. A H.460 Firewall is the recommended option that is used for video conferencing so make sure you ask about this before committing to purchasing your video conferencing system.
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