Net Based Meetings

The SUNET:s project and serviceImplementation in Göteborg

Plans for the future

Patrice Worth Göteborgs universitet

SUNET Net based Meetings

• Goal: To make personnel and students in Swedish universities start using net-based meetings in their daily work

• Competence team members in Luleå, Umeå, Stockholm, Göteborg and Lund

• We live as we preach: Meeting over the network once a week

• Earlier a projectNowadays a service

www.meetings.sunet.se

• Success stories• Tutorials• Recommendations

– Studio systems– Personal systems

• Forum

The recommendations

• Conventional Videoconferences– H.323 over the network

Worldwide standard with ISDN compatibility

• E-meetings– Marratech

Why Marratech?

• Complete system:– Participants window– Speaker window– Chat window– Whiteboard window– Viewer window

• + Extremely cheep, works well, good support+ Windows, Linux, Mac

• - No compatibility with ISDN and H.323

The SUNET test sites• Conventional Videoconferences

– The H.323 bridge in Göteborg

• E-meetings– Marratech café at SUNET site– Demo room at Göteborgs university– +++

The Göteborg implementation

• E-meetings– Tests with Microsoft Exchange Conferencing

server and CUSee Me (abandoned)– Implementation of Marratech

4 virtual rooms: • 1 Demo always open• 1 Private room can be ”borrowed” for 1 day• 2 really private rooms

– Cost: 60.000 SEK + 1 Linux server

The Göteborg implementation

• The buildingConventional ConferencesThe Wallenberg conferencing center– 2 big conference rooms– 4 seminar rooms– 2 videoconferencing studios

• Many millions SEK

• Videoconferencing facilities– 2 studios for 5 and 10 persons

• Central bridge equipment– 12 IP participants– 10 ISDN participants

The Göteborg implementation

The Göteborg implementation

• Videoconferencing services– Test center for SUNET customers– Low cost conferences– Mainly universities and municipalities– Customers get own planning and monitoring

facilities

Need of collaboration

• Each site is limited

• Limited information about possibilities and costs

• We would like to share!Contact:

Patrice.Worth@adm.gu.se Johnny.Widen@cdt.luth.se

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