Videoconferencing at LPP of JINR

D.A. Belosludtsev, Yu.K. Potrebenikov, B.G. Shchinov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

This report is devoted to the system of the group videoconference produced at the Laboratory of Particle Physics of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. This system is based on Polycom ViewStation128 H.323 client and use VRVS technology.

The Virtual Room Videoconferencing System (VRVS) is an inexpensive tool for remote collaboration and videoconferencing.

VRVS was designed in 1997 to "provide a low cost, bandwidth-efficient, extensible tool for videoconferencing and collaborative work over networks within the High Energy and Nuclear Physics communities". It was first designed and implemented at California Institute of Technology (CalTech).

This talk describes the LPP VRVS infrastructure, main features of this system for remote collaboration and gives some recommendations for organize the group videoconference.