Ask The EXPERT: Reasons for Packet Loss

A recent post to the Megaconference mailing list raised an issue, which I have encountered numerous times throughout my years in the video-over-IP business: “Does anyone know why a video conferencing endpoint has packet loss, and even connection break?  Are there any network parameters which can cause this?” As this is  a frequently asked question, I decided to dedicate a post to this issue, so here’s another edition of “Ask the EXPERT“, featuring all you want to know about the (read more...)

By Sagee Ben-Zedeff  |  July 7th, 2009  |  Filed under Video Conferencing
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The seven deadly sins of visual quality over IP

[This post is based on a lecture given by Ariel David and I on the effects of IP networks on visual quality in video over IP applications] One of the biggest obstacles of the video conferencing industry has long been the user experience. Early video conferencing systems suffered from poor quality video and low fidelity audio, as well as great difficulties in establishing and maintaining connection for the conference duration. Most of these issues were solved with advances in processor (read more...)

By Sagee Ben-Zedeff  |  August 26th, 2008  |  Filed under Video Applications
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