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IP videoconferencing using a quality of service public network
M Crudele1, G Cinque, G Neglia
1Medical Informatics Lab, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00155 Roma, Italy. m.crudele@unicampus.it
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|October 18, 2001
Summary
Videoconferencing in medicine faces infrastructure challenges. A new guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) internet link, Videonet, shows promise for smoother medical video sessions, though ISDN quality is not yet matched.
Area of Science:
- Medical Technology
- Telecommunications
Background:
- Videoconferencing is established in medicine but not widely adopted.
- Current limitations include reliance on ISDN or fast internet, which are not universally available or consistently performant.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the potential of Videonet, a European public internet link with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS), as a breakthrough solution for medical videoconferencing.
- To assess the feasibility and performance of Videonet in a real-world hospital setting.
Main Methods:
- Description of the Videonet system and its applications.
- Implementation and testing of Videonet for videoconferencing within a hospital environment.
Main Results:
- Videonet offers a potential improvement over standard internet connections for videoconferencing.
- Initial tests indicate that while promising, Videonet has not yet achieved the quality standards of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) connections.
Conclusions:
- Videonet represents a significant advancement in providing reliable internet links for medical videoconferencing.
- Further development is required to overcome existing challenges and match ISDN quality for seamless medical applications.