Introduction - TANDBERG D13192 Technical Description

1 Introduction

The TANDBERG Gateway is designed to connect up to 8 videoconferencing calls and 8
telephone calls simultaneously between ISDN and IP Networks.
The TANDBERG Gateway supports the ITU-T H.320 standard and a combination of H.221 and
BONDING for communication on up to 30 ISDN B-channels as well as ITU-T H.323 v.4
standard for communication up to 2 Mbps over IP networks.
The TANDBERG Gateway is 'configurationless' in the sense that no extensive knowledge is
required for installation and maintenance. All features are included in the TANDBERG
Gateway – thus, there is no additional hardware required to use any of the inbuilt features.
All features of the TANDBERG Gateway are based on standards set by the ITU-T.
The TANDBERG Gateway is best utilised when used together with TANDBERG Management
Suite (TMS) and TANDBERG Scheduler, since they have incorporated features like System
Management and Scheduling (Optional).
Major features supported:
• Up to eight separate video and eight separate telephone calls
• Maximum bandwidth for all calls combined is 7680 kbps
• Flexible ISDN Dial-in Services
• Flexible IP Dial-out Services
• Call Transfer
• IP QoS Features
• H.243 Transparency
• H.264 Video Standard
• Custom video formats (e.g. XGA video resolution)
• Full implementation of Downspeeding
• Secure Conference (AES/DES Encryption)
D13192 Rev. 02
Technical Description of
TANDBERG Gateway
with software version G2
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