Agora

集市

• 批准号: 720256
• 金额: $ 31.56万
• 依托单位: UCI2I EMEA LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Development of Prototype
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=720256
• 关键词: Agora

*The Problem:A) To reduce costs and increase efficiency companies are increasingly using VideoConferencing (VC) for departmental meetings, training, interviews and meeting customers.Companies want to enhance VC capabilities economically by combining new, cost-effective, software based solutions with existing hard endpoints (endpoints house camera, microphone and video display).B) Companies existing hard VC equipment and infrastructure (dedicated VC servers) isexpensive (service, maintenance, IT support & training) and not flexible enough to meetchanging needs.C) Complete interoperability is essential between all VC systems (hard and soft) both within a company and those used by external companies/individuals. However many different VC systems (20+) exist with limited interoperability between them, causing serious reliability issues.D) To support the interoperability of a wide range of different endpoints, externalmanagement and control of all VC systems involved in a Video Call is required. However,this is prevented by security systems such as firewalls and proxy servers used to protectcorporate networks. This is a major problem facing all VC management companies.*How project will address the problem:This Project will create a prototype of Agora, a software application that will enable UCi2i totraverse firewalls and proxy servers to control, at an Application Programming Interface(API) level, all VC equipment involved in a video call. Agora will enable:A) Companies to enhance VC capabilities by adding new flexible soft endpoints, withoutcompatibility issues with existing equipment.B) Companies to use their existing VC equipment without needing an expensive dedicatednetwork to support it.C) Unnoticed equipment failure and incorrect VC settings cause most video call failures(UCi2i, 2012). Agora will allow UCi2i to remotely monitor equipment and adjust settings ofall VC endpoints used in a Video Call to ensure reliability & interoperability.

* 问题：A）为了降低成本和提高效率，公司越来越多地使用视频会议（VC）进行部门会议，培训，面试和会见客户。公司希望通过将新的，具有成本效益的，基于软件的解决方案与现有的硬端点（端点房屋摄像头，麦克风和视频显示器）相结合，经济地增强VC功能。B）公司现有的硬VC设备和基础设施（专用VC服务器）昂贵（服务，维护，IT支持和培训），并且不够灵活，无法满足不断变化的需求。C）公司内部和外部公司/个人使用的所有VC系统（硬和软）之间的完整互操作性至关重要。然而，许多不同的VC系统（20+）存在，它们之间的互操作性有限，导致严重的可靠性问题。D）为了支持广泛的不同端点的互操作性，需要对视频呼叫中涉及的所有VC系统进行外部管理和控制。然而，这是防止安全系统，如防火墙和代理服务器用于保护企业网络。这是所有风险投资管理公司面临的一个主要问题。该项目将如何解决这个问题：该项目将创建Agora的原型，这是一个软件应用程序，将使UCi 2 i能够穿越防火墙和代理服务器，在应用程序编程接口（API）级别控制视频通话中涉及的所有VC设备。Agora将使：A）公司通过添加新的灵活的软端点来增强VC功能，而不存在与现有设备的兼容性问题。B）公司使用其现有的VC设备，而不需要昂贵的专用网络来支持它。C）未被注意的设备故障和不正确的VC设置导致大多数视频呼叫失败（UCi 2 i，2012）。Agora将允许UCi 2 i远程监控设备，并调整视频通话中使用的所有VC端点的设置，以确保可靠性和互操作性。