EAGER: Telehealth and Wellness for Senior Citizens Utilizing In-Home Gigabit HD Multipoint Videoconferencing

高清多点视频会议是千兆及更快网络的核心应用。商业系统专为10兆或更慢的网络设计，使用昂贵的会议网桥，必须进行管理，限制并发视频会议的数量，并限制视频质量。在此研究项目中，终端发现并交换其功能，并确定它们之间的可用网络带宽，以协商最佳质量视频会议的参数。由于视频会议直接在两个或多个终端之间建立，因此该解决方案具有可扩展性。由于不使用会议桥，因此该解决方案价格实惠。通过利用千兆或更快的网络带宽，终端可以发送压缩程度较低的视频或比当前系统提供的质量更高的未压缩视频。在支持Geni的网络中，第二层路由用于增加有效带宽，Geni切片用于增强隐私。凯斯西储大学的千兆位光纤到户研究项目Case Connection Zone正在演示如何使用千兆位网络来提高包括健康和健康在内的几个国家优先领域居民的生活质量。下一代高清多点视频会议是多项计划的重要工具。在大约200个老年住宅中，它使老年人能够足不出户咨询临床医生、参加慢性病支持小组、参加社会小组和终身学习。许多千兆应用程序将采用这项技术或建立在它的基础上。

High-Definition Multipoint Videoconferencing is a core application for Gigabit and faster networks. Commercial systems, designed for 10 megabit and slower networks, employ expensive conferencing bridges that have to be managed, limit the number of concurrent video conferences, and limit the quality of the video. In this research project, the endpoints discover and exchange their capabilities and determine the usable network bandwidth between them to negotiate parameters for the best quality video conference. Since the video conferences are established between two or more endpoints directly, the solution is scalable. And since no conferencing bridge is used, the solution is affordable. By taking advantage of the Gigabit or faster network bandwidth, the endpoints can send reduced-compression video or uncompressed video that is higher quality than that offered by current systems. In GENI-enabled networks, layer 2 routing is used to increase effective bandwidth and GENI slices are used for enhanced privacy.The Case Connection Zone, a Gigabit fiber-to-the-home research project of Case Western Reserve University, is demonstrating how the Gigabit network can be used to improve quality of life for the residents in several national priority areas, including health and wellness. Next generation HD multipoint video conferencing is an essential tool for several initiatives. In about 200 senior residences, it enables seniors, without leaving home, to consult clinicians, participate in chronic disease support groups, in social groups, and in lifelong learning. Many Gigabit applications will incorporate this technology or be built upon it.