MBone protocol architecture

• MBone uses ITU H.323 standard for IP/Ethernet LAN multimedia conferencing:

  • rat supports audio quality in the range from LPC at5.6 kHz to PCM at 64 kHz (ITU G.721).
  • vic uses ITU H.261 video encoder.
  • wbd and nte use ITU T.120 Data Conferencing standard.

• MBone tools are based on IETF standards.

• They use RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) over UDP/IP connections.

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