Mr. Alan AltoMr. Alan Alto

Enterprise Video

Teleconferencing

Video Teleconferencing History

• 2003 the Atlantic Area Commander directed MLCA to provide VTC capability

at LANTArea, each of the four LANT Districts, MIFCLant, and MLCA

• Additional requirement was for 8 port classified bridge conferencing capability

• DoD DVSG contractor – SIGCOM – provided assistance and design

• Installed:

• 7 TANDBERG VTC suites

• SIGCOM Secure Enhancement Solution• SIGCOM Secure Enhancement Solution

• 8 port POLYCOM/ACCORD Bridge at the SECRET level

• USCG VTC has matured to over 75 conference suites enterprise wide, total of

118 VTC systems (standalone and installed) in use today

• Secure bridge capability increased to 16 ports

• 20 port unclassified bridge capability installed at Data Center Martinsburg

• Additional 16 port unclassified bridge planned for D.C Area

• Additional 16 port unclassified bridge planned for Pacific Area (Alameda)

Basic VTC Requirements

• Audio and Video Conference Bridging

• Monitoring and Scheduling

• Classified / Unclassified Configurations

• IP and ISDN Support

• Customized Software or COTS Solutions

• Technical Support - Customer Support

U.S. Coast Guard

VTC Toolbox

Secure Conferencing Requirements

• Point-to-Point Secure Video – Secret and Top Secret Level

• Multi-Site Secure Video and Audio Bridging –

Secret Level Secret Level

• IP or ISDN Selectable – MultiClass S3

Switching Solution

• Easy Conference Scheduling and Monitoring

Classified VTC Solution

• Series of secure solutions to support intuitive multiple domain

switching

• MicroTech MultiClass S3® solution meets NSA and JITC

requirements, DISA Certified, and EAL4 approved

• Follows COMSEC / EMSEC criteria and TEMPEST emission

guidelines

BenefitsBenefits• Assured Security

• Easy-to-Use: Automatic Touch Panel Operation

• Lower Lifecycle Costs

• Control System Neutral (integrates with AMX, Crestron, others)

• Ensures security domain Isolation

• Provides Visual Indication of Security States

• Integrates all Type 1 Encryption Device, and DISA-approved Dial

Isolators

Atlantic Area Flag Conference Room

Future A/V Design Requirements

• Integrated / Portable / Desktop VTC Solutions

• Audio/Video Presentation Systems, Video Display

Options, Integrated Control Systems, Audio Integration

• Command Control and Communications (C3)

Centers

• Immersive Telepresence - provide geographically • Immersive Telepresence - provide geographically

dispersed groups of people the possibility to meet and

work within projection-based Virtual Reality Systems

as if face-to-face

• Acoustic Sound Reinforcement - Noise Masking

• Digital Signage – Video Monitoring

• Streaming Video, Content Storage and Delivery

Future of Enterprise Video Conferencing

• Unclassified VTC is all dialup ISDN - Today

• Support IP based video on CG Network - Tomorrow

• Required Use of VTC instead of Travel – Mandate Now

How do we get there?

• Select USCG users have video capability through

Microsoft OCS desktop communicator and camera today

• OCS Video capability is point-to-point only

• Provide bridge conference capability via Microsoft

Office Communicator client

• Capability to be installed May 2011

Enterprise OCS Video Conferencing

Immersive Telepresence

SIP TRUNK

VCS (Control)

Conference Rooms

Recording/Streaming

Multiparty

Telepresence

Infrastructure Solutions

Provisioning

Directories

CDR

Scheduling

Management SolutionsOCSPBX

Telepresence SolutionsPersonal Solutions

3rd Party Support

OCS Gateway

Enterprise

PSTN Audio

Gateway

Firewall

PSTN

ISDNWWW

Infrastructure SolutionsManagement Solutions

External Connections

VCS (Expressway) ISDN Gateway

OCSPBX

Teleworker/Branch Office/B2B

3rd Party Support

B2B

Exchange

Firewall

DMZ

External

Immersive Telepresence -

provide geographically

dispersed groups of people

the possibility to meet and

work within projection-

based Virtual Reality

Systems as if face-to-face

Questions

Discussion

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