Travis Smith

Research

Polar Grid Abstract

The 2007 Polar Science Team will study the Elizabeth City State University’s Polycom Conference Systems. The team has study the installation of the Poly Conference System and has documented with pictures. The team will study the history of the unit, H.3.23 support capabilities. ECSU is a part of the 1.9millon dollar NSF grant that sponsors CReSIS and Polar Grid. The team will then study the Condor Installation in early January 2008. The Poly-com system is a teleconferencing system that works by sending data through signals. The data that is sent by the system on the sending end is digitized. While the data is being digitized it is sent at the same to the receiving end of the teleconferencing display. During the installation of the poly-com system the system needed what is called special ip address to communicate with the receiving or sending end of the communication. Both the sending and receiving end have to have ip addresses open to teleconference. Teleconferencing is quickly becoming beginning to be one of the most used methods in business and education, because of the availability of the software and the resourceful means of communication.

Along with this technology staying in contact with other institutions involved in this project is of up most importance. Yet telephone communication is an outdated way of communication. The new wave of technological connectivity is video teleconferencing. Video teleconferencing is the act of having a verbal conversation over the telephone while streaming real-time video, between both parties involved. This is made possible by Polycom. Poly com is the teleconferencing technology boasting H. 323 support used for teleconferencing of all types.