IMTC SuperOP! 2011 – VoLTE, TIP, QoE & SVC

  • VoLTE Testings, will be conducted during the IMTC SuperOP! event that will take place in Kona, Hawaii, during the week of May 16th-20th, 2011. During the event, tests will be focused on terminals and core network. This makes the IMTC SuperOp! 2011 testing event unique, and one of the few places to actually accomplish this level of engineer to engineer interoperability testing. IMTC is inviting all terminal companies to participate including ST-Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp, LG, RIM and others, as well as Operators with interest in VoLTE. Contact Anatoli Levin (alevine@radvision.com) orPaul Ritchie (pritchie@inventures.com) for additional details.
  • Open TIP Testing at SuperOpTelepresence Interoperability Protocol testing will be a key focus during the SuperOP! 2011 event.
    IMTC is inviting all interested parties, both members and non-members alike, to participate in this event’s engineering focused testing.
    For more information about TIP testing at SuperOP! Event, press here (pdf).
  • IMTC H264 SVC & QoE Workshop - IMTC will be holding a SVC & QoE Workshop during our SuperOp!, May 16-20. This is an open call to all IMTC members to participate, AND, submit proposals for speaker slots and presentations. This workshop, organized as part of IMTC SuperOp! 2011, is intended to bring together experts in the field to discuss what SVC means to the videoconferencing and UC industries, what is missing in terms of standards support, and what steps should the industry take to ensure interoperability. If you would like a time-slot on the agenda, Speaker proposals should be sent to our IMTC Service desk at Help@IMTC.org by April 4, 2011, and include the speaker’s name, affiliation, and presentation title.
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Open TIP Testing at SuperOp – Be there!

Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP) testing will be a key focus during  the SuperOp! 2011 event in Kona, HI, May 16-20.   To help speed your TIP implementation to market,  IMTC is inviting all interested parties, both members and non-members alike, to participate in this event’s engineering focused testing.   The SuperOp! Event helps assure interoperability and improve overall market acceptance of Telepresence.

Got the TIP software?
Also to help speed your TIP implementation, there is an open source TIP Library project available from IMTC under the friendly, Apache 2.0 License.
Cisco will be at SuperOp to test TIP!
Registration information will be available shortly at IMTC.ORG, for more information – Contact us via Help@IMTC.org.


David Benham
Co-chair, TIP Activity Group
Cisco Systems
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SuperOP 2011 Event & TIP

IMTC SuperOp! 2011, premier annual Interoperability Testing event, will take place in Kona, Hawaii, during the week of May 16-20.
During the event, IMTC members will get together to test various IP Video communications systems and technologies ranging from SIP and H.323 to VoLTE and IMS. During this event, Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP) implementations will be tested for the first time ever.

Registration is open at http://www.regonline.com/superopkona

IMTC official announcement can be found here (PDF).

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Polycom & TIP

A few days ago, Polycom announced support for the Cisco/IMTC - Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP) standard.
The Telepresence Interoperability Protocol was developed by Cisco to allow multi-screen interoperability between Telepresence systems from different vendors. The protocol was transferred to IMTC for on-going development and is offered in a royalty-free license.

The announcement was promoted in PR channels of both Polycom and Cisco, a rather unique sight:


David Benham, IMTC TIP Activity Group Co-Chair responded to the announcement, indicating the importance of the protocol to the industry:
“We are pleased to hear that Polycom is joining other companies in adopting the Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP), the only open, multi-screen interoperability protocol available today.   In mid 2010, Cisco transferred ownership of TIP to IMTC so it can provide stewardship of the protocol, offer TIP royalty-free to anyone as well as manage the TIP open source project.   We look forward to Polycom implementing TIP, which helps improve overall market acceptance of Telepresence systems and services.”

TIP support will allow Polycom Telepresence equipment to participate in a HD video-conference with Cisco products. Polycom UC Intelligent Core MCU will support Cisco’s TIP from Q2 2011.
Polycom isn’t the first Company outside Cisco to support TIP – The protocol is licensed by many companies including Radvision, LifeSize (Logitech) and Tandberg (now a part of Cisco).

For more info about TIP, check our TIP Page.

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