Early Adopter Use of the Janet Videoconferencing Service

Early adopter use of the Janet Videoconferencing Service

Shared Service: H.323 Videoconferencing through JVCS

The first shared service to work across the N3 Janet Gateway is the support for IP based (h.323 protocol) videoconferencing so that HE sites can videoconference with NHS sites e.g. for teaching and meetings. This is through a bridge across the N3 Janet Gateway managed by the Janet Videoconferencing Service (JVCS)   This remains an “early adopter service” and has gone live with the following NHS Trusts as part of the CETL4HealthNE project:

• South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
• North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Other Videoconferencing Initiatives

In England there is now a N3 videoconferencing service being used by subscribing NHS organisations in England. Since July 2012 it has included an IP internet guest feature that can be used to bring in University endpoints.
In Scotland NHS National Services Scotland are piloting a Master Gatekeeper approach as described at the Scotland NHS-HE Forum on 8th June 2010. This has been interfaced with JVCS to allow JVCS users to videoconference with the NHS in Scotland.

IOCOM/Access Grid videoconferences have been demonstrated across the N3 Janet Gateway.