PSB 7230
Introduction
1.6.1 H.324 Desktop Videoconferencing Solution for POTS
An H.324 desktop videoconferencing solution for POTS (plain old telephone system) line
as a PCI card for commercial PC’s is shown in Figure 4.
PAL/NTSC
Camera
ARCOFI-SP
SIEMENS
IOM-2
PSB 2163
MPEG 1
Stereo DAC
optional
SRAM
Video
SRAM/DRAM
Codec
Video in
Video out
JADE AN
SIEMENS
PSB 7230
Video
Capture
PCI
Bus Interface
Host
ALIS
SIEMENS
PSB 4595/
PSB 4596
ISAR 34
SIEMENS
PSB 7115
tip/ring
PCI Bus
V.34+ Modem *)
(synchronous access)
........
tip/ring
*) either an on-board modem or an external modem may be used
Figure 4
The connection to the POTS line can be done either by an on-board modem or an
external V.34+ modem that is capable of synchronous data transfer. In the case of the
modem on board, the videophone can be regarded as an add-on modem feature.
The JADE AN and the video codec chip (e.g. the Video Communication Processor “VCP”
from 8 × 8 Inc.) constitute the heart of the videophone.
Both (together with the modem) are connected to the PC via a PCI Bus Interface (e.g.
the “VPIC” of 8 × 8 Inc.).
The JADE AN compresses/decompresses audio according to the ITU-T standards
G.723 (5.3 and 6.3 Kbit/s) and G.711 (used in e.g. LAN applications) and runs a fully
inband controlled protocol on the interface to the video codec. It receives/transmits
uncompressed audio via the IOM-2 interface from/to the ARCOFI-SP. The JADE AN is
setup for this application automatically after a hardware reset, so no additional
initialization by a host is required. Since the JADE AN has all its memories on chip, no
external SRAM needs to be connected.
Semiconductor Group
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Data Sheet 1998-07-01