H.323 Protocol

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H.323 is a protocol used for transmission of real-time video and audio data over a packet-switched network like Internet Protocol. It is a protocol standard for multimedia communications. H.323 protocol is maintained by the Study Group 16 within the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Telecommunication Standardization Sector, also known as ITU-T. Most VoIP application utilizes H.323 protocol, since it supports call forwarding, call setup and teardown. A key feature of H.323 protocol is QoS (Quality of Service), which allows traffic management and real-time prioritization to be placed over Ethernet. Apart from packet switched network, it also supports multimedia communications over Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), 3G mobile networks and Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN).

In 1996, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) published the first version of H.323 with an importance of enabling videoconferencing over a LAN (Local Area Network). It was quickly implemented by the companies over an IP network (including WAN) as a means of transmitting audio communica...

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