Bandwidth for video conferencing

  • Bandwidth requirements are higher to allow more detail in video images

Video-conferencing requires higher resolution video because there are often

several people on screen at once

Need to see facial features/body expressions of participants clearly

One person to another (when video-conferencing) does not require high

resolutions

High bandwidth (of 2–4 Mbps) would deliver an (H720p) high definition

image for multiple participants

Low bandwidth (of 512 kbps) would be sufficient for one-to-one videoconferencing

Low bandwidth does not allow high definition images so would not be able

to properly see the faces of multiple participants

High bandwidth would allow higher frame rates/30fps for smooth motion

Limited/low bandwidth requires trade-off between resolution and frame rate

Resolution priority for displaying slideshows/documents in detail

Motion priority for displaying video presentations.


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