Summary

The purpose of Recommendation ITU-T F.743 is to define a video surveillance system based on IP networks. The video surveillance system provides the display and storage of the video captured by multiple remote cameras over an IP network for multiple users. It also provides other functionalities such as remote control and alarming. This Recommendation provides the service description, a brief system model, service scenarios and requirements for the video surveillance service. The requirements for the video surveillance service are derived from the scenarios of different applications that a video surveillance service can support. Therefore, the service requirements meet the needs of different kinds of users and enables interoperability among video surveillance systems of different telecom operators and units of different vendors.

This revision updates the title of this Recommendation, some technical content descriptions, and video surveillance system requirements in clause 8.