Are you interested on AVoIP and need to learn the basics? This session will discuss all the relevant concepts needed to work with an AVoIP solution. We will review AV payload bandwidth, how to compress it, encode it, transport it and decode it for presentation to the final user. As AVoIP continues to grow, AV professionals need to understand all the different concepts that are required to design, install and operate an AVoIP system. In this session we will review the AV payload components that impact network transport, how to prepare the payload to go into the network, what elements of network design are relevant to AV transport, what are the options to transport the payload in the network and how to present it to the final user. The content is designed as an introduction to AVoIP for professionals that are not yet familiar with the transport method.