Activating System Options; System Software Options - Polycom RealPresence Group Series Administrator's Manual

Activating System Options

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System Software Options

System Software Options
System software options unlock certain features available for your system model. These options provide
additional functionality, such as multipoint video conferencing, Skype for Business interoperability, and
1080p video.
In the system local interface, activated system options have checkmarks next to them. The following
system options are available for your RealPresence Group Series system. Some options are not available
for certain systems. For example, RealPresence Group 300 and 310 systems do not support Multipoint
Video Conferencing.
• Multipoint Video Conferencing: This option enables your system to make video calls to more than
one site at a time. It also enabled you to make H.323 audio-only or SIP audio-only multipoint calls.
All H.323 audio-only and SIP audio-only connections count toward the number of sites in a call.
Multipoint calls require a multipoint conferencing unit (MCU) or a hosting system. Depending on
your system's configuration, you might be able to host multipoint calls.It is available for
RealPresence Group 500 and RealPresence Group 700 systems. To activate this feature, you must
purchase and install a key code.
• Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP): This option improves the interoperability of systems
in environments with certain Cisco telepresence systems. To activate this feature, you must
purchase and install a key code.
• Skype for Business Interoperability License: This option enhances the video experience by
enabling the following Microsoft features for all RealPresence Group Series systems:
◦ Real-time video (RTV) provides higher resolutions during video calls when integrated with
Skype for Business Server 2015.
◦ The Microsoft version of H.264 SVC delivers a continuous presence style experience.
◦ Simulcast H.264 streams are now supported, allowing RealPresence Group Series systems
in SVC-enabled Skype calls to transmit multiple streams of the local video depending upon
the capabilities of the far-end systems. For example, far-end systems displaying high
resolution images receive high resolution images from the system, while simultaneously far-
end systems displaying low resolution images receive low resolution images from the system.
◦ Centralized Conferencing Control Protocol (CCCP) enables seamless participation in
multipoint video conferences hosted on Skype's audio/video server.
◦ The Skype AVMCU Spotlight feature enables the system to display only the broadcaster's
video when a participant is made the broadcaster in a call.
◦ RealPresence Group Series systems support Forward Error Correction (FEC) DV0 and DV1
in Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business 2015 client environments for both
H.264 SVC and RTV endpoints. The scheme introduces recovery packets on the transmitter
which recover lost video packets on the receiver. Enabling or disabling the Lost Packet
Recovery feature in the system web interface does not affect the negotiation of FEC.
◦ IPv6 is supported in Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business 2015 client
environments with IPv6 networks.
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