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Chapter 2 Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Components and Process
Table 2-1
Component
Cisco MeetingPlace
Web Conferencing
Cisco MeetingPlace
for Outlook
(Optional)
Cisco MeetingPlace
for Lotus Notes
(Optional)
Cisco IPVC MCU
H.323 gatekeeper
Cisco IPVC PRI
Gateway (Optional)
Cisco MeetingPlace
Video Integration
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Components Needed to Integrate Video Conferencing in Cisco MeetingPlace (continued)
Functions
Displays a user interface to schedule and attend meetings.
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Displays video participant status.
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Provides the web-conferencing meeting room from which users can join
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and control video conferences.
Includes components that enable the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server to
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communicate with Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration.
Presents a convenient scheduling interface to end users.
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Provides meeting notifications that offer users two ways to "click to attend"
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video, voice, and web conferences.
Schedule and attend Cisco MeetingPlace meetings that include video
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directly from the Lotus Notes environment.
Processes the video streams to provide the video capability of the system.
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• Communicates with the video endpoints.
Routes calls between the video endpoints and the Cisco IPVC MCU, based
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on the number dialed.
Handles the IP protocol signaling.
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Enables H.320 video endpoints to participate in video conferences on the
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Cisco IPVC MCU.
Monitors the configuration of the Cisco IPVC MCU and passes current
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status to the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server.
Authorizes the Cisco IPVC MCU to create and initiate video conferences.
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Initiates the creation of the audio channel between the Cisco IPVC MCU
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and the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server.
Passes information between the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server and the
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Cisco IPVC MCU.
Coordinates capacity by transmitting meeting scheduling, initiation, and
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termination information between the various components.
Controls the behavior of the Cisco IPVC MCU based on meeting type and
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requests placed via the Cisco MeetingPlace web-conferencing meeting
room.
Controls entry of participants into video conferences, based on the number
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of video ports scheduled on the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server for the
conference, plus available video floater and video overbook ports, if any.
• Tells the Cisco IPVC MCU when to terminate conferences.
Keeps track of information for all conference participants in the
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Cisco IPVC MCU and their corresponding participant IDs assigned by the
Cisco MeetingPlace audio server.
Monitors the link between the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server and the
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Cisco IPVC MCU and supports recovery if the connection is lost.
Administrator's Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Release 5.3
Overview of Components
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