Bridged Appearances - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

Managing MultiMedia Calling
An on-premises user might be able to use Remote Access and enter the entire digit string at
once before launching the call, but it would be better to eliminate the need for such codes for
multimedia users who need to call off premises.

Bridged Appearances

Voice users can bridge onto a call if the user has a bridged appearance of a voice member of
the call.
Call redirection
Calls directed to either member of the Basic multimedia complex are subject to redirection
(coverage, forwarding). Avaya Communication Manager converts calls to voice before sending
them to coverage. Calls redirected through call forwarding maintain multimedia status if
forwarded from the data endpoint.
Conferencing
A multimedia conference can consist of multimedia and voice-only conferees. All multimedia
conferees are added to a multimedia conference by a voice-terminal user on Communication
Manager, who acts as the controller of the multimedia conference. When the controller is a
Basic complex voice station, the controller must remain on the conference until all parties have
joined. Once all endpoints are on the conference, the voice-terminal user can put the call on
hold or drop, if the user wishes.
Video conferees can see only their local video and one other party. If more than two people are
involved in a video conference, the person who is speaking is the one whose video appears to
other conferees. The speaker's video shows the previous speaker. This changes dynamically
as the speaker changes.
Creating a multi-party video conference
All multimedia conferences must be controlled by a voice telephone. Multimedia conferees can
be added by calling the voice telephone or by having the voice telephone make a multimedia
call to other DVC endpoints. The controller can then conference together individual parties to
create a multimedia conference.
To set up a multimedia conference:
1. Determine who is going to be the conference controller.
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