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Appendix - Polycom Open Collaboration
Network (POCN)
Note: Feature applicability
Working with Open Collaboration Server and TIP protocol is supported in AVC Conferencing Mode
only.
Collaboration With Cisco's Telepresence
Interoperability Protocol (TIP)
TIP is a proprietary protocol created by Cisco for deployment in Cisco TelePresence systems (CTS). Since
TIP is not compatible with standard video communication systems, interoperability between Cisco and other
vendors' Telepresence systems was initially impossible.
Gateways were developed to provide interoperability but were subject to the inherent problems of additional
latency (delay) in connections and low video quality resulting from the reformatting of video and audio
content.
Polycom's solution is to allow Polycom® RealPresence® Collaboration Server to natively inter-operate with
Cisco TelePresence Systems, ensuring optimum quality multi-screen, multipoint calls between:
● Polycom Immersive Telepresence Systems (ITP) Version 3.1.1:
 RPX 200
 RPX 400
 OTX 300
(A Telepresence License is required on the Collaboration Server.)
● Polycom video conferencing endpoints
 Standalone HDX
 Polycom Group Series 300/500
● Microsoft
 MS Lync (using MS-ICE)
 RTV 720p
● Cisco TelePresence® System (CTS) Versions 1.10 Collaboration Server
 CTS 1300
 CTS 3010
Conferences hosted on the Collaboration Server can include a mix of existing end points (that do not support
TIP) and CTS endpoints.
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