Cascading Conferences; Cascading Link Properties; Setting The Video Layout In Cascading Conferences - Polycom RealPresence 1800 Administration Manual

Cascading Conferences

Note: Content Applicability
• Cascading information applies to AVC-enabled Conferencing (CP, VSW, and mixed CP and SVC).
• Cascading Conferences are not supported by Collaboration Server (RMX) 1800 with no DSP cards,
and Collaboration Server 1800, Entry Level.
Cascading allows administrators to connect one conference directly to one or several conferences,
depending on the topology, creating one large conference. The conferences can run on the same MCU or
different MCUs.
There are many reasons for cascading conferences, the most common are:
● Connecting two conferences on different MCUs at different sites.
● Utilizing the connection abilities of different MCUs, like different communication protocols, such as,
serial connections, ISDN-video, etc.
Conferences are cascaded when a link is created between two conferences, running on two different MCUs.

Cascading Link Properties

Cascade links are treated as endpoints in CP conferences. They are allocated resources as any other
endpoint according to
for CP Conferences
They transmit audio, video and content between conferences as well as DTMF codes input from other
endpoints in the conference.

Setting the Video Layout in Cascading conferences

When cascading two conferences, the video layout displayed in the cascaded conference is determined by
the selected layout in each of the two conferences. Each of the two conferences will inherit the video layout
of the other conference in one of their windows.
In order to avoid cluttering in the cascaded window, it is advised to select appropriate video layouts in each
conference before cascading them.
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