August - Avaya Equinox Manual

Glossary
Avaya Equinox
Streaming and
Recording Manager
Portals
Avaya Scopia
Content Slider
Balanced
Microphone
BFCP (Binary Floor
Control Protocol)
Bitrate
Call Control
Cascaded
Videoconference
CDN
CIF

August 2017

hardware platform and provides access to all content in the Equinox
Streaming and Recording Server environment.
The Equinox Streaming and Recording Server Manager provides a portal
for administering content. When you log in to the web interface, you can
access the Administrator portal.
See Content Slider on page 85.
A balanced microphone uses a cable that is built to reduce noise and
interference even when the cable is long. This reduces audio disruptions
resulting from surrounding electromagnetic interference.
BFCP is a protocol which coordinates shared videoconference features in
SIP calls, often used by one participant at a time. For example, when
sharing content to others in the meeting, one participant is designated as
the presenter, and is granted the floor for presenting. All endpoints must be
aware that the floor was granted to that participant and react appropriately.
Bitrate is the speed of data flow. Higher video resolutions require higher
bitrates to ensure the video is constantly updated, thereby maintaining
smooth motion. If you lower the bitrate, you lower the quality of the video. In
some cases, you can select a lower bitrate without noticing a significant
drop in video quality; for example during a presentation or when a lecturer
is speaking and there is very little motion. Bitrate is often measured in
kilobits per second (kbps).
See Signaling on page 94.
A cascaded videoconference is a meeting distributed over more than one
physical Scopia Elite MCU and/or Equinox Media Server, where a master
MCU/Media Server connects to one or more slave MCUs/Media Servers to
create a single videoconference. It increases the meeting capacity by
combining the resources of several MCUs/Media Servers. This can be
especially useful for distributed deployments across several locations,
reducing bandwidth usage.
Equinox Streaming and Recording enables you to publish content to the
cloud, using a virtual delivery node (VDN) and a content delivery network
(CDN). The VDN and the network of the CDN act as one delivery
mechanism. When a user creates a recording (program), they can choose
to distribute it to the CDN, as well as to the regular delivery node (DN).
CIF, or Common Intermediate Format, describes a video resolution of 352 ×
288 pixels (PAL) or 352 x 240 (NTSC). This is sometimes referred to as
Standard Definition (SD).
Installing the Avaya Equinox Streaming and Recording Server
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