Avaya Equinox Manual page 85

Conference Point
Content Slider
Continuous
Presence
Control
CP
Dedicated Endpoint
Delivery Node
Dial Plan
Dial Prefix
August 2017
The Avaya Equinox Streaming and Recording Conference Point is a video
conferencing gateway appliance that captures standard or high definition
video conferences. It transcodes, creates, and records the video
conferences in a streaming media format. You can use it to capture H.323
video for instant video webcasting or on-demand publishing.
The Avaya Scopia Content Slider stores the data already presented in the
videoconference and makes it available for participants to view during the
meeting.
Continuous presence enables viewing multiple participants of a
videoconference at the same time, including the active speaker. This
graphics-intensive work requires scaling and mixing the images together
into one of the predefined video layouts. The range of video layouts
depends on the type of media processing supported, typically located in the
MCU/Media Server.
Control, or media control, sets up and manages the media of a call (its
audio, video and data). Control messages include checking compatibility
between endpoints, negotiating video and audio codecs, and other
parameters like resolution, bitrate and frame rate. Control is communicated
via H.245 in H.323 endpoints, or by SDP in SIP endpoints. Control occurs
within the framework of an established call, after signaling.
See Continuous Presence
A dedicated endpoint is a hardware endpoint for videoconferencing
assigned to a single user. It is often referred to as a personal or executive
endpoint, and serves as the main means of video communications for this
user. For example, XT Executive. It is listed in the organization's LDAP
directory as associated exclusively with this user.
The Avaya Equinox Streaming and Recording Delivery Node provides on-
demand and broadcast video delivery. You can use it alone or in a hierarchy
of devices. It supports thousands of concurrent streams. The Delivery Node
uses intelligent routing, content caching, and inherent redundancy to
ensure transparent delivery of high-quality video.
A dial plan defines a way to route a call and to determine its characteristics.
In traditional telephone networks, prefixes often denote geographic
locations. In videoconferencing deployments, prefixes are also used to
define the type and quality of a call. For example, dial 8 before a number for
a lower bandwidth call, or 6 for an audio-only call, or 5 to route the call to a
different branch.
A dial prefix is a number added at the beginning of a dial string to route it to
the correct destination, or to determine the type of call. Dial prefixes are
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