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1-1 1 Overview About the Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide This guide describes the Pol ycom® RealPresen ce® SVC-based conferencing solution. This guide provides an overview of SVC-based conf erence s and the steps required to configure and use the SVC conferencing solution to add real-time, on-demand mult[...]

Chapter 1-Overview 1-2 Chapter 5 , “Making an SVC-Based Conference Ca ll” di scusses the processes and user experience of making an SVC-base conference call. This chapter discus ses the following topics: •" Point-to-Point Calls” •" Multipoint Conferences” Appendix A , “Solutio n Specifications”, lists the spe cifications t[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 1-3 PSTN Public Switched T elephone Network RP AD RealPresen ce Access Director SAC Polycom Scalable Audio Coding SBC Session Border Controller SDK Software Development Kit SIP Session Initiation Protocol SVC Scalable Video Coding Vo I P V oice over Internet Protocol VSW Vi[...]

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2-1 2 SVC Conferencing Solution Overview This chapter describes the Polycom RealPres ence SVC Conferencing solution, a general description of SVC, and using the SVC conferencing solution. This chapter includes the following topics: " SVC Conferencing Overview” " Using the SVC-Based Conferencing Solution” SVC Conferencing Overview This[...]

Chapter 2-SVC Conferenci ng Solution Overview 2-2 The following diagram illustrates an example of the various devices and bandwidths that can be used in an SVC-based video conferencing environment: Using the SVC-Based Conferencing Solution The Polycom RealPresence SVC-Based Conferen cing Solution is a powerful and innovative video conferencing mode[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 2-3 The following diagram illustra tes an SVC-based conference: For instance, an SVC endpoint might want to receive three video streams at different frame rates and resolutions, and create a conference la yout with the received video streams. Each SVC-enabled endpoint sends[...]

Chapter 2-SVC Conferenci ng Solution Overview 2-4 Some of the advantages of SVC conferencing are: • Offers high-resolution video c onferencing with low end-to-end latency, improved error resiliency and hi gher system capacities. • Allows the SV C-enabled video en dpoints to manage display layouts, support mul tiple resolutions and data rates. S[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 2-5 The following diagram i llustrates an exampl e of a mixed AVC/SVC conferencing mode: In this example, an SVC endpoint ( 1 ) r eceives three video streams at different frame rates and resolutions, and creates the conference la yout with the received video streams. The vi[...]

Chapter 2-SVC Conferenci ng Solution Overview 2-6 The following table illust rates how participants are displayed in vid eo layouts for both SVC and AVC endpoints: Ta b l e 2 - 1 Video Layouts for Mixed A VC and SVC Conferences Number of Particip ant s SVC End point s (RPD) AV C E n d p o i n t s (Auto Layout) 2 3 4 5 6 7[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 2-7 In the AVC endpoints video layout for 10 part icipants, the current speak e r is displayed and the other seven panes ar e the participants who have previously spoken in the conference. The video layout displays the part icipants in speaker order - the participant who wa[...]

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3-1 3 SVC Conferencing System Architecture This chapter describes the Polycom RealPresen ce SVC Conferencing System Architecture, a general description of SVC, and us ing the SVC conferencing solution. This chapter includes the following topics: •" System Architecture for Enterprise Deployment” •" Polycom System Environment Componen[...]

Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture 3-2 The SVC-based conferencing system architectu re diagram is divi ded into the following sections: •" User Plane” •" Access Plane” •" Media Plane” •" Call Control Plane” •" Management and Prov isioning Plane” User Plane The User plane d escribes the va rio[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 3-3 Alternatively, the Acme Packet SBC (Session Bord er Controll er) can be deploye d in the enterprise environment to provide secure d communications across IP network borders. Media Plane The Media Plane contains the Polycom comp onents such as the Polycom RealPresence Co[...]

Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture 3-4 Management and Provisioning Plane This level contains the Polycom® RealPr esence® Resource Manager component. The RealPresence Resource Manager controls and manages all enterprise management applications and servers such as Authentica tion, DNS, Email, in addition to client provisioning through t[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 3-5 Conference Template in the RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA). For details on configuring the RealP resence Virtualization Manager (DMA) for SVC -based conferences, see " Configuring the Real Presence Collaboration Server 800 s for SVC Only Confere nces” o[...]

Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture 3-6 RealPresence Resource Manager The RealPresence Resource Manager system is an integrated scheduling and device management platform for video conferen cing that can include these features: • Endpoint management, including prov isioning, updating , monitoring, and troubleshooting. • Conference sch[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 3-7 Interoperability The following table describes the Polycom co mponents and endpoints supported in the SVC solution: A T ypical SVC-Based Conference Deployment Scenario Polycom’s migration path for SVC-based conferencing enables a smooth and incremental transition for [...]

Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture 3-8 The RealPresence Collabor ation Server auto matically assigns AV C and SVC resources and can be expanded as needed. Upgrad ing the RealPresence Collaboration Server software enables managing and operating SVC-based conferences in addition to AVC-based conferences. Polycom’s SVC-based conferencing[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 3-9 Deploying the RealPresence V irtualizat ion Manager (DMA) in the Enterprise Environment The RealPresence Virtualization Manager (DMA ) is used as the primary video conferencing call controller. It provides conference manageme nt, call control, port signaling and functio[...]

Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture 3-10 Supported Features in the Re alPresence Collaboration Server This section describes the features supported or not supported in the varying RealPresence Collaboration Server components, between th e RealPresence Collaboration Server 1500/ 2000/4000 (RMX) a nd the RealPresence Collaboration S erver [...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 3-11 Presentation Mode   Content  Graphics only , H.264 Cascade & SVC Optimized  Graphics only , H.264 Cascade & SVC Optimized Graphics only , H.264 Cascade & SVC Optimized Lecture Mode   Skins   9 1. Entry Queu[...]

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4-1 4 Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the Polycom components for SVC-based conferencing. The RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX), the RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s and the RealPresence Virtualization M anager (DMA) are the only Polycom components that require configur ation for SVC-based conferen ces. All other co[...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-2 The New Profile – General dialog box opens. By default, the Profile is s et to AVC Only Conferencing Mode . 3 In the Conferencing Mode list, select SVC Only to de fine an SVC Profile.[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-3 The profile tabs and options change a ccording ly and only su pported options are available for selecti on. Unsupported options are disabled (grayed out). 4 Define the Profile name and, if required, the Profile - General parameters: T a ble 4-1 New SVC Profile - General[...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-4 5 Click the Advanced tab. The New Profile – Advanc ed dialog box opens. Routing Name Enter the Profile name using ASCII characters set. The Routing Name can be defi ned by the user or automatically generated by the system if no Routing Name is entered as follows: • If an all ASCII text is entered in Display Name, it [...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-5 6 Define the following supporte d parameters: 7 Click th e Video Qual ity tab. The New Profile – Video Qu ality dialog box opens. T a ble 4-2 New SVC Profile - Advanced Parameters Field/Option Description Auto T erminate When selected (default), the conference automat[...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-6 8 Define the following par ameters: 9 Click the Network Servi ces tab. The New Profile - Network Serv ices tab opens. Registration of conferencing entities such as ongoing conf erence s, Meeting Rooms, and SIP Factories with SIP servers is done per c onferencing entity. This allows better control of the number of entitie[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-7 10 Define the following parameter s: 11 Click OK to complete the Profile definition. A new Profile is created and added to the Conference Profiles list . T a ble 4-4 New SVC Profile - Network Servic es Parameters Parameter Description IP Network Services: Service Name T[...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-8 Configuring the RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s for SVC Only Conferences This section describes how to configure the Rea lPresence Col l aboration Server 800s for SVC- based conferences. To define a n SVC Only Profile: 1 In the RMX Management pane, click Conferen ce Profiles . 2 In the Conference Profiles pane, cl[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-9 4 Define the Profile name and, if required, the Profile - General parameters: T a ble 4-5 New SVC Profile - General Parameters Field/Option Description Display Name Enter a unique Profile name, as follows: • English tex t uses ASCII encodi ng and can contain the most [...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-10 5 Click the Advanced tab. The New Profile - Advance d dialog box is displayed. Routing Name Enter the Profile name using the ASCII characters set. The Routing Name can be defi ned by the user or automatically generated by the system if no Routing Name is entered as follows: • If an all ASCII text is entered in Display[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-11 6 Define the following supporte d parameters: 7 Click th e Video Qual ity tab. The New Profile - Video Quality dialog box is di splayed. T a ble 4-6 New SVC Profile - Advanced Parameters Field/Option Description Auto T erminate When selected (d efault), the conference [...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-12 8 Define the following par ameters: 9 Click the Audio Settings tab. The New Profile - Audio Set tings dialog box is displayed. T able 4-7 New SVC Profile - Video Quality Parameters Field/Optio n Description Content Video Definition Content Settings Only Graphics is avail able in SVC Conferencing Mode for transmission of[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-13 10 Define the following supporte d parameters: 11 Click th e IVR tab. The New Profile - IVR dialog box is displayed. 12 Define the following parameter s: T a ble 4-8 New SVC Profile - Audi o Settings Parameters Field/Option Description Speaker Change Threshold (Sec) Se[...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-14 13 Click the Network Servi ces tab. The New Profile - Network Serv ices dialog box is displayed. Registration of conferencing entities such as ongoing conf erence s, Meeting Rooms, and SIP Factories with SIP servers is done per c onferencing entity. This allows better control of the number of entities that register wi t[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-15 14 Define the following parameter s: 15 Click OK to complete the Conference Pr ofile definition. A new Profile has been cre a ted and added to the Conference Profiles list . T a ble 4-10 New SVC Profile - Network Services Parameters Field/Option Description IP Network [...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-16 Configuring a Mixed CP (A VC ) and SVC Conference on the RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s The RealPresence Collabor ation Server 800s can be configure d for a mixed AVC (CP) and SVC conference. To configure a mixed CP and SVC conference: 1 In the RealPresence Collaboration Server Management pane, click Conference [...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 4-17 The following table describes the resource capacity allocations for the RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s. For example, in a mixed AVC/SVC conference, 10 HD port s and 30 SVC ports can be the maintaining ratio of one HD port to three SVC ports. The following diag [...]

Chapter 4-Configuration 4-18 Configuring the RealPresence V irtualization Manager (DMA) To configure the RealPresence Vi rtua lization Manager (DMA) for SVC- based conferences: 1 In the Edit Conference Template: Factory Template dialog box, click RMX Ge neral Settings . 2 In the Conference mode setting, click the drop-down menu arrow and select SVC[...]

5-1 5 Making an SVC-Based Conference Call This chapter describes how to place an SVC- based conference call using the RealPresence SVC-Based Conferencing solution. It describe s the conference call from the end-user perspective in addition to describing th e SVC-based conference established in the RealPresence Collaboration Server and the RealPrese[...]

Chapter 5-Making an SVC -Based Conference Call 5-2 Using the RealPresence Desktop or the RealPresence Mobi le applications, the participant can initiate a point-to-point call by: • Selecting a participant from the Con tacts list (LDAP access from th e provisioning server or a manually entered contact) • Selecting a participant from the Recent C[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 5-3 Multipoint Conferences For SVC-based conferences, only SVC-enabled en dpoints, such as the Re alPresence Desktop and RealPresence Mobile applications, can conne ct to a configured SVC Only conference on the RealPresence Collaboratio n Server and the RealPresence Virtual[...]

Chapter 5-Making an SVC -Based Conference Call 5-4 The following table illustrates how parti cipants are display ed in video layou ts in an SVC- based conference: Ta b l e 5 - 2 Video Layouts for Multipoint Conferences Number of Particip ants RealPresence Desktop RealPresence Mobile 2 3 4 5 6 7 8[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide 5-5 9 10 11 T ab le 5-2 Video Layouts for Multipoint Conferences (Continued) Number of Particip ants RealPresence Desktop RealPresence Mobile[...]

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A-1 A Appendix - SVC-Based Conferencing Solution S pecifications Solution S pecifications The following table describes the SVC-based conferencing so lution supported capabilities: Ta b l e A - 1 Supported Solution Ca pabilities Feature Description Video Protocol H.264 SVC, Baseline Profile Video Resolutions For details, see: • " MCU Support[...]

Chapter A-Appendix - SVC-Based Co nf erencing Solution Specifications A-2 Video Layout • RealPresence Desktop: • 1+3 • 1+4 • 1+7 • 1+10 • RealPresence Mobile (iPad): • 1+3 • 1+5 • RealPresence Mobile (iPhone ): • 1x1 • 1x2 • 1+2 • 2x2 Note : For asymmetric layouts such as 1+3 and 1+4, the first digit denotes the current sp[...]

Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Confer encing Solutions Deployment Guide A-3 Supported Conferencing Features • Multipoint Video H.264 SV C call between SVC endpoints and a single MCU • Maximum number of SVC participants in a conference: — Up to 90 video participants u sing the Real Presence Collabor ation Server (RMX) — Up to 60 video pa[...]

Chapter A-Appendix - SVC-Based Co nf erencing Solution Specifications A-4 MCU Supported Resolutions The MCU automatically selects the resolu tion an d frame rate according to the conference line rate. Table A-3 details the maximum resolution and frame rates supported by the MCU for each conference line rate. The actual vi deo rate, resolution and f[...]