Polycom DOC2702A User Manual

Polycom, Inc.

Appendix I

Polycom Open Collaboration Network 
(POCN)

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 the MCU to natively inter-operate with Cisco TelePresence 

Systems, ensuring optimum quality multi-screen, multipoint calls between:
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Polycom Immersive Telepresence Systems (ITP) Version 3.0.3:
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RPX 200 

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RPX 400 

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OTX 300 

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TPX HD 306 

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ATX HD 300 

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Polycom video conferencing endpoints Version 3.0.3
— 7000 HD Rev C
— 8000 HD Rev B
— 9006
— 4500

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Cisco TelePresence® System (CTS) Version 1.7
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TIP is supported by RMX 1500/2000/4000 systems with MPMx cards.
Conferences hosted on the MCU can include a mix of existing end points (that do not 

support TIP) and CTS endpoints. 

Working in the Open Collaboration Server and TIP protocol are supported in AVC Conferencing 
Mode only.