Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
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Deployment scenario
A company is currently using video for point-to-point calling but wants to support 3-way video calls and larger
video conferences initiated by callers already in point-to-point calls. Although some of their larger video
conference systems support this through conference bridges built into the video endpoints themselves
(MultiSite), Jabber Video and EX90 users and those endpoints without the built-in conference feature
licensed do not.
video conferences initiated by callers already in point-to-point calls. Although some of their larger video
conference systems support this through conference bridges built into the video endpoints themselves
(MultiSite), Jabber Video and EX90 users and those endpoints without the built-in conference feature
licensed do not.
To implement Multiway:
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the VCS Control or VCS Expressway needs to be running X5 or later software
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a conference bridge must be available (MCU running software 3.1 or later)
Multiway makes use of video conferencing more intuitive and seamless, allowing multiple parties to be added
to a call during the call as and when required, rather than requiring individual parties to call into a pre-setup
video conference.
to a call during the call as and when required, rather than requiring individual parties to call into a pre-setup
video conference.
In this scenario, the MCU will be set up to receive calls with a prefix 555.
It is assumed that the VCS Control is running X5 code (or later) and has at least the following option keys
applied:
applied:
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H323-SIP interworking
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Non-traversal calls
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Traversal calls (if interworking is to be used)
Summary of configuration process
To make Multiway operational, configuration must be carried out on:
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VCS
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MCU
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endpoints that need the ability to initiate a Multiway call
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