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Wave 7 | December 2012 | eDOC2501B
Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based
Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide
Polycom Document Title 1
Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom RealPresence SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide Trademark Information POLYCOM® and the names and marks associated with Polycom's products are trademarks and/or service marks of Polycom, Inc., and are registered and/or common law marks in the United States and various other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Patent Information The accompanying product may be protected by one or more U.S. and foreign patents and/or pending pat
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 About the Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide ................................................................................................................. 1-1 Scope of This Document ................................................................................................ 1-1 Intended Audien
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Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide Making an SVC-Based Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1 Using the Polycom RealPresence Desktop and the Polycom RealPresence Mobile Applications .............................................................................................................................5-1 Making a Conference Call ....................................................................................
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1 Overview About the Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide This guide describes the Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-based conferencing solution. This guide provides an overview of SVC-based conferences and the steps required to configure and use the SVC conferencing solution to add real-time, on-demand multipoint video SVC conferencing to your environment. Scope of This Document This document provides you with the solution overview and how to configure the Polyc
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Chapter 1-Overview Chapter 5, “Making an SVC-Based Conference Call” discusses the processes and user experience of making an SVC-base conference call. This chapter discusses the following topics: •"Point-to-Point Calls” •"Multipoint Conferences” Appendix A, “Solution Specifications”, lists the specifications that are used in the SVC- based conferencing solution and includes the following topics: •"Solution Specifications” •"Supported Conferencing Features” •"MCU Supported Resolutions” Int
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Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide Table 1-1 Acronym list (Continued) Acronym/Term Description PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network RPAD RealPresence Access Director SAC Polycom Scalable Audio Coding SBC Session Border Controller SDK Software Development Kit SIP Session Initiation Protocol SVC Scalable Video Coding VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol VSW Video Switching conference 1-3
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Chapter 1-Overview 1-4
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2 SVC Conferencing Solution Overview This chapter describes the Polycom RealPresence 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 section provides a general description of the SVC protocol and video conferencing using the SVC protocol. Overview of SVC The Scalable Video Coding (SVC), an extensi
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Chapter 2-SVC Conferencing Solution Overview 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 Conferencing Solution is a powerful and innovative video conferencing mode that, in some cases, provides high-quality video streaming between endpoints with lower resolutions, frame rates, and line rates. SVC conferences also
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Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide The following diagram illustrates 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 layout with the received video streams. Each SVC-enabled endpoint sends and receives encoded SVC bit streams to and from the RealPresence Collaboration Server. For example, the SVC stream sent from a RealPresence Desktop clien
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Chapter 2-SVC Conferencing Solution Overview Some of the advantages of SVC conferencing are: • Offers high-resolution video conferencing with low end-to-end latency, improved error resiliency and higher system capacities. • Allows the SVC-enabled video endpoints to manage display layouts, support multiple resolutions and data rates. SVC provides simulcasting at different resolutions with more layout building options on the endpoint. Flexible in-stream selection to accommodate various endpoin
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Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide The following diagram illustrates an example of a mixed AVC/SVC conferencing mode: In this example, an SVC endpoint (1) receives three video streams at different frame rates and resolutions, and creates the conference layout with the received video streams. The video bit stream that the SVC endpoint receives from the AVC endpoint (3) is transcoded in the Collaboration Server and then encoded into an SVC bit stream in th
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Chapter 2-SVC Conferencing Solution Overview The following table illustrates how participants are displayed in video layouts for both SVC and AVC endpoints: Table 2-1 Video Layouts for Mixed AVC and SVC Conferences Number of AVC Endpoints SVC Endpoints (RPD) Participants (Auto Layout) 2 3 4 5 6 7 2-6
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Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide Table 2-1 Video Layouts for Mixed AVC and SVC Conferences (Continued) Number of AVC Endpoints SVC Endpoints (RPD) Participants (Auto Layout) 8 9 10 11 12 In the AVC endpoints video layout for 10 participants, the current speaker is displayed and the other seven panes are the participants who have previously spoken in the conference. The video layout displays the participants in speaker order - the participant who was the
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3 SVC Conferencing System Architecture This chapter describes the Polycom RealPresence SVC Conferencing System Architecture, a general description of SVC, and using the SVC conferencing solution. This chapter includes the following topics: •"System Architecture for Enterprise Deployment” •"Polycom System Environment Components” •"A Typical SVC-Based Conference Deployment Scenario” •"Supported Features in the RealPresence Collaboration Server” System Architecture for Enterprise Deployment T
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Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture The SVC-based conferencing system architecture diagram is divided into the following sections: •"User Plane” •"Access Plane” •"Media Plane” •"Call Control Plane” •"Management and Provisioning Plane” User Plane The User plane describes the various endpoints that can be deployed in the RealPresence UC Platform, which can include room and mobile endpoints, Telepresence systems, voice and audio. In the SVC conferencing solution, only SVC-enabled
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Polycom® RealPresence® SVC-Based Conferencing Solutions Deployment Guide Alternatively, the Acme Packet SBC (Session Border Controller) can be deployed in the enterprise environment to provide secured communications across IP network borders. Media Plane The Media Plane contains the Polycom components such as the Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server 1500/2000/4000 (RMX) or the RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s, Virtual Edition as the MCU (Multipoint Control Unit) that enables the t
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Chapter 3-SVC Conferencing System Architecture Management and Provisioning Plane This level contains the Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager component. The RealPresence Resource Manager controls and manages all enterprise management applications and servers such as Authentication, DNS, Email, in addition to client provisioning through the enterprise Management User Interface (UI). Additionally, this level contains the enterprise Active Directory (AD), which communicates with the RealPre
