Chapter 2 Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Components and Process

About the Cisco MeetingPlace Video-Conferencing Process

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How Video Conferences Are Scheduled

A user fills in a standard Cisco MeetingPlace conference scheduling form in Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing, or MeetingTime; then the user submits that form to Cisco MeetingPlace audio server. If the user has indicated that the conference will include video participants, the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server verifies that resources are available, and if so, schedules the requested number of video ports and (depending on system configuration) notifies invitees.

About the Minimum Number of Video Ports Scheduled

In order to prevent more video conferences from being scheduled than the Cisco IPVC MCU can support at one time, Cisco MeetingPlace may schedule more video ports than the meeting scheduler specifies for a conference. The minimum number of ports that Cisco MeetingPlace schedules for each conference is determined by the formula [(Total number of video conference ports - Number of video floater ports + Number of video overbook ports)/ Total number of video conferences available]. If a user does not schedule fewer ports than the number of ports resulting from this calculation, Cisco MeetingPlace schedules the number of ports that the scheduler specifies. Floater and overbook ports are defined in About Configuring Port Parameters, page 4-7.

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Cisco Systems MeetingPlace Video Integration manual How Video Conferences Are Scheduled