Product description 19
Nortel Integrated Conference Bridge Service Implementation Guide
The ICB communicates with the system software by emulating a digital
line card (XDLC), which allows existing software to control the
operation of the ICB. Configure each ICB port as an Automatic Call
Distribution (ACD) M2616 digital telephone set.
System overview
The ICB comes as a single card, or a pair of cards if additional ports are
required to support a dual-card meeting. Each card stands alone, even
in the dual-card configuration. For dual-card meetings, the primary card
uses ports on the secondary card. The following rules apply:
• Each card (that is, the primary and secondary) has its own set of
users. There is no “common list” for both cards.
• To schedule a conference, the user logs into the card in which their
account is defined. If the user has two accounts, one on each card,
they must try each card separately to find available resources for
the conference. There is no automatic pooling between cards.
• A user, super-user, or executive-user can have accounts on many
cards at a company (that is, a customer can have one person who
administers multiple bridges for their company).
• Dual-card conferences can only be scheduled by users on the
primary card.
ICB conference feature summary
The ICB:
• Allows volume control by conference participants.
• Offers customized conference-specific greetings.
• Enables users to acquire and release chairperson control while in a
conference.
• Delivers pre-meeting and post-meeting participants notifications.
• Allows one chairperson per conference.
• Offers optional chairperson control on the secondary card of a
dual-card conference.
• Provides for one or more permanent bridge configurations.
• Supports multiple conferences simultaneously.
• Provides chairperson commands during an active conference.
• Provides conferee commands during an active conference.
• Allows conference extension beyond the scheduled time.