Polycom 8 manual Conference Types

Chapter 7 - Conference Types

Conference Types

Conferences may be defined as one of the following types:

•Standard - is a conference that includes all the audio and video parameters. It is scheduled once, and when the conference ends, it is deleted from the MCU. You can schedule a recurring reservation with the same parameters for each of the reservation in the series. Once defined, each of the reservations is treated as a single, unique reservation that can be modified (except for its name) or deleted from the MCU automatically when it ends or manually by the operator. For detailed description of Reservations and recurring Reservations, see Chapter 9.

•Meeting Room - is a conference without resource allocation or starting date and time. It is defined once but can be activated many times, remaining in a “passive” state between activations. The first participant that connects to it activates the conference. When activated, it operates as a Standard On Going Conference (for more details, “Viewing the Meeting Rooms List” on page 8-3). It is one of the reservation-less methods used in the system for on-demand conferencing.

•Operator - is a side conference that enables the Operator to assist participants without disturbing the on going conferences, without being heard by other conference participants. The Operator can move a participant from an Entry Queue, conference IVR queue, Participants Queue, Welcome Queue (Greet and Guide), or an On Going Conference to a private, one-on-one conversation in the Operator conference. An Operator conference can have up to two participants only: the operator and a participant.

Operator conferences can be defined and run from the WebCommander Web Site. However, most of the Attended operations cannot be performed as only one On Going conference can be viewed at a time.

Both Standard and Meeting Room conferences have the same conference parameters. The difference between them is the method in which they are scheduled and started, and what happens to the conference once it ends. This chapter describes the definition of a Standard On Going conference and the basic conference parameters.

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