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Chapter
The
•"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
Access Plane
The Access plane controls the flow of data from the endpoints to the media servers. The Access plane can deploy devices such as ISDN PBX, Polycom RealPresence® Access Director™, and so forth. These devices are used to control and manage information security. Firewalls can be deployed for additional security.
The Polycom® RealPresence® Access Director™ (RPAD) enables expanded firewall traversal options for secured video conferencing connectivity within the enterprise environment or with conference participants outside the enterprise firewall.