Polycom EDOC2501b manual Intended Audience, Acronym Definitions, Acronym/Term Description

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”

Intended Audience

This document is intended for use by system architects, system engineers, developers, testers, and others who want to use the Polycom SVC-based conferencing solution to provide best-in-class video conferencing using SVC-enabled endpoints.

Deploying the Polycom RealPresence SVC-based conferencing solution requires:

•Basic understanding of how applications are developed in your environment

•Elementary knowledge of video conferencing and video conferencing administration.

•Functional understanding of both HTTP and XML

Acronym Definitions

The following table lists the acronyms that are used throughout the deployment guide.

Table 1-1Acronym list

Acronym/Term	Description
API	Application Programming Interface
AVC	Advanced Video Coding
CP	Continuous Presence
DTMF	Dual Tone Multi Frequency
EP	Endpoint
EQ	Entry Queue
FECC	Far-End Camera Control
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MR/VMR	Meeting Room or Virtual Meeting Room
PiP	Picture in Picture layout
PLCM	Polycom

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