Chapter 3 - Setting Defaults
3-12
Video Session
(con’t) Continuous Presence (CP) - A Continuous
Presence conference is a conference in which
several participants can be viewed simultaneous ly .
Each participant uses their own endpoi nt’s
capabilities, thus maintaining the highest video,
audio and data capability that can be achieved. If
the number of participants is less than or equal to
the number of participants displayed, each
participant can see all of the other parti cipants.
When selecting Continuous Presen ce the
following layout options are available:
•Classic
•Quad Views
•Software
Classic - Classic Continuous Presence used the
standard Video card. 21 video layouts are
available in this mode.
Quad Views - The Quad Views mode requires the
Video+ card. It includes layouts for large video
conferences. This mode should be selected when
the conference includes 10 par tic pants or more.
Software - Software Continuous Presence is
implemented in IP networks only and is a softw are
solution that resembles the Continuous Presence
feature in terms of functionality, without using
video card resources. Software CP combines four
incoming QCIF streams with fixed video bitrate
from four different participants into one outgoing
CIF stream. In Software CP conferences only two
types of Video Layout formats are available: 2x1
and 2x2. If the conference includes less than 5
participants, one of the participant's layout
windows is grayed out.
For more details, see MGC Manager User’s Guide
Volume II, Chapter 1.
Table 3-1: Reservation Defaults - Settings1 Parameters (Continued)
Option Description