Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
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4The MCU checks whether a conference with the same Conference ID is running on the
MCU. If there is such a conference, the participant is moved to that conference. If there
is no ongoing conference with that Conference ID, the system creates a new conference,
based on the Profile assigned to the Entry Queue, and connects this participant as the
conference chairperson.
Figure D-1 Ad Hoc Conference Initiation without Authentication
To enable this workflow, the following components must be defined in the system:
• An Entry Queue IVR Service with the appropriate audio file requesting the Conference
ID
• An Ad Hoc-enabled Entry Queue with an assigned Profile

Ad Hoc Conferencing with Authentication

The MCU can work with an external database application to validate the participant’s right
to start a new conference. The external database contains a list of participants, with their
assigned parameters. The conference ID entered by the participant is compared against the
database. If the system finds a match, the participant is granted the permission to start a new
conference.
To work with an external database application to validate the participant’s right to start a
new conference, the Entry Queue IVR Service must be configured to use the external
database application for authentication. In the external database application, you must
define all participants (users) with rights to start a new conference using Ad Hoc
conferencing. For each user defined in the database, you enter the conference ID,
Conference Password (optional) and Chairperson Password (when applicable), billing code,
Conference general information (corresponding to the User Defined 1 field in the Profile
properties) and user’s PIN code. The same user definitions can be used for conference access
authentication, that is, to determine who can join the conference as a participant and who as
a chairperson.
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On Going
Conference
with this ID?
Maple_Room
Conference ID: 1001
New Conference
ID: 1300
Network
Numeric ID: 1000
Name: DefaultEQ
9251000
9251000
MCU
IP Endpoint
IP Endpoint
MCU
Gatekeeper - 925
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925DefaultEQ
IP Endpoint