NORDUnet Video Conferencing - Equipment & Capabilities
The NORDUnet Video Conferencing Service is based on a Centralized MCUs and a number of distributed Terminals:
Centralized MCU:
Radvision ELITE 5230
Radvision ELITE 5230
Maximum Continuous Presence Video Participants in HD Quality
120
120
Maximum Continuous Presence Video Participants in SD Quality
120
120
Maximum Continuous Presence NORDUnet Desktop Participants up to 384Kbps
120
120
maximum Continuous Presence NORDUnet Desktop Participants up to 1024Kbps
120
120
Maximum Additional Streaming Users
600
600
Maximum Audio Participants
120
120
Managements Ports - iVIEW Suite (H.323 & SIP,Scheduler, Management, Accounting)
100
100
ECS Gatekeeper
500 Concurrent Calls - 1250 Registrations
500 Concurrent Calls - 1250 Registrations
Maximum Concurrent Conference Room Recording
3 (1TB Space available for meeting recordings)
3 (1TB Space available for meeting recordings)
(The 1000 Mbit transmission Capacity of the MCUs can be used as a combination of the above sketched capabilities)
Conferencing Solution Components
- Multipoint Conferencing Units (MCUs) - with full HD video and audio transcoding, SIP and H.323 support
- iVIEW™ Suite with internal Gatekeeper - for conference scheduling and management
- SCOPIA Desktop - extends the reach of video networks to desktop and remote users
Capacity
- Optimized capacity provides optimized capacity and port cost to each conferencing application working point (High Definition, Standard Definition, Desktop)
Signaling Protocols
- H.323, SIP, H.320, H.324M
Audio Support
- Codecs - G.711, G.722, G.722.1, G.723.1, G.728, G.729AB, MPEG4 AAC-LC, Polycom® Siren14™/G.722.1 Annex C
- Custom participant entry / exit tones
- DTMF tone detection (in-band, H.245 tones, and RFC2833)
Video Support
- High Definition Continuous Presence - H.264 @ 720p up to 30fps
- Codecs - H.261, H.263, H.263+, H.264 SVC
- Live video resolutions - QCIF, CIF/SIF, 4CIF, 288p, 384p, 400p, 448p, 480p, 576p, VGA, SVGA, SXGA, 720p, 1080p
- Presentation video resolutions - VGA, SVGA, XGA, 720p
- Video bandwidth - up to 12Mbps
Advanced Video Processing
- Video transcoding, rate matching, text overlay, 28 layout options, dynamic layout according to number of conference participants, lecture mode
- Consistent video quality and frame rate regardless of the number of participants connected to the meeting
- Automatic adjustment of the video aspect ratio to 4:3 or 16:9
- 22 different layout options with up to 28 conference participants displayed on one screen using Continuous Presence
- Individual / personal layouts per conference participant
- Fully customizable personal layout controlled using DTMF
- Automatic image size adjustment to match TV display
- Text overlay (e.g. conference participant’s name)
- Dynamic layout according to the number of conference participants
Data Collaboration and Presentation Sharing
- H.239 and DuoVideo for presentation sharing
On-screen Information Overlay
- User joined / left meeting
- Number of audio only participants
- Audio only active speaker name
- Encrypted meeting
- Meeting being recorded
Security
- H.235 AES encryption
- Password protected web GUI user access with multiple levels: Administrator, Operator, User
- PIN protected conferences
- HTTPS for secured management
Web-Based Monitoring and Control
- User-friendly web interface for MCU configuration and conference operation Video Auto-Attendant
- Leading number
- IP dialing
- Multi language
Video Auto-Attendant
- Leading number
- IP dialing
- Multi language
- Distributed auto-attendant support (using iVIEW)
- Fully customizable auto-attendant audio prompts
Endpoint Conference Control
- H.243
- DTMF
QoS
- DiffServ, TOS, IP Precedence
Desktop Connectivity via SCOPIA Desktop4 (Windows/IE and MAC OS-X Client)
- Live connection (Audio, Video, Data)
- Streaming mode
- Built-in NAT and Firewall traversal
- Virtual room support
- Easy scheduling via Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes
- Web-based scheduling
Management via iVIEW™ Suite with Internal Gatekeeper5
- Gatekeeper (H.323 support)
- B2BUA - Back-to-Back User Agent (SIP support)
- Supports multiple devices for load balancing and failover
- User configurable dial-plan
- Full H.245 routing and control for call monitoring and authorization
- Network status and statistics
- Network-wide view of calls and conferences
- Central terminal configuration
- Display of events and errors received from elements
- Easy Web based scheduling and ad hoc video conferencing
- Complete Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes integration
- Accounting for Organization Cost Allocation