NORDUnet Video Conferencing - Equipment & Capabilities
The NORDUnet Video Conferencing Service is based on a Centralized MCU and a number of distributed Terminals:
Centralized MCU:
Radvision SCOPIA 400/72 (Upgradable to Multiple SCOPIA 400/72 Configurations)
Maximum Continuous Presence Video Participants in HD Quality
48 (3 Conferences of 16 HD Participants or Multiple conference with fewer participants)
Maximum Continuous Presence Video Participants in SD Quality
72 (3 Conferences of 24 SD Participants or Multiple conference with fewer participants)
Maximum Continuous Presence NORDUnet Desktop Participants up to 384Kbps
96 (2 Conferences of 48 Participants or Multiple conference with fewer participants)
maximum Continuous Presence NORDUnet Desktop Participants up to 1024Kbps
48 (2 Conferences of 24 Participants or Multiple conference with fewer participants)
Maximum Additional Streaming Users
300
Maximum Audio Participants
96
Managements Ports - iVIEW Suite (H.323 & SIP,Scheduler, Management, Accounting)
100
ECS Gatekeeper
200 Concurrent Calls - 1000 Registrations
Maximum Concurrent Conference Room Recording
3
(The 100 Mbit transmission Capacity of the MCU 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
- 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
- Live video resolutions - QCIF, CIF/SIF, 4CIF, 288p, 384p, 400p, 448p, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080p
- Presentation video resolutions - VGA, SVGA, XGA, 720p
- Video bandwidth - up to 4Mbps
Advanced Video Processing
- Video transcoding, rate matching, text overlay, 28 layout options, dynamic layout according to number of conference participants, lecture mode
Data Collaboration and Presentation Sharing
- H.239 and DuoVideo for presentation sharing
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
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