Clearspan® Product Overview R19
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3.2
Clearspan Call Control Interaction for UC
The Clearspan system supporting portions of the Unified Communications functionality will be
deployed and managed by the end customer or Aastra, depending on the business model. This
Clearspan system will support the following UC capabilities:
All call control including point-to-point audio and video sessions
Multiparty Audio Conferencing (Meet-Me, optional)
Support of mobile users and clients with various Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC)
strategies
Licensing of the Clearspan Communicator clients
Clearspan Device Management for automated client provisioning
Integration with Aastra OnDemand for automatic provisioning of subscriptions and users
Enterprise Directories
Call Logs (Missed/Placed/Received)
Centralized Service Configuration (Call Forwarding, DND, etc.)
3.3
Aastra OnDemand
Aastra OnDemand is a set of cloud-based hosted or managed services, an optional add-on to the
UC solutions available using the Clearspan Communicator (Audio or Video options
– see below for
details), XMPP and Web Collaboration. A subscription to the OnDemand service is required to
deliver the following capabilities as part of the complete solution:
Instant Messaging and Presence (IM&P)
Desktop sharing
Full Web Collaboration capabilities
With the IM&P service, the Clearspan Communicator allows a user to build a list of frequent
contacts called buddies. When users want to communicate with one of their buddies, they can
quickly see their availability (presence) and choose a mode of communication (chat, voice, video,
desktop share). The presence status can be viewed from the Clearspan Communicator or in
Microsoft Outlook. Desktop sharing and full Web Collaboration is also delivered from Aastra
OnDemand. Clearspan Communicator uses the Aastra OnDemand Web Collaboration
infrastructure to enable desktop sharing between the Clearspan Communicator users and users
joining sessions via a Web browser.
3.4
Clearspan UC Clients Details
In addition to web-based portals provided for administrator and user self-configuration purposes,
Aastra offers a range of client applications to access the features associated with the Clearspan
services, designed to address the varying needs of different user types. These products are
integrated with Aastra server-based features and offer enhanced functionality for users. In addition
to hardware based options, the Clearspan solution provides the following software based end-user
UC client options:
Clearspan Assistant
- A PC-based carrier-class, lightweight desktop communications
management product for everyday users of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Internet
Explorer. Used in conjunction with the Clearspan platform, users have full call-control
