VCON HD3000 User’s Guide
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11 M
ULTI
P
OINT
C
ONFERENCING
WITH
I
NTERACTIVE
M
ULTICAST
Interactive Multicast is an alternative to MCU sessions, allowing the broadcast of
identical video streams, audio streams, and data application sharing packets from
one party to multiple parties. Interactive Multicast uses bandwidth more efficiently
than an MCU does, and it does not limit the number of users in a session or the
number of sessions per license; most MCUs do.
During an Interactive Multicast, the initiating party (
Chair
) calls one or more
parties (
Participants
) to start the conference and controls its progression. All
parties receive identical transmissions.
Many VCON products provide the capability to carry out Interactive Multicast
video meetings over a Local Area Network (LAN), in which the Chair
and
all
Participants may be seen and heard during the duration of the meeting. The
HD3000 can join an Interactive Multicast as a Participant - only Participant
functions are available.
As a Participant, you may receive the floor, in which its video and audio is seen and
heard, respectively, by the other Participants and the Chair for a period of time.
Interactive Multicasts can proceed in the form of a lecture or demonstration, in
which Participants’ participation is restricted and controlled by the Chair, or as a
free discussion, in which everyone has the right to be seen and heard without the
need to receive permission from the Chair.
11.1 Entering an Interactive Multicast
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To enter an Interactive Multicast
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Answer an incoming call from the Chair of an Interactive Multicast.
-or-
Call the IP address of the session after the Interactive Multicast starts.
You will see and hear the same video and audio as everyone else in the conference.