Polycom MGC/MGC+ Unified Conferencing Bridges
Solution Overview
Polycom, Inc. 4750 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588. 1.800.POLYCOM www.polycom.com
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On-Demand MGC “Meeting Rooms”
MGC meeting rooms are pre-configured by the administrator, and assigned to individuals or groups. Meeting rooms
do not use up resources on the bridge – they are dormant until activated. Users access the meeting room either by
the assigned ISDN/PSTN number, or IP address (usually an H323 alias to enable easier dialing). Meeting rooms can
be configured to include entry queues with IVR prompts for greetings, password/PIN entry, etc if required.
When the first participant dials into the conference, the conference is automatically activated. Other participants may
join the conference by dialing in. If dial-out participants are also defined for the conference, the system automatically
dials out to these participants the moment the conference is activated.
An IVR-enabled Meeting Room can be configured to start only when the chairperson connects to the Meeting Room.
In such a case, participants connecting to the Meeting Room prior to the chairperson connection are placed on hold
and hear background music (when available). If the chairperson does not connect in a predefined time period the
conference is automatically terminated. The conference is automatically terminated when the last participant quits the
conference, when the chairperson exits the conference or manually by the operator - or conference chair.
IVR-enabled Meeting
Room with Entry Queue
PIN
