AASTRA ViPr system User Manual

Aastra ViPr™

Component options: Powering your ViPr™ system

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To help users make the most of their ViPr™
experience, system components are available
to enable interoperability with legacy systems,
integrate broadcast video, add voice-only telephone
callers to multipoint ViPr™ conferences, record ViPr™
conferences, and more.

Advancing virtual presence communications

dramatic “virtual presence” functionality for video interaction
between two or more geographically dispersed parties. Mature
and based on the H.264 standard, ViPr™ raises the bar for high­quality video telephony while maintaining full interoperability
with standard telephone systems and legacy video conferencing.

parties, a ViPr™ “call” is as good as a face-to-face meeting without
the travel expense. And ViPr™ simple, intuitive user interface has
been validated during human factors testing and through real­world experience. First-time users establish multiple-party video
conferences within a few minutes with minimal training.

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Components of Aastra ViPr™ solution offering

By integrating voice, video, and data over a Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP)–based architecture, the Aastra ViPr™ system
enables a new era of remote communications, delivering real­time, secure video communications over local- and wide-area
networks.

The ViPr™ system is straightforward in its deployment and
management. Required system components include the
following :

ViPr™ Media Center endpoints

– VMC4000

– VMC5000

– VMC6000

ViPr™ Application Server

In addition to required components, the following available ViPr™
equipment extends the system’s features and functionality :

– SIP<->H.323 Gateway

– H.323<->H.320 Gateway

– Media Server (H.264)

– Unicast Audio Mixer

– Media Interface

– Telephony Gateways

Key benets

• Easy<->integrate components oer exibility in design and

operation of the ViPr™ system.

• Component-based architecture provides a smooth migration

from legacy systems toward a complete ViPr™ environment.

• Components are interoperable with existing SIP phones, private

branch exchanges (PBXs), and voice mail servers.

• Rack mountable hardware design ts nicely into any 19-inch

rack for optimum use of valuable rack space.

• All optional components are available with Ethernet interfaces.

ViPr™ SIP<->H.323 and H.323<->H.320 gateways

The ViPr™ system provides virtual presence conferencing quality
that far exceeds the capabilities of H.323- and H.320-based legacy
video conferencing systems. However, there is still a large in­stalled base of H.32x-based systems. To protect customer invest­ments in legacy video conferencing technology, SIP<->H.323 and
H.323<->H.320 gateways allow the ViPr™ system to interoperate
with legacy H.323 (IP) systems and H.320 (ISDN) systems.Available
as a separately licensed service on the ViPr™ Application Server,
the ViPr™ SIP<->H.323 Gateway supports seamless interoperabili­ty with H.323-based video conferencing systems, including H.323
endpoints, multipoint conferencing units (MCUs), and gateways.
The SIP<->H.323 Signaling Gateway supports audio calls, video

calls, and T.120-based collaboration sessions. It interoperates with

the following H.320<->H.323 gateways:

– RADVISION viaIP gw-B40/gw-P10

– Polycom MGC-25 GW1/GW2

– Cisco IP/VC 3521/3526

The H.323<->H.320 Gateway enables ViPr™ endpoints to partici­pate in H.320-based video conferences.

By enabling interoperability between ViPr™ and legacy video
conferencing systems, SIP<->H.323 and H.323<->H.320 gateways
promote the systematic deployment of ViPr™ systems, allowing
a gradual and smooth migration from legacy video conferencing
systems toward a complete ViPr™ environment.