TANDBERG T1 - Manual (Page 23)

D14224.03 USER GUIDE TANDBERG T1—NOVEMBER 2008
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What’s in this guide? Getting started Making calls Using the phone book In-call features Video conferencing Video conferencing
About video conferencing
A video call involving more than two participants is called a video conference
or a MultiSite call. You will then make use of the optional built-in MultiSite
(MS) functionality of your TANDBERG T1.
Observe that the infrastructure of your video network may contain external
Multi Conference Units (MCU). These are devices dedicated to handle
several simultaneous video conferences, each with many participants.
Consult your system administrator for information on how to utilize external
MCUs, if applicable.
Who becomes the host?
The host of a video conference is the endpoint to which all the others are
connected. In other words, the one who initiated the conference.
If two systems both supporting MultiSite have established their own video
conference independent of the other and one of these two call the other,
cascading will take place. This means that you may have more participants
in total than a single system supports. In this case, the host will be the one
calling the other.
The host has the right to terminate the connection to any of the participants.
The participants cannot control any of the others, but may disconnect
themselves from the meeting at all times.
If you are the one
who initiated
the video conference,
you are considered to be
the host by the system.