Cisco TelePresence Server

Product compatibility

The server is standards-based and compatible with major vendors’ endpoints.

Universal transcoding and transrating

- The server can combine immersive, HD, standard-definition (SD), and 360p endpoints within the same virtual meeting.
- The server provides automatic audio and video transcoding along with transrating on all calls.
- Each endpoint has its own decode and encode.

Content features

- Dual video is supported with H.239, Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP), or Auto Collaborate.
- Picture in picture: Video and content are composed into the video stream.
- Participants can have their own content transcoded at up to 1080p30 or WUXGA (1920 x 1200) at 27 fps.

Video standards

- H.261;
- H.263;
- H.263+;
- H.263++;
- H.264

Video resolution

From Quarter Common Intermediate Format (QCIF) up to 1080p (1920 x 1080) including interlaced CIF (iCIF) and interlaced Standard Interchange Format (iSIF)

Aspect ratios

4:3 and 16:9

Frame rates

Up to 60 fps

Audio standards

- G.711;
- G.722;
- G.722.1;
- G.723.1 (supported only on Cisco TelePresence Server MSE 8710);
- G.728;
- G.729;
- MPEG-4 AAC-LC;
- MPEG-4 AAC-LD;
- Polycom Siren14/G.722.1 Annex C

Audio features

- Wideband audio mixing;
- Ability to adjust endpoint audio gain through web interface

Protocols

- H.3231;
- BFCP;
- Network Time Protocol (NTP);
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP);
- Telepresence Interoperability Protocol Version 8 (TIPv8);
- H.235 (AES);
- H.239 (dual video);
- FTP;
- Real-Time Transfer Protocol (RTP);
- HTTP;
- Secure HTTP (HTTPS);
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (supported only on the MSE 8710 and Multiparty Media 310 and 320)

Security features

- PIN-protected conferences;
- Conference locking;
- Secure non-PC hardware and operating system;
- Transport Layer Security (TLS);
- Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP);
- AES encryption, 128-bit key, and H.235 (H.235 only on MSE 8710)

System management

- An XML management API is available.
- All platforms are managed remotely using Cisco TelePresence Conductor.
- The server offers full H.323 (supported directly on the MSE 8710; other Cisco TelePresence Server platforms require Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server [VCS] to interwork with H.323) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) decoding, which is supported on all platforms.
- The server offers configurable event logs.
- The server offers configuration backup to network.
- The server offers the ability to perform secure upgrades through Ethernet.

Quality of service (QoS)

The server provides configurable differentiated-services-code-point (DSCP) or type-of-service (ToS)/IP precedence.