System and method for a hybrid topology media conferencing system

摘要

Examples hybrid topologies of a conferencing system are disclosed. An example of a hybrid topology may comprise a plurality of endpoints and a central entity. Each of said plurality of endpoints may provide its primary video stream and audio stream to said centralized entity. The centralized entity provides the primary speaker stream and the mixed audio stream to each of said plurality of endpoint participants. In addition, some of plurality of endpoint establishes low bandwidth/low resolution media streams with other of said plurality of endpoint participants for non-speaker video.

主权项

1. A centralized entity for a video conferencing system, comprising:
a network interface; an audio module, configured to receive an audio stream from the network interface and to send an audio stream to the network interface; a video module, configured to receive a video stream from the network interface and to send a video stream to the network interface; and a control module configured to manage connections with a plurality of mesh connected endpoints, wherein the control module is configured to cause the centralized entity to:
establish connections with each endpoint of the plurality of mesh connected endpoints;receive a video stream at the video module from each endpoint of the plurality of mesh connected endpoints; andreturn a selected video stream from the video module to one or more endpoints of the plurality of mesh connected endpoints at a higher resolution than the video streams received by the one or more endpoints from the other endpoints of the plurality of mesh connected endpoints.