METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING MESH CONTROL FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING BRIDGES AND CASCADING CONFERENCES

摘要

A videoconferencing system allows a distributed group of separately addressable multipoint controller signaling layer and multipoint controller application layer units to be logically combined for the purpose of managing a videoconference with a plurality of endpoints. In some embodiments, a primary multipoint controller signaling layer unit may identify other multipoint controller signaling layer units and multipoint controller application layer units to handle requests for joining an ongoing videoconferencing session, routing such requests to the other multipoint controller signaling layer units and multipoint controller application layer units as needed.

主权项

1. A videoconferencing control system, the system comprising:
a multipoint controller signaling layer module, configured to provide signaling services for establishing and conducting a videoconferencing session between two or more videoconferencing endpoints; and a plurality of multipoint controller application layer modules, each configured to control the videoconferencing session between the two or more endpoints, wherein the videoconferencing session employs the multipoint controller signaling layer module and one or more of the multipoint controller application layer modules.