BANDWIDTH EXTENSION IN A MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE UNIT

摘要

A multipoint conference unit includes input/output ports to communicate with at least three client terminals via at least three communication channels with each communication channel communicating with one of the at least three client terminals, a memory to store data streams communicated between multipoint conference unit and the client terminals, and a processor to mix data streams received from the client terminals and to store the mixed data streams in the memory. The processor also determines a number of each of three different types of communication channels and selectively implements bandwidth extension to the communication channels based on the determination.