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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU Release 5.6
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Chapter 1 Functionality
Port Capacities
The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU supports switched High Definition (HD) video
service types. The switched HD service enables Voice Activated single-screen displays at up to 4
Mbps,
and offers resolutions of 1280 x 720 pixels (720p) and 1920 x 1080 pixels (1080p). Switched HD service
types also enable you to set a minimum downspeeding bandwidth rate that is common to all endpoints
participating in a conference.
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU12 Port Capacity
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU12 supports a fixed number of ports:
• 72 ports of fully transcoded audio.
• 24 ports of fully processed desktop video (up to 384 Kbps).
• 12 ports of fully processed high rate video of up to 4CIF and up to 2 Mbps (6 ports when using
encryption above 768 Kbps or when using a bit rate above 2 Mbps).
• 4 ports of high definition continuous presence video.
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Fully transcoded high rate video.
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Any Continuous Presence layout.
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All ports are fully video processed.
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Any mixture of H.261/H.263/H.264.
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Mixed QCIF/CIF/4CIF/720p conferences (4CIF is provided with H.263 at 15fps).
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Unlimited number of conferences of which one can be a high definition conference at any given
time.
Note When using a High Definition Switched Video service type, only a single screen layout is available.
High definition participants must have H.264 only and receive 720p in order to view the conference in
high definition, otherwise the endpoint is considered as a standard definition endpoint.
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU24 Port Capacity
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3515 MCU24 supports a fixed number of ports:
• 72 ports of fully transcoded audio.
• 48 ports of fully processed standard rate video (up to 384 Kbps).
• 24 ports of fully processed high rate video of up to 4CIF (12 ports when using encryption above 768
Kbps or when using a bit rate above 2
Mbps).
• 16 ports of fully processed High Definition Continuous Presence video (8 ports when using
encryption above 768 Kbps or 12 ports when using a bit rate above 2
Mbps).
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Fully transcoded high rate video.
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Any Continuous Presence layout.
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All ports are fully video processed.
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Any mixture of H.261/H.263/H.264.
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Mixed QCIF/CIF/4CIF/720p conferences (4CIF is provided with H.263 at 15fps).