Simplify your IT department’s work and make it easy for participants to join meetings from any standards-based video endpoint with Cisco Webex® Meetings.
Product overview
With cloud-based conferencing services, you can shift from a Capital Expenditures (CapEx) financial model to an Operating Expenses (OpEx) model while using existing network and device investments. And because it is a cloud service, it simplifies the complexity of managing disparate technologies. All this with your Cisco Webex Meetings subscription.
Features and benefits
Feature |
Description |
Benefit |
Users |
● Support for up to 1,000 concurrent users in a single meeting:
◦ Up to 100 SIP or H.323 video conferencing screens or clients; for example, a three-codec video conferencing system equals three users (
***)
◦ Up to 1000 additional Cisco Webex Meetings video participants (depending on your organization’s licensing model)
◦ Up to 1,000 additional Cisco Webex Audio-only users (depending on your organization’s licensing model)
● Total number of users depends on the Cisco Webex licensing choice
|
● Helps reduce costs and allows IT to focus on core business priorities
● Provides high scalability and availability as a cloud-based service
● Easy to roll out and expand as the organization grows
|
Join Experience |
Video Systems
● One Button to Push join from Cisco on-prem registered video systems, controlled by TMS and Cisco Webex Teams registered apps and devices (
*)
● Simply dial a video address, e.g., <meeting_number>@<site_name>.Webex.com
● Alternatively, use an IP address and enter the meeting number
● Additional support for Skype for Business (SfB) and Lync users, e.g., <meeting_number>.<site_name>@lync.Webex.com
● Video IVR with visual cues for a more intuitive join experience (
*)
Desktop, Mobile and Browser Apps
● Click-to-join from invitations
● Enter meeting number for ad-hoc join
● Use your computer or a telephone for audio
● Or, have the cloud call your SIP based video system for full audio, video, content share experience
|
● Schedule your meeting, go to your conference room, and tap the Join button. That easy!
● Standards based video address dialing for universal access
● Join meetings quickly without the need for complex call control and firewall setups on H.323 endpoints
|
IVR Interaction, In-Meeting Controls and Indicators |
Video Systems
● In-meeting controls using Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) controls
◦ Mute and unmute self
◦ Mute and unmute all (host)
◦ Lock/unlock meeting (host)
◦ Record meeting (host)
◦ Change own video layout
● SIP video systems require at least one of the following capabilities:
◦ RFC 2833 RTP Payload Type
◦ In-band DTMF audio tones (
*)
◦ Key Press Markup Language (KPML) (
*)
● H.323 video systems require at least one of the following capabilities:
◦ H.245 User Input Indicator
◦ RFC 2833 RTP Payload Type
◦ In-band DTMF audio tones (
*)
● Users on video systems that cannot negotiate DTMF will only be able to join a meeting after the host starts it
● Recording status indicator
● Audio line mute state change prompts
Desktop, Mobile and Browser Applications
● Full participant list
● Recording status indicator
● Meeting lock status indicator
● Mute/unmute audio of participants (host)
● Expel participant from meeting (host)
● Lock/unlock meeting (host)
● Record meeting (host)
● Transfer host role to another participant (host)
|
● Select from available video layouts for a more engaging meeting experience
● Control audio privacy in meetings
|
Video |
Video Quality
● Main video at up to 720p at 30 frames per second (fps)
● Main video at up to 1080p at 30 fps when connected to Hybrid Media Nodes (
*)
● Content sharing up to 1920x1200 at 3 fps
Video Aspect Ratios
● 16:9 widescreen
● 4:3 standard
Video Codec Support
● H.261 (
**)
● H.263 (
**)
● H.263+ (
**)
● H.264 AVC
● H.263 (CIF) or H.264 UC (720p/30) for Skype for Business and Lync clients
|
● Meet online just as if you were face to face
● Use High-Definition (HD) video to improve communications, relationships, and productivity
● Enable people to meet face to face to share documents, presentations, and applications
|
Audio |
Audio Codec Support for Video Systems
● G.711 (
m-law and a-law)
● MPEG-4 AAC-LD
● Opus
● G.722
● G.728
● G.722.1
● G.729 (with and without Annex B)
● MPEG-4 AAC-LC (TIP calls only)
Audio Codec Support for Applications
● Opus
● Internet Low Bitrate Codec (iLBC)
● G.722
Audio Integration Options for Applications
◦ Cisco Webex integrated audio (telephone and VoIP)
◦ Cisco Webex Cloud Connected Audio
Audio Access Methods for Applications
◦ Call-in (dial into the meeting)
◦ Call-back (meeting calls you) and video call-back
◦ VoIP (use your computer microphone and speakers or your smartphone data connection)
|
● Unparalleled audio quality
● Optimal use of network resources
|
SIP Video Systems |
● Single and tripe-screen standards-based video systems (multiscreen endpoints must use the Cisco Telepresence Interoperability Protocol [TIP])
● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption
● Signaling protocol support: SIP, SIP Transport Layer Security (TLSv1.2), Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP), and TIPv8
● Media protocol support: Real-Time Transfer Protocol (RTP), Secure RTP (sRTP), and Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
● Content share (dual video) protocol support: BFCP
|
● Widest interoperability allows for better reuse of investment
|
H.323 Video Systems |
● ITU-T H.323 standards-based video systems
● AES 128-bit encryption
● Signaling protocol support: H.323, H.323 with H.235, H.225.0, and H.245
● Media protocol support: RTP, sRTP, and RTCP
● Content (dual video) share protocol support: H.239
● Annex-O dialing: Ability for standalone H.323 video systems not registered to a gatekeeper to dial and join meetings
|
● Take advantage of existing investment in older systems
● Broaden reach of video conferencing inside of and across enterprises
|
Security |
● AES 128-bit encryption
● PIN-protected access into personal rooms from video systems
● Meeting lock and unlock for added privacy
● Authenticated access into meetings on desktop and mobile apps
● SIP TLSv1.2 and H.235 for signaling security
● sRTP for media security
● Password protected Network-Based Recordings (NBR)
● Data at rest encryption for recordings in Cisco Webex data centers
|
● Global, enterprise-scale network designed specifically for highly secure delivery of on-demand applications
● It offers a scalable architecture, consistent availability, and multilayer tenant security validated by rigorous independent audits, including SSAE-16 and ISO 27001
|
Prominent features
From the proven leader in video and web conferencing, Cisco Webex Meetings highly secure and scalable collaboration from the global Cisco Webex platform with the largest number of concurrent participants in a single meeting. Other benefits include:
● Cisco Webex Meetings enhances personal rooms, turning them into permanent, personalized spaces. Schedule ahead or invite others to drop in.
● Your customers, partners, and other peers can easily join you in a meeting from their own video system at any time without requiring cumbersome codes, including Microsoft Skype for Business.
● Each participant, regardless of video system, enjoys the same integrated video, audio, and content for one meeting experience.
● You can quickly scale your video conferencing reach and capacity from 1 to 1000 participants.
Platform support information
Consult the Hardware and System Software Specifications for Cisco Webex Meetings (bill of materials [BOM]) for information about compatibility with other Cisco and third-party products, and for additional product specifications.
Licensing
The Cisco Webex Meetings subscription includes video conferencing built in and available at no additional cost when ordered on Cisco Annuity. In addition, Cisco Expressway firewall traversal sessions are included to provide secure, end-to-end network protection.
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