Webex Video Mesh Overview
Webex Video Mesh dynamically finds the optimal mix of on-premises and cloud conferencing resources. On-premises conferences stay on premises when there are enough local resources. When local resources are exhausted, conferences then expand to the cloud.
Video Mesh Node is software that is installed on an on-premises Cisco UCS server, registered to the cloud, and managed in Control Hub. Webex meetings, Webex Personal Meeting Room, Webex Space Meetings, and Webex App calls between two people can be routed to the local, on-net Video Mesh nodes. Video Mesh selects the most efficient way to use the available resources.
Video Mesh provides these benefits:
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Improves quality and reduces latency by allowing you to keep your calls on premises.
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Extends your calls transparently to the cloud when on-premises resources have reached their limit or are unavailable.
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Manage your Video Mesh clusters from the cloud with a single administrative interface: Control Hub (https://admin.webex.com).
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Optimize resources and scale capacity, as needed.
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Combines the features of cloud and on-premises conferencing in one seamless user experience.
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Reduces capacity concerns, because the cloud is always available when additional conferencing resources are needed. No need to do capacity planning for the worst case scenario.
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Provides advanced analytics on capacity and usage and troubleshooting report data in https://admin.webex.com.
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Uses local media processing when users dial in to a Webex meeting from on-premises standards-based SIP endpoints and clients:
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SIP based endpoints and clients (Cisco endpoints, Jabber, 3rd party SIP), registered to on-premises call control (Cisco Unified Communications Manager or Expressway), that call into a Cisco Webex meeting.
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Webex App (including paired with room devices) that join a Webex meeting.
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Webex room and desk devices that directly join a Webex meeting.
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Provides optimized audio and video interactive voice response (IVR) to on-net SIP based endpoints and clients.
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H.323, IP dial-in, and Skype for Business (S4B) endpoints continue to join meetings from the cloud.
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Supports 1080p 30fps high definition video as an option for meetings, if meeting participants that can support 1080p are hosted through the local on-premises Video Mesh nodes. (If a participant joins an in-progress meeting from the cloud, on-premises users continue to experience 1080p 30fps on supported endpoints.)
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Enhanced and differentiated Quality of Service (QoS) marking: separate audio (EF) and video (AF41).
Note
Webex Video Mesh currently does not support Webex Webinars.
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Supports End to End Encrypted Meetings (E2EE meetings). If a customer deploys Video Mesh and selects the E2EE meeting type, it adds an additional layer of security, ensuring your data (media, files, whiteboards, annotations) remains secure and blocks third parties from accessing or modifying it. For detailed information, see Deploy Zero-Trust Meetings.
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Private meetings currently do not support End to End Encryption.