RadiSys Introduces Continuous Presence Video Conferencing

June 17th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert

RadiSys, a leading independent provider of open, standards-based media server platforms and advanced embedded solutions, announced new video conferencing enhancements to its Convedia media server family. The RadiSys Convedia media server’s new “continuous presence” (CP) video conferencing mode supports multiple real-time video streams within a unified multi-pane display to deliver an “immersive” video experience for desktop video conferencing users. This new capability is available now for the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server at no additional charge.

Managing Partner, Andrew Davis:

Multi-service IP media servers play an important and growing role in service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) deployments. Adding video mixing capabilities such as continuous presence video conferencing, and enabling the control of these capabilities through open standards-based interfaces, brings significant benefits to application service providers who wish to add video conferencing capabilities rapidly to their unified communications solutions.

Continuous presence video adds a new mode of video conferencing support for video conferencing application developers. The RadiSys Convedia CMS-9000 media server already supports Voice-Activated Switching (VAS) so that all video conference participants see an identical real-time video stream of the active speaker. VAS is particularly beneficial for participants using mobile handsets where limited screen size makes multi-pane display impractical. With the new CP video conferencing capability, which includes parameters to specify border size and colors, as well as active speaker highlights, RadiSys now offers an alternative video conferencing capability ideally suited for immersive desktop unified communications offerings.