Aastra ViPr™ Multimedia Conferencing

Feature List

Each ViPr™ user can connect up to 100 parties. And a variety of endpoint configurations makes it easy to choose the ViPr™ system that is the best fit for any collaborative environment:

4000 Series personal (desktop) systems
• VMC4000: Aastra ViPr™
• VMC4400: Aastra ViPr™ + Virtual Share + Extended I/O

5000 Series rack-mounted group systems
• VMC5400: Aastra ViPr™ + Virtual Share + Extended I/O

6000 Series rack-mounted group systems
• VMC6400: Aastra ViPr™ + Virtual Share + Extended I/O

VMC 4000 Series

Video
• Displays up to 15 remote-party conference participants in a potential 100-way conference
• Support for live TV broadcasts (e.g., CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC) to the desktop
• Secure end to end conferencing using AES-128 encryption of all voice and video channels (VMCx400 systems only with purchase of additional AES license)
• Participants rendered at 30 frames per second of VGA image resolution
• Low-delay (<100 ms) H.264 encoding with H.261 and H.263 compatibility options
• Self view
• English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language support

Video Viewer
• Displays video channels broadcast from the optional ViPr™ Media Server (see the ViPr™ Component Options Data Sheet for additional information).
  – Live TV/cable broadcasts
  – VCR/DVD viewing
  – Security and public camera feeds
  – Presentations
  – Any other video source
• Supports simultaneous viewing of up to three channels (when not in a conference)
• Available channels are displayed for user selection
• Users can view video while on a call
• Features independent audio volume/mute for each video channel

Audio
• Hands-free operation
• Full-duplex audio
• Stereo acoustic echo canceller (AEC), ViPr™ 4000 Series personal systems only
• Automatic gain control (AGC)
• Wideband audio — 16-bit, 16 KHz uncompressed pulse code modulation with G.728, G.722, G.721 and G.711 compatibility options
• High-fidelity stereo output with volume control
• PC audio pass-through, ViPr™ 4000 Series personal systems only
• Microphone/speaker mute

Telephone Features
• On-screen touch dial pad and keyboard
• Caller ID
• Hold
• Call transfer
• Conference
• Speed dial
• Redial/call history
• Call forwarding
• Do not disturb

User-based Calling
• Login is via Windows/Kerberos user ID and password
• Phone “personality” moves with login
   – When a user logs in to a ViPr™ at a remote site, all personalized settings appear
  – Contacts, speed dials, and ring preferences move with the user
  – Calls for a specific user automatically route to the ViPr™ station where the user is logged in
  – ViPr™ features automatic “find me/follow me” technology
• SIP uniform resource identifiers (URIs) are used as “phone numbers” and resemble e-mail addresses (e.g., vipr.user@sip.Aastra.com)
• PBX extensions (with optional analog or digital gateways) are automatically forwarded to the ViPr™ station where the user is logged in

Presence Services
• Users are able to know before a call is placed whether the called party is likely to answer
• SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Levering Extensions (SIMPLE) presence client
• Full state tracking (available, busy, do not disturb, out of office)
• Allows customized call-routing rules for each presence state
• Contact-based filtering privacy controls
• Contact database
• Full name, organization, address
• Multiple phone numbers (SIP URIs and numeric)
• One-touch dialing to any contact
• Presence information is shown for all subscribed contacts
• User contacts are organized by folder/categories
• Search and sort-by features
• Users can search corporate directories via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Call History features
• Four call categories: incoming, outgoing, missed, and frequently dialed
• Automatic storage of the 20 most recent calls in each category
• One-touch redial of any entry
• Caller ID display
• Function to save any entry as a contact in the database
• ViPr™ call session logs are available for call tracking and management purposes

Standards
• ViPr™ products are RFC 3261-compliant
• Supports the ability to make calls to/from standard SIP phones and gateways
• IPv6

VMC 5000 Series

Application Features
• Ad-hoc conferencing capabilities for up to a 100-way conference call (no multi-conference unit [MCU] required)
• Video images are not cropped, providing full conference room views
• Displays live or pre-recorded video feeds during a call
• Stereo quality output with volume control
• Integration with Microsoft NetMeeting or Microsoft Office Live Meeting for instant collaboration sessions within a ViPr™ call
• Presentation capabilities via a PC-to-ViPr™ connection
• Simultaneously view a presenter and presentations
• H.264, Session Initiation Protocol- (SIP-) based device provides full H.32x interoperability
• IPv6 support
• English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language support
• Active Presence states maintained for call routing

Performance Features
• Unequaled video quality based on the H.264 standard
• Wide-band audio
• Support for 10/100 local area network connections
• Call modes that require bandwidth from 128 Kbps to 3 Mbps
• Low latency (<100 ms) for video encoding, providing real-time communications
• Call statistics provided through the end device user interface

Network Features
• SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (RFC 3261)
• SIP-Specific Event Notification (RFC 3265)
• Presence Event Package for SIP (RFC 3856)
• SIP INFO Method (RFC 2976)
• Reliability of Provisional Responses in SIP (RFC 3262)
• SIP Refer Method (RFC 3515)
• SIP “Replaces” Header (RFC 3891)
• SIP Referred-By Mechanism (RFC 3892)
• Uniform resource identifier (URI) dialing
• Configurable network parameters
• Quality of Service using Diffserv code point (DSCP) for IP
• IPv4 and IPv6 capable
• H.225/H.245/H.450 support (ViPr™ Application Server)

VMC 6000 Series

Design Features
• Designed for high quality video conferencing in a meeting room environment
• Displays video on a plasma screen or overhead projector
• Touch screen and user interface provide unparalleled ease of use
• Built-in conferencing and presentation capabilities make it easy to connect, disconnect, and interact with callers
• May be integrated into a conference table for easy conference Control

Application Features
• Ad-hoc conferencing capabilities for up to a 100-way conference call (no multi-conference unit [MCU] required)
• Video images are not cropped, providing full conference room views
• Displays live or pre-recorded video feeds during a call
• Stereo quality output with volume control
• Integration with Microsoft NetMeeting or Microsoft Office Live Meeting for instant collaboration sessions within a ViPr™ call
• Presentation capabilities via a PC-to-ViPr™ connection
• Simultaneously view a presenter and presentations
• H.264, Session Initiation Protocol- (SIP-) based device provides full H.32x interoperability
• IPv6 support
• English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language support
• Active Presence states maintained for call routing

Performance Features
• Unequaled video quality based on the H.264 standard
• Wide-band audio
• Support for 10/100 local area network connections
• Call modes that require bandwidth from 128 Kbps to 3 Mbps
• Low latency (<100 ms) for video encoding, providing real-time communications
• Call statistics provided through the end device user interface

Network Features
• SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (RFC 3261)
• SIP-Specific Event Notification (RFC 3265)
• Presence Event Package for SIP (RFC 3856)
• SIP INFO Method (RFC 2976)
• Reliability of Provisional Responses in SIP (RFC 3262)
• SIP Refer Method (RFC 3515)
• SIP “Replaces” Header (RFC 3891)
• SIP Referred-By Mechanism (RFC 3892)
• Uniform resource identifier (URI) dialing
• Configurable network parameters
• Quality of Service using Diffserv code point (DSCP) for IP
• IPv4 and IPv6 capable
• H.225/H.245/H.450 support (ViPr™ Application Server)