Multipoint Control Links

A multipoint control links ( MCU ) is a Logiciel Informatique or a machine being used simultaneously to establish several communications of Visioconférence or VoIP.

This function makes it possible several “customers” of the conference to meet in the same “virtual room” of discussion.

One distinguishes two principal mode from discussion in an assisted communication of a MCU: the mode speech and the mode divided .
The mode speech posts it video of the person who speaks, whereas the mode divided posts in label all the participants.

In the case of VoIP, no arbitration is operated.

Note: much MCU only functions associated with a Gatekeeper. The MCU can also be useful at the time of the interconnection between two VoIP customers having incompatible codec S. This one réencode then with stolen the video voice and/or it to ensure interworking enters the " clients".