
The PeopleLink Video Conference Solution (PVCS): The MCU Architecture has the Master /Slave type and have deploying capability in such a way that the central location MCU and Multiple Slave MCU's deployed at regional locations can be linked with each other for Full VIDEO Conference Ports sharing, Redundency and Bandwidth Optimisation. Each MCU (MCU at central location and MCU at regional unit locations ) has the capability to use Video Conference ports available at the Local MCU and also all the Video Conference ports available at all the other MCU's by logging into the Local MCU itself and not choking the bandwidth at central location for regional level conferences.The MCU architecture is such that in case Master MCU is down any of the Slave MCU's can become master and still all Slave MCU resources can be shared by all MCU's. In case required Each Slave MCU should be able to work as a stand alone Master MCU without sharing resources.

PeopleLink Video Conference Solution was developed based on IETF's Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) standard. It is a distributed, modular and powerful software based enterprise Video Conference Platform. The System takes into account expandability and extensions of functions, allowing for users to experience instant communication with each other, hold online conferences, provide conference notifications, etc. This provides the user with a complete and unified network multimedia communication solution.
PVCS is one of the earliest video-conferencing software solutions which are GIPS compliant, a world leading voice communication solution and standard that brings users best voice communication experiences and a perfect voice quality that is better than telephone. The solution also features, among others, AEC (acoustic echo cancellation), AGC (automatic gain control), and NR (noise reduction) designed for conferencing applications.
Featuring MPEG4 and H264 VBR/CBR video compression algorithms, which has an excellent bandwidth adaptability and video compression rate, hence, with its patented code stream control and bandwidth adaptability mechanisms, ensuring ideal visual effects even in a poor networking conditions. The in-built video multi-channel multiplexing technology allows an existing video channel to be multiplexed by multiple video signals for transmission of video data in a coordinated way. Thereby enabling video data to be transmitted in an organic way, improving transmission efficiency, saving network bandwidth, and streamlining transmission
The system is designed to interface with H.323 and SIP-compliant software and hardware video-conferencing equipment, and supports equipment from the following vendors: Polycom, TANDBERG, Kedacom, Huawei, Dstmedia, Sony, RADVISION, VCON, CXNETWORK, VTEL, LIFESIZE and other H.323 hardware terminals and hardware MCU products.
The system supports PSTN and VoIP services by allowing telephones and mobiles to access the conference. Multiple telephones can access the conference simultaneously.
A user authentication interface is provided by the system for easy integrating with OA, ERP, and enterprise internal systems.
The system brings a wide range of functions to users on the same platform by combining video-conferencing and instant message (IM) facilities into one. Such functions include:
The PeopleLink Ultra large capacity video conferencing system is a high-performance and high-capacity video conferencing product tailored for large companies. Based on the award winning product, the system is designed as a more versatile and reliable pure software network video conferencing platform that distills PeopleLink's expertise in the multi-media communication domain. The solution allows a single conference room to hold over 1,000 participants and supports unlimited number of conference rooms. You can access the conference anytime and anywhere as if you were sitting in a physical conference room.
By supporting integrated implementation of multiple sets of master/slave conference cascading sub-systems, the system allows an optimized system implementation, which is tailored for user specific application environments. The system provides multi-level user experiences by enabling a seamless integration between PeopleLink Communicator and video-conferencing facilities on the same platform. Thereby meeting a wide range of requirements in terms of point-to-point communication, online awareness, real-time conferencing, and multi-party interaction. The distributed and modular platform architecture provides a powerful system scalability, allowing PeopleLink Ultra to have an excellent scalability and openness in the system design stage. Hence providing a robust and complete application platform for large capacity implementation and telecommunication operations.
User conference, and server management is all conducted by the central server, with conferencing and management facilities being separated. User conference login and system management are all conducted by a single central server, hence simplifying user operations and reducing system risks.
All the conferencing system user resources are managed by the central server, allowing company-wise resources sharing and highly efficient resources use.
Business-level web servers and databases are used by the central server to effectively ensure stable running under high loads.
Business-level servers and databases are used to maximize system stability and ensure a reliable large-volume data management;
The Hot standby module is a software module which can be used to keep the Master server up and running in case the Master server fails. This module in combination with with 2 hardware servers and 3 IP address ensures a fail proof solution. Server software is loaded on both the machines and both the machines are given one dedicated IP Address and both the machines are also given one Floating IP address which is configurable using the Hotstandby Module. All particpiants always login into the FLOATING IP ADDRESS , In case one of the server fails with a intelligent auto reconnect feature all participants are again logged in automatically within few seconds into same FLOATING IP adrress which this time is automatically mapped to backup Server.
This enables to have a Full HotStadby backup without the need of buying one more MCU and just by enabling a software module and one extra hardware server at a fraction of cost and thus having substantial savings and having very high reliability.