What is a Video Conferencing Bridge?
A Video Conferencing Bridge or Video Bridge (also called a Multipoint Control Unit) is a hardware system that is able to connect multiple codecs together into a single conference.A Video Bridge receives digital video and audio signals from all individual codecs or video conferencing systems in a designated conference, processes and resends digital video and audio signals back to all the codecs and video conferencing systems. So depending on the resources on the Video Bridge, multiple conferences with many locations can be conducted simultaneously. Many Video Bridges can provide advanced features such as Continuous Presence, People plus Content or dual streams, Transcoding, and Transrating, Academic Technology services uses a pair of Polycom MGC +100 video bridges. For more information, see Polycom’s web site.
