What it does

The ad-hoc conferencing (CONF) functionality in Rhino VoLTE TAS allows a subscriber to add multiple parties to a voice or video session. The conference is initiated by a subscriber (the conference moderator) making a call toward the conference factory Public Service Identity (PSI). The Rhino VoLTE TAS will process this call and begin a session with the media server (MRFC/MRFP). As the moderator adds more participants to the conference, the Rhino VoLTE TAS instructs the media server to join or mix the media of the new participant with the conference session media. The moderator controls the conference, and sessions are terminated when the moderator disconnects.

Participants 'subscribe' to the conference to be notified of changes, such as members joining or leaving. Each subscription is valid for a specified length of time.

Operators can control whether the MRF is contacted directly from the Rhino VoLTE TAS, or whether the I-CSCF is added to the route header of messages sent to the MRF.

Conference media

Every conference participant establishes signaling and media sessions with the media server, facilitated by the Rhino VoLTE TAS. The specifics of the media sessions (and of the message flows used during conferencing) are dependent on the endpoints in use and on the MRF itself, so there are a number of configuration options to control details of the conference media settings. Operators can also control value-add features such as the maximum number of conference participants and whether video-conferencing is allowed.

Interactions with other services

Each participant’s session is treated by the Rhino VoLTE TAS as a regular call, subject to normal call processing in addition to conference treatment. This means that standard Rhino VoLTE TAS functionality, such as access transfer, mid-call announcements, and hold-and-resume functionality, are all supported during conferencing.

Online charging

Charging is correlated to the moderator session.

Configuration

What you need

  • ❏ The URI of the conference MRF.

  • ❏ A list of conference factory PSIs to use in addition to the PSIs defined in 3GPP TS 23.003.

  • ❏ The vendor of the Media Server Markup Language in use.

  • ❏ Whether the root element in the MSML is a child of the selector element or of the videolayout element.

  • ❏ The maximum number of participants in the call.

  • ❏ Whether video conferences are allowed.

Setting up conferencing

Warning Ensure that conferencing media server integration has been configured.

The example for sentinel-volte-gsm-config.yaml and example for sentinel-volte-cdma-config.yaml show example configuration relevant to conferencing in the sentinel-volte/mmtel/conferencing section.

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Set the URI of the Media Resource Function

In the conferencing section, set conference-mrf-uri to the URI:

                conference-mrf-uri: sip:mrf@mrfhost.example.com:5060
Route messages to the MRF via the IMS

In the conferencing section, set route-to-mrf-via-ims to true:

                route-to-mrf-via-ims: true
Set the MSML schema vendor name

In the conferencing section, set msml-vendor to the vendor name:

                msml-vendor: Dialogic
Attach the MSML root element as a child of videolayout

In the conferencing section, set root-on-selector to false:

                root-on-selector: false
Add a conference PSI alias

In the conferencing section, add the conference PSI alias to the list of conference-factory-psi-aliases:

                conference-factory-psi-aliases:
                    -   sip:conf-factory@ims.mnc<MNC>.mcc<MCC>.com
Set the maximum number of participants in a conference

In the conferencing section, set maximum-participants:

                maximum-participants: 4
Allow video-conferencing

In the conferencing section, set allow-video-conference-calls to true:

                allow-video-conference-calls: true
Set the default expiry time on conference subscriptions

In the subscription section, set default-subscription-expiry-seconds:

                default-subcription-expiry-seconds: 1800
Set the minimum allowed subscription time

In the subscription section, set min-subscription-expiry-seconds:

                min-subscription-expiry-seconds: 10
Notify participants about subscription changes every 10 seconds

In the subscription section, set polling-interval-seconds:

                polling-interval-seconds: 10
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