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author | oej <oej@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b> | 2006-12-05 20:39:13 +0000 |
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committer | oej <oej@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b> | 2006-12-05 20:39:13 +0000 |
commit | c1729817c56ff3340941d05abf61e30c7d556e88 (patch) | |
tree | 8cd4287c0bcc51138db2ef4d743b5cba3c7a7d45 /include/asterisk/channel.h | |
parent | 4bbefa5c47eab04b79e3a52623ac76134f7c0fca (diff) |
Doxygen updates
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diff --git a/include/asterisk/channel.h b/include/asterisk/channel.h index ff0901fb2..c83d20962 100644 --- a/include/asterisk/channel.h +++ b/include/asterisk/channel.h @@ -81,8 +81,39 @@ \arg translate.h - Transcoding support functions \arg \ref channel_drivers - Implemented channel drivers \arg \ref Def_Frame Asterisk Multimedia Frames + \arg \ref Def_Bridge */ +/*! \page Def_Bridge Asterisk Channel Bridges + + In Asterisk, there's several media bridges. + + The Core bridge handles two channels (a "phone call") and bridge + them together. + + The conference bridge (meetme) handles several channels simultaneosly + with the support of an external timer (zaptel timer). This is used + not only by the Conference application (meetme) but also by the + page application and the SLA system introduced in 1.4. + The conference bridge does not handle video. + + When two channels of the same type connect, the channel driver + or the media subsystem used by the channel driver (i.e. RTP) + can create a native bridge without sending media through the + core. + + Native briding can be disabled by a number of reasons, + like DTMF being needed by the core or codecs being incompatible + so a transcoding module is needed. + +References: + - ast_channel_early_bridge() + - ast_channel_bridge() + - app_meetme.c + - \ref AstRTPbridge + - ast_rtp_bridge() + - \ref Def_Channel +*/ /*! \page AstFileDesc File descriptors Asterisk File descriptors are connected to each channel (see \ref Def_Channel) |