{"id":9607,"date":"2023-12-17T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T04:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/?p=9607"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:22:41","slug":"web-conferences-network-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/manual\/videoconference_voicecall\/webconferences-networktraffic","title":{"rendered":"Web conference network traffic volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chat&amp;Messenger <a href=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/manual\/videoconference_voicecall\/web-conference-usage\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Web Conference<\/a> We will explain the amount of traffic that will be applied to the in-house center router within the organization when this is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Audio and Camera<\/strong>\u30fbComparison table for document sharing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a web conference is held, the following traffic will be generated on the in-house center router, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><thead><tr><th>Number of users (<strong>Unit: Mbps<\/strong> (Average value)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">20<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">50<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">100<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">150<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Audio only<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1.5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">14.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Audio and Camera<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">8.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">26.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1 user audio and documents (others audio and camera off)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1.8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">6.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">14.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">60.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">90.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">110.0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Average transmission\/reception rate measured on the video server.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-check_list\">\n<li>Each organization should establish its own policy on how many web conferencing sessions can be used simultaneously, taking into consideration internal router limitations within the organization.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/manual\/schedule_calendar\/meeting_room_facility_reservation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facility Reservation Function<\/a>&nbsp;Large-scale meetings can be controlled by reserving and conducting them as a whole using the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/manual\/camserver\/camserver_overview\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On-premises CAMserver<\/a> When measuring, use the OpenJDK Platform Binary network usage fee in Task Manager as a guide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2532\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9612\" style=\"width:523px;height:92px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The approximate amount of communication required on the client side (one PC) is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case, the easiest way is to measure using Windows Task Manager. The following shows that when 10 people participate in a web conference and one person shares materials, the average communication amount per PC is about 0.3Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/images\/webconf-video-screenshare-traffic10.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:470px;height:302px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maximum number of simultaneous connections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The maximum number of participants per meeting room is 150.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A rough guideline for server specifications is a CPU with 12 cores and 16GB of memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a meeting with approximately 150 participants, under the conditions of one person sharing documents, other participants having their cameras off, and several having their microphones on, the average data usage on the meeting server is approximately 110 Mbps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By configuring multiple conference servers, it is possible to distribute processing across multiple conference rooms and expand the total number of simultaneous connections for the entire system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of simultaneous connections that can be accommodated depends on the traffic limits of the routers and network lines on the data center side.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By distributing conference servers across multiple data centers, the system as a whole is not dependent on a fixed limit on the number of simultaneous connections, and can be scaled according to the required size.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1581\" height=\"1264\" src=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11422\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0357142857142858;width:372px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"is-style-icon_pen wp-block-paragraph\">By dividing the bandwidth available for web conferencing in a data center by a generous 200Mbps per conference, you can roughly estimate how many conferences with around 150 participants can be held simultaneously.<br>For example, if a data center has a available bandwidth of 10 Gbps, and 30% of that (3 Gbps) is allocated to web conferencing, theoretically, this would allow for approximately 15 meetings, with around 2,000 users participating simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjustment of resolution and frame rate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Chat&amp;Messenger web conferences, camera resolution is limited to low traffic by default for 5 or 10 users. To change this, go to the &quot;<a href=\"\/en\/manual\/videoconference_voicecall\/web-conference-usage\/#webconf-video-quality-settings\">Web Conference Settings<\/a>Please use &quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/images\/webconf-video-quality-settings.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/images\/webconf-video-quality-settings-row.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Setting the minimum resolution to 90p<br><span class=\"swl-marker mark_blue\">Achieving the lowest traffic in the industry<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitrate guideline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitrate guideline calculation formula when camera is used<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This section introduces a formula for calculating the bitrate (kbps), which is the amount of data transmitted over the network by the sender (encoder). In real-time communications such as WebRTC, the bitrate is dynamically adjusted according to bandwidth limitations, network conditions, and the movement of people, but the general guideline is as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-crease wp-block-paragraph\">Bit rate (bps) \u2252 Number of resolution pixels \u00d7 Frame rate \u00d7 Motion factor \u00d7 Compression factor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Resolution: 180-1080p is recommended. 180p is 320 x 180, which is 57,600 pixels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frame rate: 5 to 30 fps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motion coefficient: The amount of change between frames in the video, such as human movement. Low: 0.07 - High: 0.12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compression factor... AV1 (high compression codec): Approximately 0.05 to 0.08 is a good guideline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average video bit rate (kbps) sent by the sender to the network is as follows, and the receiver basically consumes the same amount of bandwidth (one sender and multiple receivers depending on the number of participants).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Resolution (size)<\/th><th><strong>Camera footage (people)<\/strong>\/ 10fps<\/th><th><strong>Document sharing (static system)<\/strong> \/ 10fps<\/th><th>Guidelines for use<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>180p (320x180)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>28-42 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>10-18 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td>Minimum bandwidth for multi-person meetings \/ lightweight document sharing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>360p (640x360)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>110-160 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>35-60 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td>General meeting \/ PowerPoint sharing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>540p (960\u00d7540)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>260-360 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>90-140 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td>High-quality meetings for small groups \/ Showing documents in detail<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>720p (1280\u00d7720)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>470-650 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>160-240 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td>Clean and easy-to-use document sharing\/lecture delivery<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1080p (1920\u00d71080)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,040\u20131,440 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>350-500 kbps<\/strong><\/td><td>High-definition document sharing and recording quality<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AV1 Bitrate Comparison Table by Resolution (10fps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chat&amp;Messenger \u306e Web\u4f1a\u8b70 \u3092\u884c\u3063\u305f\u5834\u5408\u306b\u3001\u7d44\u7e54\u5185\u306e\u793e\u5185\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30eb\u30fc\u30bf\u7b49\u306b\u639b\u304b\u308b\u30c8\u30e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videoconference_voicecall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9607"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13134,"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607\/revisions\/13134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chat-messenger.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}