Now the it has been announced that Lync is moving to the Skype SILK codec.
Microsoft Lync-Skype connectivity v2 – Adds Video and More
http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2014/02/18/microsoft-lync-skype-connectivity-v2-adds-video-and-more.aspx
You maybe ask how much bandwidth does SILK use? Previously published was the below figures from Skype in Silk Datasheet
At Lync Conference 2014 in the “Technical deep-dive into Lync-Skype Video” session by Carl Olivier and William Looney the following figures:
So to answer the question 36 kbps when using Wideband and 13 kbps with Narrowband.
For the difference in MOS scores between the figures on the datasheet and Lync Conference I am assuming SILK has been further improved to accommodate Lync integration.
During the session Q&A, it was asked whether the Super-Wideband codec will be supported by Lync? Not at the moment and it isn’t a high priority for them.
Lync/Skype v1 calls did not support FEC end-to-end however Lync/Skype v2 calls will use in-band FEC compared to Lync’s out of band FEC. ICEv19 has been added to the Skype client with STUN\TURN for supporting Lync edge servers for media relay as well as H.264 SVC for video interop.
Reference:
SILK Datasheet
https://developer.skype.com/resources/SILKDataSheet.pdf
UPDATES
UPDATE #1 (14/03/2014) Updated with further information from Lync Conference
