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CSG mini-Workshop Voice over IP. Jim Jokl – Virginia Susan DeLellis – Harvard May, 2001. VoIP Systems: Lots of definitions. PBX VoIP line or trunk card - A Call path between IP phones via PBX Initial releases by Lucent, NEC, others PBX VoIP line or trunk cards - B
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CSG mini-WorkshopVoice over IP Jim Jokl – Virginia Susan DeLellis – Harvard May, 2001
VoIP Systems: Lots of definitions • PBX VoIP line or trunk card - A • Call path between IP phones via PBX • Initial releases by Lucent, NEC, others • PBX VoIP line or trunk cards - B • Call path between IP phones via LAN • Nortel, Siemens, others have systems • Most PBX manufacturers working towards this type of functionality • Major advantage: phone features
More VoIP System Definitions • LAN-based Systems • Call setup via LAN call processing server • Call path between all peripherals via LAN • Cisco Call Manager • Siemens HiPath Xpress • Nortel Business Communications Manager • Others • LAN-based systems generally limited • ACD, console, call center applications
Campus Network Routers, hubs, switches Packet Voice: What is different? Traditional Phone Switch Voice over IP (VoIP) PSTN PSTN Call Manager Gateway Phone Phone Switch Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone
Network Infrastructure for Voice over IP Support • Low latency • Low loss • Predictable packet arrival • High availability • Minimal capacity
Network Quality of Service (QoS) • Goal: provide better service for some • Build lots of network capacity • Layer 3 QoS • Layer 2 QoS
QoS: Useful for? • Have we seen the light? • Solving capacity problems? • Protect voice traffic? • Need a way to remap QoS parameters where traffic enters the network
IP Phones and QoS • IP phone generates 802.1p CoS = 5 and IP precedence = 5 • Switch in phone can clear PC’s QoS header settings • Phone and PC can be in different VLANs Switched Network Wall Jack IP Phone Personal Computer
IP Telephones and Power • Powering options • Via Ethernet cable • Via wall power transformer • Phone power consumption • Tested Cisco and Nortel phones • Between 4 and 6.5 watts/phone • Large wiring closet • 250 phones, 75% efficiency • Closet power: 400 Watts • Powering phones – no worse than 72 switch ports
Wireless Data VoIP • Symbol NetVision Phone • H.323 on 802.11 • But no DSSS yet (summer) • Spectralink NetLink Phone System • VoIP-based • Both FHSS and DSSS available • Proprietary adapter integration • Killer App: 802.11b/PCS dual mode phone?
Wireless & QoS • Challenge: protect voice traffic • Wireless LANs low bandwidth • Easy to overload • SpectraLink Voice Priority (SVP) • Retransmission modification • Priority queuing in base station • Symbol • Similar capabilities • Standards?
Preparations at VirginiaThe Network • New backbone this summer • Layer 3 switching • IP Precedence • Wiring Closet • 802.1p/Q • New edge switches will reclassify traffic • Policy management, multicast • Closet UPS and cooling work • Are these VoIP costs?
VoIP at Virginia • Initial application: toll bypass • AS-5300 Gateway – T1 to PBX • 2600/3600/3810 at remote location • Analog interface to remote PBX • Added Cisco Call Manager • Couple dozen phones • Voice mail issues • Number portability
VoIP at Virginia • Siemens HiPath 5500 • One dozen phones • PRI connection to Hicom PBX • CorNet features • Nortel Business Communications Manager • Planned for summer • Symbol?
Next Steps • Continue to prepare network for converged applications • Select a VoIP system for larger pilots • Harvest some low hanging fruit • Safe areas • Telecommuters • Wireless? • Solve the wired/wireless VoIP question • Continue to watch technology
Issues: Financial Model • Converged networks, especially VoIP, break most existing funding models • What to bill for • Wall outlet? • MAC Address? • IP phone or soft phone? • A tax based on headcount or NASF? • Central funding?