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Ian Colville Product Manager Aculab plc ian.colville@aculab.com +44 (0)1908 273 923. VoIP without DSPs: challenges and opportunities. Agenda. An epiphany moment How’d ya do VoIP without DSPs? Some of the benefits The issues and challenges Where can you use it? A mini case study
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Ian Colville Product Manager Aculab plc ian.colville@aculab.com +44 (0)1908 273 923 VoIP without DSPs: challenges and opportunities
Agenda • An epiphany moment • How’d ya do VoIP without DSPs? • Some of the benefits • The issues and challenges • Where can you use it? • A mini case study • Questions • Summary
My job for the next 20 minutes… • Keep you awake and engaged • Provide an educational and fun experience • Maintain non-commercialism • Pass on some thought provoking tips centred around the challenges and opportunities arising from VoIP without DSPs
There’s nothing like a good idea • Sometime, somewhere… • Someone had a thought along the lines of, “In an all-IP environment I don’t need a T1, so is there still a need for a DSP board?” • At this epiphany moment, he thought unto himself, “There is another way!”
Or as Nostradamus put it… • In the bright millennium in the house of greatest power • With a blinding flash that is not obscure • He will realise no need for T1s • And can resources run on any PC tower
What do we mean; VoIP without DSPs? • DSPs run firmware that performs media processing • Functions are essential for telephony systems • Software-based media processing resource functions are an alternative • Software that runs on a host PC’s CPU • Alongside the application • Instead of firmware running on dedicated DSP resource boards
How to implement VoIP without DSPs Let’s get to the heart of the matter
Benefits of this approach • Terrific idea for trial or development systems • Speeds time to market • Cost-effective for small-scale VoIP e.g., SMEs • Reduces total cost of ownership • Wide choice of platforms • ‘No-brainer’ network connectivity • Can be offered as a package with SIP or H.323
Issues and challenges • Toasting the host
Issues and challenges • It’s not the speed • The application • Codec selection • Delay/latency
Issues and challenges • Some functions are better suited to DSPs • Echo cancellation • Conferencing
Issues and challenges • Licensing • Upgrades/scaling up • Support costs • Total cost of ownership
Issues and challenges • Functionality • Channel count • Small-scale systems • The nature of the application • Telco-grade
Where can you use DSP-less VoIP? • Small-scale IVR, voicemail • IP PBX for SMEs • High channel broadcast/announcements • Try it out on telco-grade servers or Blades
Mini case study • Here’s an example of VoIP without DSPs • Cisco CallManager VoIP telephone system replaced old TDM system • Educational complex with its own hotel • 4 separate campuses; >500 extensions • Voicemail features didn’t meet customer’s needs
Mini case study • DSP-less VoIP for enhanced voicemail • Standard H.323 interface • Unlimited amount of voicemail boxes and messages • Several ’add-on’ features compared to ’standard’ voicemails e.g., mobile phone voicemail box, automated attendant, information boxes, email forwarding (WAV file), browser-based user interface, IVR, etc.
The opportunities realised • No extra hardware costs for interface or resources • Easy integration process • Hybrid solutions possible • Various PBXs and VoIP solutions served by same voicemail/ IVR • Implementation costs are low • Easy to implement, tailor, upgrade and update • Delivery costs are modest
Any questions? Czy maja Panstwo jakies pytania? Have you any questions? Имейте Вас любые вопросы? Vous a n'importe quelles questions ? Heb u enig vragen? L'ha qualunque domande? Haben Sie irgendwelche Fragen? Le tiene cualquiera pregunta? Have you any questions?
In summary • Speeds time to market • Cost-effective for small-scale VoIP e.g., SMEs • Reduces total cost of ownership • No extra hardware costs for interface or resources • Easy to implement, tailor, upgrade and update • Wide choice of platforms • Blade Server is an option
Or, as Nostradamus might’ve said… • In the halcyon days of adventurous voice over IP • Great systems will be constructed • IVR and VM1 will demand resources • And they shall be found without a DSP 1: Voicemail
You can call me Ian And I’ll say you’ve been a great audience THANK YOU! See Aculab on stand 515 ian.colville@aculab.com +44 (0)1908 273 923