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UW IP Telephony. Mary Mulvihill Manager, Customer Services Session Chair marymulv@u.washington.edu. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Dennis Cook, Lead Network Engineer dennisc@u.washington.edu Brian Graves, Lead Network Engineer bgraves@u.washington.edu Jeremy Wu, Network Engineer
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UW IP Telephony Mary Mulvihill Manager, Customer Services Session Chair marymulv@u.washington.edu
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) • Dennis Cook, Lead Network Engineer • dennisc@u.washington.edu • Brian Graves, Lead Network Engineer • bgraves@u.washington.edu • Jeremy Wu, Network Engineer • doctorwu@u.washington.edu • Lyle Zimmerman, Manager Infrastructure Planning & Design • lylez@u.washington.edu
Format • UW System Architecture (Dennis) • Trunking Overview (Brian) • IP Hardphone/Softphone (Jeremy) • Operations and Support (Jeremy & Brian) • [Cabling Infrastructure; Lyle available for questions] • QUESTIONS from our colleagues • Basic hands on demonstration
Why Use Centralized VoIP? • Use Processing Power of PBX • Better Quality • Less Delay • Receive and Make calls to non-Skype users.
Other Benefits of VoIP • Cabling • Data and Voice on one cable • PoE • Centralized power makes it easier to sustain during power disruptions • PBX Features • Voicemail, Caller ID, Call Centers
What is Softphone • Most similar to Skype • Runs on your laptop or PC • Simulates a PBX station on your laptop. • Most of the benefits of Hardphone
Issues To Watch Out For • NAT Firewalls • PC/Laptop Processor Speed • Requires at least 1 GHz processor • Should not actively use other applications while on a call. • Good quality USB Headset
VoIP Monitoring Application • Application that shows historical and real-time information on problem VoIP calls. • Receives RTCP data from phones and PBX. • Three Main Thresholds • Packet Loss • Round Trip Time (RTT) • Jitter
PBX Troubleshooting • Can take a look at the phone from the PBX administration. • Status of Phone • Shows if online • Shows firmware • Shows RTP statistics
Questions? Thank you!