Planning for

Support of Voice
and Video in a
Campus Network

Accommodating Voice and Video in Campus Networks

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 Unified Communications
Components of Unified
Communications
IP phones
Call agent (Cisco Unified
Communications Manager)
Voice Gateways to PSTN
Application server (voice
mail)
Conference station (voice and
video)
IP network (router and
switches)

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 IP Telephony Components

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 Characteristics of Voice and Data

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 Video Applications
Video collaboration
Cisco TelePresence
IP surveillance
Digital media systems
Characteristics of video applications
Most are interactive
Video contains voice as well
Requires a connection with little delay to prevent
jitter (same as with voice)
Requires a high-bandwidth connection depending
on the video resolution
Peer-to-peer traffic
Video endpoints are connected to the access layer

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 Voice and Video Traffic

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 Requirements for Voice, Data, and Video
Traffic
Requirements Voice traffic Data traffic Video traffic

Bandwidth Low High High

Mostly no Constant or
Delay Short
problem short
Mostly no
Jitter Little Little
problem
Mostly no
Packet loss Little Little
problem
Availability High High Medium

Power Yes None None

Security Medium High Low or medium

Provisioning Medium
High (DHCP) Medium
Management (DHCP)
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 Voice and Video in the Campus Network

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 Summary
IP phones, call agent, and application servers are used for unified
communications.
Voice sends a constant data stream while data traffic sends
changing amounts of data (bursts).
Video applications increase bandwidth requirements in the
network.
Video collaboration, digital media systems, and IP surveillance
are emerging video applications.

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