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Cisco Access Gateways

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Cisco Access Gateways: Objectives

Upon completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the IP telephony infrastructure
• Compare analog and digital gateways
• Describe common access gateways
• Identify and describe gateway protocols
• Describe core gateway requirements

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Cisco Gateway Integration

Voice GW

Router/GW
Router
PSTN

Regional Center
Headquarters IP WAN
Router/GW

Rest of the World

Telecommuter Branch Office
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Analog vs. Digital

Analog Trunk

FXS
FXO
PSTN
PRI
or
FXS
T-1 CAS

Digital Trunk

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Cisco Access Gateways
H.323 / Cisco
IOS MGCP H.323 MGCP Gateways
Gateways Gateways

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Gateway Protocols
MGCP H.323 Non-IOS
MGCP
VG200 X X
DT-24+, DE-30+ X X
Cisco 1751 X
Cisco 3810 V3 X X
Cisco 2600, Cisco 3600 X X
Cisco 3700 X X
Cisco 5300 X X
Cisco AS5340, AS5400, AS5800 X
Cisco 7200 X X
Cisco 7500 X
Catalyst 4000, WS-X4604-GWY X X
Catalyst 6000, WS-X6608-x1, WS-X6624 X
Catalyst 4224 (EOL) X X

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Core Gateway Requirements
• DTMF relay:
– Signaling method that uses specific pairs of frequencies within
the voice band for signals

• Supplementary services:
– Provide user functions, such as hold, transfer, and
conferencing

• CCM redundancy:
– A secondary CCM should be able to pick-up control of all
gateways initially managed by the primary CCM

• Call survivability:
– The RTP bearer stream (the voice conversation) between two IP
endpoints is preserved when, the CCM that the endpoint is
registered to, is no longer reachable
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Summary

• Choosing and configuring the correct Cisco access gateway is integral when designing
an IP telephony solution.
• Both analog and digital gateways connect CCM to specific sources. Station gateways
and trunk gateways are the two types of analog gateways. There is only one type of
digital gateway, the Cisco access digital trunk gateway.
• You can group Cisco access gateways by analog and digital categories or by the
protocols used to communicate with CCM.
• CCM 3.0 and greater supports three types of gateway protocols: H.323, Cisco IOS
MGCP, and MGCP.
• IP telephony gateway must meet these core requirements: DTMF relay capabilities,
supplementary services support, CCM redundancy support, and call survivability in
CCM.

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Lesson Review

1. What type of voice network connects a Cisco

access gateway?
2. What type of interface is on a digital voice
gateway?
3. Which two switch series are capable of supporting
a voice network?
4. Which two protocol types can the VG200 gateway
support?
5. Which item is a core gateway requirement?

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