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The document provides guidance for network administrators on preparing their network for SaskTel Centrex IP voice over IP (VoIP) service. It discusses key considerations like network behaviors that can impact voice quality like jitter, delay, and packet loss. It also covers potential impairments to VoIP, prioritizing Ethernet switches, recommended firewall configurations, assessing bandwidth needs, and recommendations from SaskTel. The goal is to help networks meet users' expectations for high quality voice services comparable to traditional telephone networks.

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Centrex Ip Voip Readiness Document

The document provides guidance for network administrators on preparing their network for SaskTel Centrex IP voice over IP (VoIP) service. It discusses key considerations like network behaviors that can impact voice quality like jitter, delay, and packet loss. It also covers potential impairments to VoIP, prioritizing Ethernet switches, recommended firewall configurations, assessing bandwidth needs, and recommendations from SaskTel. The goal is to help networks meet users' expectations for high quality voice services comparable to traditional telephone networks.

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PreparingyourNetworkfor TM SaskTelCentrexIPService

ConfidentialityandProprietaryStatement

TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentisthepropertyofSaskTel,andit isstrictlyconfidential.Therecipientofthisdocument,byitsretentionanduse, agreestotreattheinformationcontainedhereinasconfidentialtoSaskTel. Without SaskTels prior written permission, this information must not be copied, disclosed, or distributed in whole or in part. By receiving this information,thereceivingpartyisboundbytheseconditions.

TableofContents
Overview ................................................................................................. 1
CentrexIPArchitecture ....................................................................................2

Introduction ............................................................................................. 3 NetworkBehaviors .................................................................................. 4


Jitter.................................................................................................................4 Delay ...............................................................................................................4 PacketLoss ......................................................................................................6

PotentialVoIPKillingImpairments......................................................... 7 EthernetSwitchesandPrioritization......................................................... 9
M6350SoftPhone..........................................................................................10 NetworkConnectivityandSaskTelCentrex IPService ...................................11

Cabling .................................................................................................. 14 Power .................................................................................................... 15 Security ................................................................................................. 16


FirewallConfiguration ...................................................................................17

Bandwidth ............................................................................................. 20 NetworkAssessment.............................................................................. 21 PostVoIPImplementation..................................................................... 23 SaskTelRecommendations .................................................................... 24 AppendixA:CommonLANDeploymentScenarios .............................. 25 AppendixB:SourceDocuments ............................................................ 31

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Overview
TargetAudience Thisdocumentisintendedforbusinessprofessionalsand/orITmanagerswhohavethe generalresponsibilityfortheplanning,design,management,andperformanceof networkswithintheenterprisedomain. Whilethisdocumentisnotexpresslytechnicalinnature,itassumesthereaderhasa thoroughunderstandingofconceptsrelatingto, butnotlimitedto, thefollowingareas: QualityofService(QoS,or Priority ClassofService) TheOSImodel Routers,switches,andfirewalls Wideareanetworks(WANs) Signaling SaskTelCentrexIP SaskTelCentrexIPisanetworkbasedVoIPapplicationbasedonNortelNetworks Succession switcharchitecture. Itconsistsofacentral officebasedservercomplex which providesapplicationandsignalingfunctionalitytocustomerpremisesbasedIPtelephone setsandPCbasedclientsoftware.MediaandsignalingpacketsaretransportedviaanIP network. ThepromiseorvalueofSaskTelCentrexIPServiceliesintwomajorareas:cost savings,andenhancedfunctionality.Comparedwithothertypesoftelephonyservices, includinglegacyCentrexserviceofferedoverthetraditionaltelephonenetwork,Centrex IPratesmaybe15to39% cheaperthanexistingCentrexrates.BecauseSaskTel CentrexIPisinherentlybasedonIP,ithasthecapabilitytodomore(servicemobility, newmultimediaapplications,greaterintegrationwithotherdesktopservices).Forthese reasons,andmore,SaskTelCentrexIPhasappealandthepotentialtodelivertremendous valuetoCustomers. SaskTelCentrexIP,asarealtimeVoIPapplication, placesmoreexactingdemandson thedatanetworkswhichtransporttheservice. SaskTelhasinvestedtosignificantly upgradeitsCentralOffice,transport,andaccessnetworks. SinceCentrexIPtraverses networkswhicharecontrolledbyCustomers,Customersmustbepreparedtoexamine, test,designandupgradetheirnetworksinorderforusersoftheservicetohaveapositive experience.

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CentrexIPArchitecture
=CarrierPrivateLAN =CarrierPubliclyRoutableLAN

CS2000/ CS2000c CICM OA&M/P UAS

RTP Media Portal

SS7
USP PVG

PSTN

PBX Carrier CO/CS LAN

Firewall

CarrierManagedNetwork
DHCP server

Enterprise A Enterprise Client LAN

Firewall NAT/NAPT

Firewall NAT/NAPT

DHCP server

Enterprise B Enterprise Client LAN

i2004/i2002

m6350

i2004/i2002
6

m6350

Source:SuccessionCS2000ServiceOverview,March2004,NortelNetworks.

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Introduction
WhilemuchofthefollowingdocumentscontentisapplicabletoanyVoIPdeployment, thisdocumenthasbeenpreparedwithparticularfocustotheconsiderationsnecessary forthoseimplementingSaskTelsCentrexIP service,overanMPLSbasedwidearea networkwhichiscapableofcertainqualityofservice(QoS)functions. . IfyouareconsideringrunningVoiceoverIP(VoIP) onyourlocalareanetwork(LAN), chancesareyou'llneedtomakesomechangestoyournetwork regardlessofwhether youreplanningtouseahostedsolutionoracustomerownedsolution,.Keepinmind thatVoIPisanapplicationlikeanyother.Yournetworkdesignandcapacitycanmakeor breakthefunctionalityof VoIP.

Highvoice quality Dialtone always

150mseconeway delaymax

Callsare private

Few impairments

EventhoughtraditionalbusinesstelephoneservicesandcustomerownedTDMbased PBXsystemsarebeingreplacedwithVoIP,enduserswillstillhavethesameexpectation forvoicequalityandreliabilitythattheyhavealwayshadwiththepublicswitched telephonenetwork(PSTN). Theabovediagramdepictsusers expectationsforatelephonesystem.Usersexpectthe samevoicequality aswiththePSTNwithnodelaysorjitter,privacy,andan instantaneousdialtone.Theywantphoneservicethatwillworkeven whenthepoweris out. Traditionallyfordatanetworks, timingislessimportantthanaccuracy,butvoiceisa realtimeapplicationwithverystringentrequirements.The typicaldatanetworkisnot designedtomeettheserequirements.

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NetworkBehaviors
Tomeetendusers expectationsofvoicequalityandreliability,youshouldbefamiliar with thethreeleadingfactorswhichleadtoimpairmentofquality ofVoIP.Network behaviorssuchasdelay,jitter,andpacketlosshaverelativelylittleimpactonadata network,butcanaffectthevoiceapplicationrunningoveryourdatanetworktothepoint creatinganunpleasantexperienceforyouremployeesandcustomers,oratworst,making theVoIPserviceunusable.

Jitter
Packetvoicesystemsacceptanalogvoicesignalsfromtelephonehandsets,which digitize andcompressthesignal,placingtheresultingseriesof bitsintoashortpacket.The packetisthen sentoveranIPnetwork.Whenitreachestheotherend, thepacketis decodedandthesignalisreconstructed. Packetscantakedifferentroutesacrossyour network,othersmaygetdelayed,andtheintervaltimebetweenthepacketscanvary. Thisiswhatjitteris:thevariationofdelayinreceivedpackets.
Steadystreamofpackets

Packetstreamaftertravelingthroughthenetwork

Atthesendingside,voicepacketsaresentinacontinuousstream andtheyarespaced evenlyapart.However, thepacketbypacketdelayinflictedbythenetworkmaybe differentforeachpacket,causingirregularspacingordelaybetweeneachpacketwhen theyarriveatthereceivingend.Thereceivingendrequiresfixedspacingbetweenthe packetsbeforethepacketscanbeconvertedbacktovoice.Tofixthisspacingissue,the receivingIPdevicewillhaveajitterbufferinsideitthatwilldeliberatelydelay incoming packetstoallowforacontinuousfixedstream.

Delay
Delayeffectshowmuchtimeavoicepacketspendsinthenetwork.Delaycanbethought ofastheintervaloftimebetweenthemomentasoundismadebythespeakingpersonto themomentthatsoundisheardbythenonspeakingperson.Delayisusuallyexpressedin th milliseconds(ms:onemillisecondis1/1000 ofasecond). Thereare typical sourcesof delay: Thenetworkitself
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o Whenavoicepackettransversesthenetwork, itmustbereceivedbyeach networkingdeviceandadecisionmustbemadebythatdeviceonwhereto sendit. Codec o Codecsarealgorithmsthatdigitizeandcompressthevoicesignal. o CodecsarebuiltintotheIPsets,softclients,andendpoints. o Thetimerequiredtoprocessandcompressasignalisbydefinitiondelay. Eachcodechasacertain amountof builtindelay. Codecswhichcompressa givensignaltoasmalleroverallpacketsize(highcompression)maytake moretimeorcausemoredelaythananothercodecwhichdoesnotcompress thesignalashighly. Jitterbufferdepth o Thisbufferholdsincomingpacketsforaspecificamountoftimebefore forwardingthemontothedecodertobeconvertedbacktovoice(thisis helpfulinreducingjitterbyeliminatingunevenspacesbetweenpackets). o Thisbufferingeffectintroducesadditionaldelay. Agoodbaselinefor onewaydelayforacceptabletwowaycommunicationis150ms. Delaysabove400msresultinpoorquality. Thefollowinggraphshowsthelikelihoodof usersbeingsatisfiedbasedonagivenamountofdelay.Asyoucansee,asjitterincreases, userssatisfactiondecreases.

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Source:TIA/EIATelecommunicationsServicesBulletin116VoiceQualityRecommendationsfor IPTelephony

PacketLoss
Packetlossisacommon occurrenceonpacketnetworks. Packetlosscanbetheresultof manycauses: Overloadedlinks ExcessivecollisionsontheLAN Duplexmismatches Audiocodecstakeintoaccountthepossibilityofpacketloss.Codecsmaychoosetouse thepacketreceivedjustbeforethelostpacket toeliminateanyclicksorinterruptionsin theaudiostream.Theymayalsouseamoresophisticatedmethodtofillinthegaps.
NetworkUtilization

Network loadisanotherimportantnetwork factor thatcouldaffectvoicequality.When thenetworkloadishigh,especiallyinEthernetnetworks, framelossandjitter typically increase(aframeisabundleofpackets).Higherloadsleadtomorecollisions.Collided framesareeventuallyresentoverthenetwork,resultinginexcessiveframelossand jitter. Ifnetworkutilizationishigh,considerpacketprioritizationmethods(oftenreferredtoas QualityofServiceorQoS). Packetprioritizationallowstimesensitivepacketssuchas voicetobeprioritizedoverdatapackets.Aprioritizationschemesignificantlyimproves voicequality.

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PotentialVoIPKillingImpairments
Voiceisarealtimeapplicationwithverystringentrequirements.Recentstudiessuggest that over80%ofnetworkshaveVoIPkillingimpairmentsevenwhennetworkutilization isatalowlevel(ie.impairmentsinnetworkscanexistevenwhenthereislotsof bandwidthavailable)
PotentialVoIPKillingImpairments

1. Duplex Mismatches Description:OneendofanEthernetlinkhasadifferentspeedand/ormode fromtheotherendoftheEthernetlink.Forexample,oneendofthelinkcould beconfiguredashalfduplexwhiletheotherendofthesamelinkwas configuredasfullduplex. IPphonesusetheautonegotiationmode,whiletheportsofsupportingLAN switchesmayuseforcedconfigurations(eitherfullorhalfduplex). Duplexmismatcheswillcausedirectpacketloss. RecommendedSolution:Configurethedevicesonbothendstotheauto negotiationmode. 2. Half DuplexLinks Description:A connectionwhereinformationflowsinbothdirections,but only inonedirectionatatime.Thistypeofconnectioniscomparabletoa conversationoverawalkietalkieorintercomsystem. Halfduplexlinkswillcausejitterproblemsunderheavyloads,andthisisnot appropriateforfullduplexstreamingapplicationslikeVoIP. SaskTelcontinuestooffera10MbpshalfduplexoptionwithitsLANspan andLANspanIPfiberbasedservices.TheDSLtechnologyusedtoprovide bothLANspanandLANspanIPservicesovercoppercableareequippedwith a10MbpshalfduplexEthernetinterface. While802.3LANswitchessupportfullduplexoperation,manywireless 802.3LANsdonotallowmorethanonedevicetotalkatatimeandtherefore donotsupportfull duplexoperation. IfVoIPmediapathsaresubjectedtoverylowutilization,endtoendfull duplexlinkageandQoSmaynotbenecessary.AsingleVoIPcallona dedicatedhighspeedinternetaccesswithasmallquantityofdatatraffic shouldnotexperiencesignificantvoicecallqualityproblems.Troublearises whenapplicationtrafficfrommultipleusersistransportedonhalfduplex linksinconjunctionwithmanyactivephonecalls. RecommendedSolution:Migratetoafullduplex linkenvironment.

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3. Hubs Description:Hubsarehalfduplexdevices,andVoIPdemandsfullduplex linkoperation. HubbasedLANsegmentscannotsupportfullduplexoperation. Halfduplexlinkshavemuchlowertrafficcarryingcapacitythanfullduplex links(30%vs.70%). Underheavytraffic,theycanresultinpacketlossand packetdelayvariationduetoincreasedcollisions RecommendedSolution:Hubsmustbereplacedbyswitches. 4. Category 3Cable Description:Category3cabledoesntsupport100Mbps/fullduplexorVoIP. RecommendedSolution:HaveCategory 5cable(orhigher).

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EthernetSwitchesandPrioritization
Aspreviouslymentioned,packetprioritizationallowstimesensitivepacketssuchas voicetobeprioritizedoverdatapackets.Thiswillhelptominimizeendtoenddelay throughthenetwork,minimizethevariabilityinendtoenddelay,andpreventpacket loss.Thiswillsignificantlyhelpimprovevoicequality. Throughextensiveexperience,SaskTel hasdeterminedthatnetworkswhicharecapable of priorization arenecessary.Itisatruismthatnetworktrafficgrowsovertime.Non congestednetworkseventuallybecomecongested. Therefore,inplanninganddesigning appropriateLANandWANnetworks,priorizationmustbetakenintoaccount. Ethernetswitches,nothubs,shouldbeused,andtheyshouldmeetthefollowing requirements: ShouldhaveadequateEthernetportdensity,throughput,andreliability. Mustsupportthenecessarypacketprioritization IEEE802.1Q/802.1p,and/or DiffservCodePoint(DSCP) to802.1p(layer2)mapping. ShouldsupportstandardsbasedPoweroverEthernet,andbesupportedby UninterruptedPowerSupply(UPSseethePowersectionofthisdocument) The802.1pprioritycan onlybeusedwhentheterminal (IPphone)isamemberof a virtualLAN(VLAN)and802.1Qheadersarebeingaddedtoallpacketsleavingthe terminal.TheNortel i200xterminalusesanaudioprofiletoconfigurelayer3,andlayer2 markingfortherealtimeprotocol(RTP)mediapath totheRTPmediaportalinthe central office. TheNortel i200x terminal doesnotmarkfor theUNIStim callsignalingpacketsdestined tothecallmanagerinthecentral office.SignalingcanbemarkedbytheLANswitch(if switchcan),butwillalwaysbemarkedbytheCErouter. Figure11belowshowsanexampleof theprioritizationmethodrequiredforatypical voicemediacall.

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Source:NortelNTP2975551100.2CentrexIPClientManager(CICM)Series7.0Engineering Guide,Part2:NetworkDesign

Ethernetswitchesmustsupportmultipleoutputqueuestoenablevoicetraffictobe prioritizedoverdatatraffic.Queuesarejuststorageareasforthepacketsastheyare receivedbytheswitch.Eachqueuehasapriority.Incomingpacketsareassignedtoa particularqueuebasedontheprioritysetbytheIPphone.Theswitchhasmechanisms whichenableserviceofahighpriorityqueueswhileminimizingthechanceofstarving servicetolowerpriorityqueues. Customersshouldpayespeciallycloseattentioniftheyintendtouseswitchfeaturesin theirnetworkgenerallyreferredtoasautoQoS.Thesekindsoffeatures,while intendedtomaketheapplicationofsomepriorizationeasiertoimplement,oftendonot meettheneedsofarealtimeapplicationsuchasvoice. PleaserefertoAppendixAforvariousLANprioritizationdeploymentscenarios.

M6350SoftPhone
Them6350softwareforPCsdoesntsupport802.1porDSCPmarking.Theability for 802.1pandDSCPmarkingisreliantonthecapabilitiesofthespecificPCnetwork interfacecard(NIC). Ingeneral,itshouldbeconsideredthatthem6350softphoneisto beusedinabesteffortenvironment. MinimumPCrequirementsforthem6350softphone: PentiumII233MHzprocessor
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32MbRAM 10Mb diskspace Goodquality fullduplexSoundBlastercompatiblesoundcard Goodqualityheadsetorhandset LANormodemconnection MicrosoftWindows95/98/NT/2000/XP (notethattheseminimumrequirementscanchangefromtimetotime.Pleaserefer to www.sasktel.com/centrexipforthemostuptodaterequirements).

NetworkConnectivityandSaskTelCentrexIPService
Currently CentrexIPcan only beaccessedviaSaskTelsLANspanIPdatanetwork service.TheLANspanIPdataservicehasQoScapabilities,robustness,and24/7support. SaskTelisalsoinvestigatingotherdataservicesthatwillbeallowtoaccesstheCentrex IPenvironment. Theoverallperformanceof theCentrexIPserviceisdeterminedinlarge partbythequalityofthenetworkcarryingtheservice. Thisdocumentfocusesondescribingtheuseof SaskTelsLANspan IPservice (CommunityNet)inconjunctionwithCentrexIP. AlltrafficonaLANspanIPnetwork connectionistransportedthroughthenetworkatIP precedencelevel3andtheSaskTelprovidedcustomeredgeroutermarksthetraffic enteringtheWANtoIPprecedencelevel3.ThisisthestandardlevelthatLANspanIP serviceprovides. LANspanIPservicehasanoptionalPriorityClassofServicefeature.Thisoptionallows traffictobedeliveredatahigherprioritythroughtheLANspanIPcorenetworkthanthe standardIPprecedencelevel3.PriorityClassofServiceoptionmaybepurchasedat eitherIPprecedencelevel4orIPprecedencelevel5.IfIPprecedencelevel5is purchased,level4isincluded. CentrexIPtrafficisroutedovertheLANspanIP WANbetweenSaskTel'scentral office CentrexIPserviceandthecustomer'senterpriseLANwheretheCentrexIPphonesare located.CentrexIPtrafficconsistsof signaling,phonefirmware,andconfigurationdata, inadditiontotwowaydigitizedvoicemediastreams. CentrexIP(i200x)phonescontainanaudioprofilewheretheIPTOSprecedencelevel and802.1ppriorityaredefinedforsignalingandmediatraffic(notethatsomeof the attributesoftheprofileareembeddedintheserviceprovidedbySaskTel,andarenot adjustablebyendusers).Thephonemarkstheoutgoingtrafficasdirectedbytheprofile. AsthevoicetrafficenterstheSaskTelcustomeredge(CE)router,thepriority settingsare maintained.AnyotherdatatrafficnotmarkedwithIPPrecedencelevel4or5willhave itsprecedencelevelmarkedwith3.

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WhentheLANspanIPcustomeredge(CE) routerreceivesprioritizedtrafficfromthe WAN,theprecedencewillbemaintainedtowardsthecustomer'senterpriseLANthrough theuseof802.1QVLANand802.1pQoSorpassthroughoflayer3TOSsettings.The implementationtypewillbebasedonthecapabilitiesofthecustomerowneddevice whichlinkstotheEthernetinterfaceoftheLANspanIPCErouter. Thelinkagebetween theCEinterfaceandthecustomer'senterpriseLANisoftencreatedbyacustomerowned firewall/NATdeviceor trunking(802.1QVLANs),priorityschedulerandhardware transmitqueuesterminatingonaportof acustomerownedlayer2switch.Eachscenario canaddresstheneedtoensurethatproperprioritizationismaintainedtothecustomer's LAN. AlldatadevicesontheenterpriseLANtypicallyresideondataVLANsinthetraditional switchedscenario.ItisdesirabletoprovisionaseparatevoiceVLANwhenyoucombine thevoicenetworkintothedatanetwork.InCiscosoftwarecommandlineinterface(CLI) configurationterms,thenewvoiceVLANisreferredtoastheauxiliaryVLAN.The nativeVLAN(defaultVLAN)oftheswitchwouldtypicallysupportthenetworksdata devices. TheIPPhone2002and2004threeportswitchenablesthecapabilitytosharethephone andPCconnectiontotheswitch.ThisconfigurationrequiresonlyoneEthernetcable betweenthewiringclosetandtheIPPhone/PClocation. Whensharingasinglephysicalswitchport,itisrecommendedthattheportbeconfigured asamultiVLANaccessport.WhentheIPphonebootsup,itsconfigurationwillcauseit toassociateitselfwiththevoiceVLAN(orauxiliary/CiscoVLAN)whilethePCwill resideinthenativeVLAN.ThedataVLANtrafficwillbeuntagged,andthevoice VLANwillbeuntagged. Theinternalphoneswitchdoesnotinterpretthe802.1Qheader,butrather,allowsthe packetstopassthroughunmodified.Priorityisachievedonaperportbasis.Thephone porttraffichashighpriorityovertheEthernetporttowhichthePCisconnected. Voicetraffichastheprioritybitsofallframessetto6(octal)bydefault.Datamessages havetheprioritybitsofallframessetto0.NotethattheIPphonewilladdthedata VLANIDtountaggedPCtraffic.However,ifthetrafficarrivingonthePCportis alreadytagged,theframewillpassthroughunchanged. AnIPphonecanreceivebroadcastframesfromaPCsdataVLAN.Anydatanetwork broadcaststormpacketsfromthenetworkareseenbytheIPPhone.Thistypeoftraffic doesnotadverselyaffecttheIPPhone. BestpracticestatesthevoiceVLANshouldbeassociatedwithauniqueIPsubnetin ordertoachieveasuccessfulimplementation.Inotherwords,alwayskeepvoiceanddata onuniquesubnets(VLANs).Thiswillhelpprovideaddedsecurityandhelpprevent broadcastsfromthedatanetworkimpactingtherealtimevoiceapplication.

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Note:AsCentrexIPdeploymentisestablished,collaborationwithSaskTelis requiredinordertoensureaccurateconfigurationsbetweenSaskTels(LANspan IP)customeredgedeviceandthe customerslocalareanetwork (e.g.VLANIDs). Thissolutionallowsthescalabilityofthenetworkfromanaddressingperspective.IP subnetsoftenhaveahighpercentageoftheirIPaddressesallocated.AseparateVLAN (IPsubnet)carryingthevoicetrafficallowstheintroductionofalargenumberofnew phonesinthenetworkwithoutextensivemodificationstotheexistingIPaddressing scheme.

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Cabling
Atthepresenttime,somecustomernetworksstillhaveCategory 3cabling.Category 3 cablingdoesntsupportVoIP. ItisrecommendedtoonlyuseCategory 5cabling(or better). SaskTelisaBeldenCDTCertifiedSystemVendor(CSV). SaskTelcancertifywiring installationsandprovidea25yearperformancewarranty.ContactyourSaskTelSales Representativefordetails.

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Power
Power considerationsareveryimportantintheVoIPworld.Animportantcharacteristic ofIPtelephonyingeneralcomparedtotheregulartelephonenetworkisthatifpoweris losttosomeportionofanIPnetwork,suchastheIPsetorendpoint,oratanyotherLAN switch,orpointinthenetwork,ALLserviceislost.Mosttraditional telephonenetwork setscanstillfunctioninapoweroutagesincelinevoltageforbasicoperationofthesetis deliveredfromtheCentralOffice. Thisrequiresthoroughconsideration.Consideranemergencysituationwhereemployees mayneedtocall911.Ifthepowerisout,andnoUPSsupportisinplace,nocallscan bemadewiththeIPphone. IfyouplugyourIPphoneintotheACwall socket, youwillneedtoensurethatyourAC wallsocketsareservicedfrom an uninterruptedpowersupply (UPS)oryourbusiness couldexperiencephoneoutagesduetopowerfailures. Optionally,powercanbesuppliedtotheIPphoneby aproperlyequippedEthernet switch.Thesetypesof Ethernetswitcheswill requirepowerfromaUPS toprevent downtimeintheeventofapoweroutage. Powermustbeexplicitlyconsideredinnetworkplanninganddesign.

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Security
Theinformationprovidedhereishighlevelintermsofdetail.SaskTelcanprovide comprehensivesecurityconsultingservices.ContactyourSaskTelsalesrepresentative formoreinformation. CentrexIPtrafficwillbecarriedonthesameinfrastructureasyourregulardata.Avoice applicationonthedatanetworkissusceptibletoallthesamevirusesandattackstargeting theotherapplications,suchasdenialofservice(DoS)attacksandviruses.Measures shouldbetakentoensurethatrealtimeapplicationsaresecureandthatbusinessassets areprotectedagainstmaliciousintent. SaskTelsoverallCentrexIPservice,includingtheCentralOffice,IPcorenetwork, transportnetwork,andaccessnetworkhaveallbeenengineeredtomaximizesecurity whileofferingneededperformanceandaccess. Onthecustomersnetwork, oneshouldconsider: Basicnetworksegmentation (VLANs) Subnets Theuseofaperimeterfirewalltoprovideportfilteringoftrafficflow. Theenterprisefirewalldeviceshould: Be,attheminimum,alayer3device Havehighreliabilityandadequatecapacity(packetforwardingrate,throughput, andconcurrentsessions). Beastatefulfirewall,capableofL3/L4packetfilteringandinspectionbasedon definedfirewallrules. SupportadequateWANinterfaces,dependingupontheinterfacerequirementto connecttotheLANspanIPCEdevice Thisdevicemust: supportDiffServ(DSCP)marking supportDSCPto802.1pmapping.

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FirewallConfiguration
TosupportCentrexIPdeployment,enterprisefirewallsmustbeproperlyconfigured, followingtherecommendationsbelow: MinimallyrestrictedUDPpolicyshouldbeactivatedonfirewallstoperform dynamicstatefulpacketfiltering,allowingaUDPpacketviapredefinedUDPport intoenterprisenetwork. Asmallsetoffirewallpinholes(i.e.UDPports)andfirewallrules(seeTable5 &6)mustbedefinedandconfiguredontheenterprisefirewall toallowflowof packetsbetweenCentrexIPclients(IPphonei200xandsoftclientm6350)and publicinterfacesoftheCallManger(CICM) throughthefirewalls. UNIStimoverUDPforcontrolandsignalingbetweenCentrexIP clients(i200x andm6350)andthecallmanager(CICM). RTPoverUDPforCentrexIPvoicemediastreamsbetweenCentrex IPclients (i200xandm6350)andanothermediaendpoint(e.g.RTP MediaPortal). RTCP(RTPControlProtocol)forperiodicnetworkperformancemonitoring. UNIStimFTPforclient(i200xandm6350)firmwaredownload. Theconfigurablefirewallpinholetimervalueisrecommendedtobethree minutes. Althoughtheuseofafirewallprovidessecurityfortheprotected enterprise,veryfew firewallsareapplicationaware.Mostfirewallshavetoopenupspecificportscalled pinholesforpacketsofallowedapplicationtoflowthrough. BecauseNATdeviceshidethedetailsoftheIPaddressingstructureoftheprivate network,asasideeffect,theyalsoprovidesecurity.Theyonlyallowpacketstotraverse theNATtowardstheenterprisewhenabindhasalready been established.BecauseNAT isnotawareoftheapplicationsnature,itusesatimertodeterminewhentocloseabind orapinhole. Eachi200x IPtelephoneset,orm6350softclientisconfiguredwiththeIPaddressofits hostingCentrexIPgateway.WhentheIPphonepowerson,itsendsResume ConnectiontotheCentrexIPgateway.ApaththroughtheNATdeviceissetupfor phonesignaling.Oncetheinitialconnectionhasbeenmade,theIPphonestartsthe watchdogtimer,withadefaultvalueof twominutes. Tokeepthesignalingpathopen, everyminute,theCentrexIPgatewaysendsasignalingmessagetoresetthewatchdog timerontheIPphoneandtheclientrespondswithanacknowledgement.Asmentioned, theconfigurableNATbindingtimervalueisrecommendedtobethreeminutes.Inthis way,abindorconnectionisestablishedfromwithinthecustomernetwork,witha supportingmethodofmaintainingthattrustedconnection. PerformancecanvarybetweendifferentNATandFirewalldevices.Monitoringofthe CPUandmemoryusageisrequiredtoavertexcessivedelays.
Source:NortelNTP2975551100.2CentrexIPClientManager(CICM)Series7.0Engineering Guide,Part2:NetworkDesign VoIPReadiness 17 RestrictedandConfidential March2006

ImportantFirewallRecommendations: IfyourEnterprisefirewallisperformingaNATfunctionforalltraffic,itisrecommended thattheEnterprisenetworkbereaddressedastoeliminatetheNATfunctionperformed bytheEnterprisefirewall.IfforwhateverreasontheNATfunctionmustbemaintained bytheEnterprisefirewallthenanoNATgroup mustbeconfiguredinthefirewallto ensurethevoiceconnectivity oftheCentrexIPservice.Pleasenote,bymaintaininga noNATgroupinyourEnterprisefirewallalloutsidenetworksthatarealsousingthe CentrexIPserviceandrequirevoiceconnectivitytoyourEnterprisefirewallmustbe includedinyournoNATgroup. ThesoftclientwillnotworkintheNATenvironmentbecause..

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Source:NortelNTP2975551100.2CentrexIPClientManager(CICM)Series7.0Engineering Guide,Part2:NetworkDesign

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Bandwidth
Thebandwidthrequiredpercall dependsonthecodecusedandthepacketizationrate. Thecodecdeterminesthenumberofvoicesamplespersecond,whilethepacketization ratedetermineshowmanymillisecondsofvoicedataissentineachpacket. Otherconsiderationswhich determinetheamountofbandwidthrequiredpercallinclude thevoicesample(voicepayloadsize),IP/UDP/RTPheaders,andthedatalinkprotocol header,e.g., Ethernet. Asofthedateofthisdocument,SaskTelCentrexIPutilizesa G711/20mscodec,whicheffectivelyconsumes100kbofbandwidthperactivesession (64kbbitrateplusoverhead). Caremustbetakenwhenexaminingbandwidthrequirements,especiallyininstances whereWANlinksareasymmetrical (ie.therearedifferingbandwidthsallocatedfor uploadversusdownloadoftrafficfromthenetwork). Ifyouhavea640Kbps/4MbpsLANspanIPcircuit,youmayassumethatyoucanget approximatelyahalfdozencallsoverthislinkwithnoproblem.Thismaynotbethe case.Whileyoudohavea4Mbpspipefrom thewideareanetworkservice intoyour officeenterprisenetwork,youonlyhave640Kbpsgoingbackout(minusADSL overhead).Thisasymmetryisfineforafewdatatrafficusersastheyprobablypullmost oftheirdatafromheadofficeandtheInternet,butvoicetrafficisverymuchatwoway application.Assuch,forbandwidthcalculationsinthisexample,youllneedtowork withthe640Kbpsfigure.Withthisrate,youcouldhaveapproximately sixsimultaneous callsusingtheG.711codecat20mspacketizationintervals,assumingnootherIPtraffic isrunningonthesamelink.Thiscalculationmayalsobeimpactedbyprioritization schemesinplace. ForSaskTelnetworkaccessservicessuchasLANSpanIPor CommunityNet,whicharecapableofpriorizingtrafficasitegressesontotheWAN,a maximumof70%oftrafficcanbetaggedwiththehighestpriority. Intheprevious example,the640kbpsavailablewouldbereducedto448kbpsor70%of640kbps. Anotherissuetokeepinmindistheimpactofcongestionon otherdataornonrealtime applications. Sincevoicetrafficreceiveshighestpriority,attimesofhighvoicetraffic, therewillbelessremainingbandwidthforotherapplicationsusingthelink. Endusers wouldperceivethisasaslowdownofotherdataapplications.Caremustbetakento designadequatebandwidthforvoicespecifically,andforall applicationdatatotraverse thenetwork.

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NetworkAssessment
Statisticsindicatethat85%ofdatanetworksarenotreadyforVoIP.A 50/50chanceof failureawaitsthosewhoproceedwithoutanetworkassessment. Therefore,SaskTelhasa NetworkAssessmentaconditionofservicetoreceiveCentrexIPservice.Testingthe infrastructurewithsimulatedVoIPcallscanhelpensureproperperformance. Anetworkassessmentcan: HelpminimizetheriskofVoIPfailureduringdeployment Evaluate thedatanetworksabilitytosupportVoIP Identifybottlenecksinthenetwork MeasurenetworkstatisticsthatimpactVoIP(e.g., jitter, delay,lostpackets) Identify any VoIPkillingimpairmentsinthenetwork Evaluatecallquality Provideabenchmarkofthenetworkscurrentstate WhenanetworkassessmentisperformedonaLAN, themostcommonlyusedmetricto evaluatecallquality istheMeanOpinionScore(MOS):

MOS
5 4.3 4.0 3.6

Usersatisfaction VerySatisfied Satisfied

Someusersdissatisfied Manyusersdissatisfied 3.1 Nearlyallusersdissatisfied


1

2.6

Notrecommended

Figure1:LevelofusersatisfactionasfunctionofMOS
Source:TIA/EIATelecommunicationsServicesBulletin116VoiceQualityRecommendationsfor IPTelephony

Thefollowingcallqualityratingchartdisplaysminimumrequirements:
Measurement MOS Delay(ms) Jitter(%) Good Atleast4.03 Lessthan150 Lessthan0.50 Acceptable Atleast3.60 Lessthan400 Lessthan1.00 Poor Anylowervalue Anyhighervalue Anyhighervalue

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LostData(%)

Lessthan0.50

Lessthan1.00

Anyhighervalue

ToarrangeaNetworkAssessment,contactyourSaskTelSalesRepresentative.A NetworkAssessmenttailoredtoyourindividualneedsisthefirststeptosuccessful implementationofSaskTelCentrexIPService.

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PostVoIPImplementation
OnceyouhaveimplementedVoIPinyournetwork, themanagementof networkchanges becomesvery important. Beforeyoumakeachangetoyournetwork,likeaddinganew featureorchangingaconfiguration,youneedtounderstanditsimpactonyourVoIP network. Industrybestpracticesshouldalwaysbefollowed.ITIL isasetofbestpractices andstandardmethodologiesforcoreIToperationalprocessessuchaschange,release, andconfigurationmanagement. Changemanagementisanimportantconsideration.IfSaskTelprovidespostinstallation andtroubleshootingservicesfortroubleswhicharedeterminedtohaverootcauseinthe customernetworkenvironment,chargesmaybeapplicable. Ifpossible,informSaskTelofanymajorchangewithinyourenvironment.

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SaskTelRecommendations
YoumusthaveaLANspanIPaccess. Ensurethereissufficientbandwidth tocarryCentrexIP,data,andotherplanned applicationtraffic. Beawarethatwhennetworkloadishigh,jitterandpacketlosstypicallyincrease. Implementprioritizationmethodstoensurevoicepacketshavepriorityoverdata packets. Makesuretheprioritizationmethodsareendtoend. Ensureyournetworkisfreeofimpairmentsthatmayimpactvoicequality.

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AppendixA:CommonLANDeploymentScenarios
ThefollowingarecommonEnterpriseLANdeploymentscenariosinproductionnetworks today.Theseareprovidedassamplesofwhatshouldbedonetoprovideguaranteesto thequalityofVoIPtraffic. Designanddeploymentdecisionsmadewhenworkingwithanexistinginfrastructure maywellbedifferentthantheonesmadeifworkinginagreenfieldenvironment. TheremaybesomedifficultchallengeswhentryingtomeetexpectedQoStargets.In eachofthecasesillustratedbelow,thevoicetrafficontheenterpriseLANisprioritized overdatatrafficusingeither802.1porDSCP(orboth). ThesimpleLANtopologyisthemostcommonlydeployedLANmodelseeninthe enterprisetoday.TheLANinfrastructurewasdesignedandinstalledwithnoeffortmade toseparateusertrafficbasedonapplication. Many differentsubnetsandVLANscouldexistwithintheLANtoday,butthetrafficis mixed.Typically,QoShasnotpreviouslybeendeployed QoSisnecessarywhen implementingCentrexIP.
SimpleLANConfigurations

In Figure1below,theuserpopulationisconnectedthroughswitchestothe CommunityNetVPNviatheLANspanIPCErouter.TheIPaddressingusedontheLAN connectingtotheLANspanIPCErouterisprovidedtotheenterprisebySaskTel. AddingCentrexIPservicecapabilitiesrequiresthataconnectionbeprovisionedfromthe enterpriseLANtotheSaskTelservicehostedinthecentraloffice.Asatrustedbusiness partner,SaskTelensurestheconnectionto thehostedserviceissecure.

Figure1SimpleLANwith802.1Q/psupport

IntheprecedingFigure1,theseparationof voiceanddatatrafficisdonebylogical separationusingVLANs.Theexampleillustratestheuseofi200xphonesthatsharea LANaccesswithaPC.Theswitchesintheinfrastructureareconfigured,onaperport basis,astaggedlinks.Usingthe802.1QVLANtagfieldintheEthernetframe,logical


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trafficseparationisaccomplished.Thismethodeliminatestheneedforadditional EthernetportsfortheconnectionofIPphonestotheLANinfrastructure. InLANtopologiesmodeledontheuseofclosetswitchesaggregatingtocentral distributionswitchingand/orcorerouting,itiscriticalthatanunderstandingoftraffic levelsonthetrunkslinkingeachlevelbemaintained.Technologiessuchasmultilink trunkingcanbedeployedwhichpermitloadbalancingof thetrafficbetweenthedevices, therebyensuringoptimalavailablebandwidth. TheIPaddressingforthei200xIPphonesareunderthecontroloftheenterprise,andthe sizeoftheIPsubnetisaconsiderationnottobeforgotten. EachIPphoneisanotherIP addressablehostonasubnet,andtheymustbeplannedappropriatelytoaccommodatethe additionaldevices. NotethatiftheaddressingisprovidedtotheIPphonesthroughDHCPandtheDHCP serverislocatedonadifferentsubnet,aroutermustbeconfiguredtosupportDHCP relay.ItisadvisabletoassigntheVoIPsubnettoacontiguousblockwiththeexistingIP addressingusedwithintheenterprise. Thisexampleutilizes802.1Qtaggedconnectionsbetweentheenterpriseswitchandthe i200xLANinterfaces.ThisconfigurationresultsinseparatelogicalIPsubnets(voiceand data)whichallowsforcontroloftrafficdistribution.Thelayer2priorityassignedtothe VoIPframesattheIPphoneiscarriedforwardthroughtheLAN,ensuringtheframesare treatedwiththeproperpriority. Thisconnectivitymodelusesan802.1Qtaggedconnectionbetweentheenterpriseswitch andtheLANspanIPCErouterinterface.ThisconfigurationresultsinseparatelogicalIP subnets(voiceanddata)appearingonsubinterfacesoftheCErouter,allowingfor controloftrafficdistribution.Thisimplementationrequiresthesupportfor802.1Qonthe CErouter(an optionalQoSfeature)andtheenterpriseswitch.Thelayer2priority assignedtotheVoIPframesiscarriedforwardthroughtheLAN,ensuringtheframesare treatedwiththeproperpriority.
LANQoSRules

GeneralrulesthatapplytothesimpleLANsolution: LANspanIPCErouter mustbeprovisionedwith theoptionalQoSfeaturewith 802.1QconfiguredontheLANinterface. o Thisisnecessarywhentheassociatedenterprisedevicedoesntsupport Layer3DiffServ LANspanIPCErouter mustbeprovisionedwith802.1pto/from DSCPmapping o ThisisnecessaryifvoicetrafficisprioritizedontheLANusing802.1p o TheCEroutermapstheappropriateDSCPvaluesto802.1pforVoIP trafficfromtheWANenteringtheVoiceVLAN LANspanIPCErouter mustsupportDSCP o TheWANusesDSCPtoprioritizetheVoIPtraffic
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Enterpriseinfrastructuremustbeswitchbased o ThisisalocalLANperformancerequirement. EnterpriseLayer2switchingmustdo802.1pmarking o Theabilitytomarkandthenprovideprioritytovoicetrafficwithinthe infrastructure EnterpriseLayer2switchingshouldhavemultiplehardwarequeues o DeviceslimitedbytwoqueuestypicallyhavelimitedCPUandprocessing powerandarenotadequateforpolicybasednetworks. o BeinglimitedtotwoqueuesresultsinmultipleDiffServvaluesbeing mappedtothesamequeueandthebehaviorappliedtothequeueisthe sameforallpackets. In Figure2below,theuserpopulationisconnectedthroughswitchestotheenterprise firewall/NATdevicewhichthenconnectstotheLANSpanIPorCommunityNetVPNvia theLANspanIPCErouter.TheEthernetsegmentbetweenthefirewallandthe demarcationrouterinterfaceistypicallyasmallsubnet.TheIPaddressingontheFirewall publicinterfaceconnectingtotheLANspanIPCErouterisprovidedtotheEnterpriseby SaskTel. AddingCentrexIPservicecapabilitiesrequiresthataconnectionbeprovisionedfromthe enterpriseLANtotheSaskTelservicehostedintheCentralOffice.Asatrustedbusiness partner,SaskTelensurestheconnectionto thehostedserviceissecure. Forthepurposeofillustration,Figure2assumesthattheEnterpriseFirewall/NATdevice willimposelimitationsontheabilitytodeliverendtoendQoS.Becausethedevicedoes notsupport802.1Q/p,nor isitabletoactuponlayer3DiffServ,theenterprise firewall/NATmustmaintainthelayer3DSCPsettingsandforwardthemintactbetween theprotectedenterpriseandtheLANspanIPCErouter. Becauseofthelimitationsofthefirewall/NATdeviceinthisexample,theenterprisewill requiretheuseoftwointernalfirewallinterfacesonededicatedtoVoIP trafficandthe secondinterfaceto transportthedatatraffic.Switchportslinkingthefirewalltothe protectednetworkareeachconfiguredtobeamemberofaportbasedVLANtype. Thisconnectivitymodelusesan802.1Qtaggedconnectionbetweentheenterpriseswitch andthei200xLANinterface.ThisconfigurationresultsinseparatelogicalIPsubnets (voiceanddata)whichallowsforcontroloftrafficdistribution.Thelayer2priority assignedtotheVoIPframesattheIPphoneiscarriedforwardthroughtheLAN,ensuring theframesaretreatedwiththeproperpriority.

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Figure2:SubnetbasedLANwith802.1Q/psupportandfirewall/NAT LANQoSRules

GeneralrulesthatapplytothesubnetbasedLANsolution(Figure2): LANspanIPCErouter mustbeprovisionedwithoptionalQoSfeature. o Thisisnecessarytoallowtheenterprisefirewall/NATdeviceto transparentlypassVoIPprecedenceontoenterprisedevicessupporting DSCPto802.1pmapping.DSCPmustbeappliedbeforethefirewall, sincefewfirewallssupport802.1p LANspanIPCErouter mustsupportDSCP o TheWANusesDSCPtoprioritizetheVoIPtraffic Enterprisefirewall/NATdevicemaysupport802.1Q o FirewallandNAT/NAPTdeviceareoftenthesamephysicalplatformand may support802.1Q o ThisisnecessarytoprovideendtoendqualityofserviceinaVLAN model Enterprisefirewall/NATdevicemustallowpinholes o TherequiredpinholesforVoIPtrafficmustbedefinedaspartofthe firewallrules o PinholescanbeopenedonalogicalinterfaceifVLANmodelisused Enterprisefirewall/NATdevicemustsupportQoStransparency o DSCPtransparencyisrequiredtopreserveQoSmarking EnterprisedevicemustbeprovisionedwithDSCPto802.1pmapping o ThisisnecessaryifvoicetrafficisprioritizedontheLANusing802.1p o ThedevicemapstheappropriateDSCPvaluesto802.1pforVoIPtraffic fromCommunityNetbeforeenteringtheVoiceVLAN EnterprisedeviceperformingDSCPto802.1pmappingshouldhavemultiple hardwarequeues EnterpriseLayer2switchingmustdo802.1pmarking
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o Theabilitytomarkandthenprovideprioritytovoicetrafficwithinthe infrastructure EnterpriseLayer2switchingshouldhavemultiplehardwarequeues o DeviceslimitedbytwoqueuestypicallyhavelimitedCPUandprocessing powerandarenotadequateforpolicybasednetworks o BeinglimitedtotwoqueuesresultsinmultipleDiffServvaluesbeing mappedtothesamequeueandthebehaviorappliedtothequeueisthe sameforallpackets Enterpriseinfrastructuremustbeswitchbased o ThisisalocalLANperformancerecommendation In Figure3below,theuserpopulationisconnectedthroughtheenterpriselayer3switch totheCommunityNetVPNviatheLANspanIPCErouter.TheEthernetsegment betweenthelayer3switch andthedemarcationrouterinterfaceistypicallyasmall subnet. TheIPaddressingonthefirewallpublicinterfaceconnectingtotheLANspanIP CErouterisprovidedtotheenterprisebySaskTel. AddingCentrexIPservicecapabilitiesrequiresthataconnectionbeprovisionedfromthe EnterpriseLANtotheSaskTelservicehostedinthecentral office.Asatrustedbusiness partner,SaskTelensurestheconnectionto thehostedserviceissecure. Thisconnectivitymodelusesan802.1Qtaggedconnectionbetweentheenterpriseswitch andthei200xLANinterface.ThisconfigurationresultsinseparatelogicalIPsubnets (voiceanddata),allowingforcontroloftrafficdistribution.Thelayer2priorityassigned totheVoIPframesattheIPphoneiscarriedforwardthroughtheLANensuringthe framesaretreatedwiththeproperpriority,forwardingthehighpriorityVoIPframes beforelowpriorityframes.

Figure3:SubnetbasedLANwith802.1Q/pandDiffServsupport

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LANQoSRules

GeneralrulesthatapplytothesubnetbasedLANsolution(Figure3): LANspanIPCErouter mustbeprovisionedwithoptionalQoSfeature. o Thisisnecessarytoallowtheenterprisefirewall/NATdeviceto transparentlypassVoIPprecedenceontoenterprisedevicessupporting DSCPto802.1pmapping.DSCPmustbeappliedbeforethefirewallsince fewfirewallssupport802.1p LANspanIPCErouter mustsupportDSCP o TheWANusesDSCPtoprioritizetheVoIPtraffic Enterpriselayer3switch mustsupportDSCP o ThenetworkbetweentheLANspanIPCErouterandtheswitchmayuse DSCPtoprioritizevoicetraffic Enterpriselayer3switch musthavemultiplehardwaretransmitqueues Enterpriselayer3switch mustsupport802.1Q o ThisisnecessarytoprovideaVLANbasedmodel Enterpriselayer3switch mustsupport802.1ptoDSCPmapping o ThisisnecessaryifvoicetrafficisprioritizedontheLANusing802.1p o ThedevicemapstheappropriateDSCPvaluesto802.1pforVoIPtraffic fromCommunityNetbeforeenteringtheVoiceVLAN Enterpriseswitchesmustdo802.1pmarking o Theabilitytomarkandthenprovideprioritytovoicetrafficwithinthe infrastructure Enterpriseswitchesshouldhavemultiplehardwarequeues o DeviceslimitedbytwoqueuestypicallyhavelimitedCPUandprocessing powerandarenotadequateforpolicybasednetworks o BeinglimitedtotwoqueuesresultsinmultipleDiffServvaluesbeing mappedtothesamequeue,andthebehaviorappliedtothequeueisthe sameforallpackets Enterpriseinfrastructuremustbeswitchbased o ThisisalocalLANperformancerecommendation

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AppendixB:SourceDocuments
1. NortelNetworksCentrexIPClientManager(CICM)Series7.0Engineering Guide 2. NortelNetworksLAN/WANdesignguidelinesfordeployingSuccession services 3. DesigningVoIP Networks:LessonsFromTheEdgebyMatthewF.Michels 4. EmergingNetworkandCommunicationTechnologiesTheHypeCycleby GartnerInc. 5. VoIP:TheFutureofVoiceTraffic WhitePaperbySaskTel,November2004 6. TIA/EIATelecommunicationsServicesBulletin116,VoiceQuality RecommendationsforIPTelephony 7. SuccessionCS2000ServiceOverview,March2004,NortelNetworks

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