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Gateway Selection
This chapter discusses issues concerning the selection of gateways for connecting
an IP telephony network to the PSTN or legacy PBX and key systems. Choosing
a gateway from some 20 candidates—ranging from specialized, entry-level
standalone voice gateways to the high-end, feature-rich integrated router and
Catalyst gateways—can be daunting.
Although your particular VoIP implementation dictates specific gateway
requirements, these are common required features:
• Dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) relay capabilities
• Ability to handle clustered Cisco CallManager systems
• Supplementary services support
Any gateway selected for an enterprise network should be able to support these
features. In addition, every implementation has its own site-specific feature
requirements, which helps you eliminate options.
This chapter includes these sections to address the required common and
site-specific features:
• Supported Protocols, page 4-2
• DTMF Relay, page 4-3
• Cisco CallManager Redundancy, page 4-5
• Supplementary Services, page 4-7
• Site-Specific Gateway Requirements, page 4-9
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