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Enterprise Intranet Phone Calling and Faxing
A common application for the Cisco AS5300/Voice Gateway
cards is intranet phone calling and faxing. Using the Cisco
AS5300/Voice Gateway, alongwith theCisco3600 and2600
with voice modules, companies can significantly reduce their
long-distance telephone and fax charges by routing their
interoffice voice and fax traffic over their existing IP network
(Figure 5). In intranets, administrators can monitor and
control service levels and, therefore, achieve and maintain
toll-quality voice and fax transmissions on their data
networks by using the Cisco packet telephony
gateway-enabled family of products.
Becausethe Cisco AS5300/Voice Gateway, as well as the
Cisco 3600 and2600, allwork with standardphone andfax
equipment, companies can shift their interoffice voice and
fax traffic from their voice network to their data network
without needing to retrain users. Transparent to the user, a
phone connected through a PBX to a voice port on the Cisco
AS5300/Voice Gatewayat headquarters cancall over aWAN
connection to a phone connected to a key system that is
connected to a Cisco 3600 at the regional office, or to a
phone directly connected to a Cisco 2600 at the branch
office. Some smaller offices may not need the full
functionality of a PBX, as in this case, where the Cisco 3600
and 2600 are sufficient. Cisco packet telephony products
seamlessly route calls or faxes to the IP network or out to the
PSTN, depending on settings established by the network
administrator. Cost savings from deploying the Cisco
voice/fax solution to handle intranet phone calls and faxes
will typically cover the upfront equipment investment in a
matter of months.
Table 1 Packet Telephony Gateway-Enabled Products from Cisco
Number of
Voice Ports
Recommended Cisco Packet Telephony
Gateway-Enabled Product
Up to 2520 Cisco AccessPath VS3 digital T1/E1 interfaces
Up to 120 Cisco AS5300 digital T1/E1 interfaces
Up to 12 Cisco 3600 analog/ BRI
Up to 4 Cisco 2600 analog/ BRI
Figure 5 Enterprise Intranet Phone Calling and Faxing
PSTN
IP Cloud
PSTN
IP Cloud
2 to 4
Analog Ports (calls)
Phone
PBX
PBX
PBX
Fax
Cisco 2611
2 to 12
Analog Ports (calls)
Cisco Voice Manager
1 to 4 T1/E1
Up to 96/120 calls
Cisco 3640
Cisco AS5300
Headquarters
Regional Office
Branch Office
V
V
V
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