Chapter 4: Planning; Challenges Of Integrating Voice Applications - Avaya Communication Server 1000 Installation And Commissioning Manual

Chapter 4: Planning

This chapter contains information about the following topics:
• Challenges of integrating voice applications
• DHCP server planning
• TFTP Server planning
• Syslog Server planning
• Access point planning
• Network planning
• Network recommendation
• Network management
• Zones on page 63
• Other network design considerations
• WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 planning
• Multicast on page 74
• Placement guidelines for the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245
• WLAN Application Gateway 2246 planning
• WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 and WLAN Application Gateway 2246 installation
requirements on page 81
• IP address planning
• Planning worksheets

Challenges of integrating voice applications

The integration of voice applications on any data network causes some challenges. WLANs
create a number of problems for voice, above and beyond those inherent to most data
networks, such as:
• high overhead of 802.11
• rate scaling and variable capacity
• power adjustments and variable capacity
• Quality of Service (QoS)
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