Talkswitch 48-CVA Installation And User Manual page 7

The G.726 (32Kbps) CODEC is a better quality solution compared to the G.729
CODEC. It does, however, require more bandwidth per call. A G.726 call will
typically require 50Kbps bandwidth upstream and 50Kbps bandwidth
downstream for each call.
The G.711 CODEC provides the best voice quality. The tradeoff is the bandwidth
requirement. G.711 calls typically requires up to 100Kbps bandwidth upstream
and 100Kbps bandwidth downstream.
For example, if you have a typical 1Mbps ADSL connection from your service
provider, this usually means that you have an upstream bandwidth of
approximately 380 Kbps. Just because the service provider says that you have 380
Kbps upstream bandwidth does not mean that the full 380 Kbps is available. In
fact, a conservative approach is to estimate just over half of the upstream
bandwidth as being available. In this case you could safely support 2
simultaneous G.711 calls or 4 simultaneous G.726 calls or 10 simultaneous
G.729 calls. These estimates do not factor in other data traffic on the network at
the same time. With additional traffic on the Internet or private IP network, the
number of simultaneous calls supported by the link is reduced.
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To ensure a reliable network connection, all elements of the VoIP network should be
connected to back-up power supplies (UPS). These elements might include LAN
switches, routers, firewalls, broadband connection devices (ie. cable modems, DSL
modems), and VoIP devices. If the power goes out at the Internet Service Provider,
then no VoIP calls can be made. Calls can still be placed over the regular phone lines.
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If the connection to the IP network is lost, it will not be possible to make VoIP calls.
Calls can still be placed over the regular phone lines.
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t t h h i i s s t t r r u u e e ? ?
The purpose of a firewall is to control what kinds of traffic enter and leave your
network. The TalkSwitch 48-CVA is designed with embedded applications to help
traverse firewalls properly. To allow VoIP calls to pass through your firewall, you
may need to use the port forwarding feature on your firewall.
TalkSwitch 48-CVA by default uses the following ports for VoIP:
Format
RTP (voice):
SIP (signaling):
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Type Unit 1
UDP 6000 - 6006 6010-6016 6020-6026 6030-6036
UDP 5060 (This port is mapped to only one unit)
Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4