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Cisco Unified Communications (UC) is an IP-based communications system integrating
voice, video, data, and mobility products and applications. It enables more effective, secure
communications and can transform the way in which we communicate. UC represents a
communications paradigm shift like that of the invention of the telegraph. UC removes the
geographic barriers of effective communications through the use of voice, video, and data
integration. Business can be conducted with a fluidity that progresses and evolves with you.
Information has been at our fingertips for a long time, but UC enables the sharing of this
information to create knowledge and value.
Cisco UC is part of an integrated solution that includes network infrastructure, security,
mobility, network management products, lifecycle services, flexible deployment and
outsourced management options, end-user and partner financing packages, and third-party
communication applications.
Cisco UC can drastically change the bottom line of business by creating more effective
communications without losing the personal nature of a face-to-face conversation. More
effective communication leads to reduced time to market and nimble transformation of
business processes through collaboration.
Cisco UC Solution Components
The Cisco UC strategy encompasses voice, video, and data traffic within a single network
infrastructure. Cisco UC equipment is capable of managing all three traffic types and
interfacing with all standards-based network protocols.
Cisco IP Communications represents a new way of delivering UC functionality to enterprise
customers. Instead of delivering a collection of disjointed products with individual release
dates, testing methodology, and documentation, Cisco UC is a coordinated release of an
integrated set of products that are tested, documented, and supported as a system.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the four standard layers of the Cisco UC voice infrastructure model
and the components that make up the layers.
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Figure 1-1 Cisco Unified Communications Solution Components
The components of the standard layers are as follows:
■ Infrastructure layer: The infrastructure consists of routers, switches, and voice
gateways. The infrastructure layer carries data, voice, and video between all network
devices and applications. This layer also provides high availability, management,
quality of service (QoS), and network security.
■ Call control layer: The call control layer provides for call processing, device control,
and administration of the dial plan and features.
Call control can be provided by a CUCM, CUCM Express, or CUCM Business Edition
(CMBE). This book focuses on the CUCM product, which is almost identical to the
Cisco Unified CMBE. Call processing is physically independent from the infrastructure
layer. For example, a CUCM, Cisco Unified CMBE, or CUCM Express in San
Jose can process call control for a device physically located in Chicago.
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■ Applications layer: Applications are independent from call-control functions and the
physical voice-processing infrastructure. Applications, including those listed here, are
integrated through IP, which allows the applications to reside anywhere within the
network:
—Voice mail, integrated messaging, and unified messaging applications are
provided through Cisco Unity, Cisco Unity Express, or Cisco Unity
Connections products.
—Contact centers of various sizes can be built with Cisco Unified Contact
Center and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express.
—Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and MeetingPlace Express are medium- to
large-scale conferencing servers that support video integration. The
MeetingPlace product integrates lecture-style conferences with scalable
collaboration and control tools. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express is
positioned to the small to medium-sized enterprises. MeetingPlace
Express is the successor of the Cisco Conference Connection server.
—Cisco Emergency Responder (ER) enhances the existing emergency
functionality offered by CUCM. Cisco ER provides physical location
updates for mobile devices to guarantee that emergency calls to the
public safety answering point (PSAP) are properly routed to the PSAP in
charge of emergency calls for that site. Cisco ER identifies the caller
location and maps all calls from that physical location to an emergency
line identification number (ELIN) through the use of standard automatic
number identification (ANI)/caller identification (CLID). The ELIN is
registered with the PSAP as an Emergency Response Location (ERL).
Deploying this capability helps ensure more effective compliance with
legal or regulatory obligations, thereby reducing the life and liability
risks related to emergency calls.
—The Cisco Unified Presence server collects information about the availability
and communications capabilities of a user and provides this information
to watchers of the user as a status indication. The status information
includes the user’s communications device availability. For example, the
user might be available via phone, video, web collaboration, or videoconferencing.
—Standard protocol interfaces, including Telephony Application
Programming Interface (TAPI), Java Telephony Application Programming
Interface (JTAPI), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Q.SIG,
H.323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), and Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP) are available to support third-party applications.
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■ Endpoints layer: The endpoints layer brings applications to the user, whether the end
device is a Cisco IP Phone, a PC using a software-based phone, or a communications
client or video terminal. Cisco UC provides multiprotocol support for Skinny Client
Control Protocol (SCCP), H.323, MGCP, and SIP.