Authorized Self-Study Guide Cisco Voice over IP (CVoice)

IP Telephony Applications

As customers migrate their voice networks, they face a myriad of choices regarding interface types, components, and topologies. A good network design incorporates solutions for current requirements and allows room for future growth. It is important to understand how voice interfaces with a network and how the components fit together to provide service in any environment.

Analog Interfaces

A Foreign Exchange Station (FXS) interface, as depicted in Figure 1-16, provides a direct connection to an analog telephone, a fax machine, or a similar device. From a telephone perspective, the FXS interface functions like a telephone switch (for example, a PBX); therefore, it must supply line power, ring voltage, and dial tone. ...