- Introduction
- Cisco Mobile Connect: Call flows
- How to enable/disable Mobile Connect
- Turn On or Off Mobile Connect to All Your Remote Destinations From Your Desk Phone
- Switch an In-Progress Call on Your Desk Phone to a Mobile Phone
- Switch an In-Progress Call From a Mobile Phone to Your Desk Phone
- Hand Off an In-Progress Call From a Mobile Phone to Your Desk Phone
- How to Enable or Disable SNR Remotely
- Related Information
Introduction
This document describes the basics of Cisco Unified Mobility, Single Number Reach & the Call flows. This will help the beginners to understand the basic call flow and the working concepts of Cisco Mobile Connect.
Cisco Unified Mobility allows users to be reachable at a single number, regardless of the device they use. The growing use of mobile devices allows users - whether on a retail floor, at an airport or at Wi-Fi hotspot in a local coffee shop- to enjoy the features, efficiencies and speed of Cisco unified communications.
Cisco Mobile Connect: Allows an incoming call to the enterprise phone number of a user to be offered to the office phone of the user. The call can also be offered to as many as ten configurable remote destinations. Such remote destinations typically are mobile or cellular telephones and home-office phones. This feature is commonly referred to as Single Number Reach in traditional telephony environments.
Cisco Mobile Connect: Call flows
1. Incoming Call from a PSTN Network to Mobile Connect - Remote Phone
Mobile Connect enables users to receive business calls at a single phone number, regardless of the device that is used to receive the call. Mobile Connect allows users to answer incoming calls on the office phone or at a remote destination and pick up in-progress calls on the office phone or remote destination, without losing the connection.
Below figure illustrates the call flow when Mobile Connect is used. The figure shows an IP phone with extension 2001 and a mobile phone that belongs to the user of the IP Phone.
In this example, a PSTN user calls the office number of the user. Because Mobile connect is enabled, both the desktop phone 2001 and the configured remote destination (mobile phone 408 555-1001) ring simultaneously. The call is presented to the remote phone with the original caller Id (479 555-1555). As soon as the call is accepted on one of the phones, the other phone stops ringing. The user can switch the call between the office phone and the mobile phone (and vice versa) during the call, without losing the connection.
2. Internal Calls Placed from Remote Phone
Mobile Connect influences the calling-number presentation. If a call is received from a recognized remote destination, the corresponding internal directory number, not the E.164 number of the remote device, is used as the calling number.
This figure illustrates, extension 2001 has a Mobile Connect remote destination of 408 555-1001 (Cell phone of the user of 2001). The user places a call from the mobile phone to an enterprise PSTN number by dialing 1 511 555-2002. The called number sees the call as coming from the internal directory number 2001 instead of the external mobile phone number.
Hence, the Internal Call Placed from Remote Phone 2001 is terminated to the Internal office desk Phone extension 2002.
The same applies to calls that are placed to other internal destinations, such as voicemail.
How to enable/disable Mobile Connect
To configure mobility handoff settings for dual mode phones that are used for Mobile Connect, perform the following procedure:
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Device > Device Settings > Softkey Template.
Step 2 Click Find to list the existing templates.
Step 3 Click Standard User and then click Copy to create the new template.
Step 4 Enter a name and description for the Softkey template and click Save.
Step 5 Select Configure Software Layout from the Go next to Related Link menu in the upper right corner of the page, and click Go.
Step 6 Select On Hook from the pull-down list box.
Step 7 Add Mobility to the selected Softkeys and click Save.
Step 8 Select Connected from the pull-down list box.
Step 9 Add Mobility to the selected Softkeys and Click Save.
Step 10 Open the Phone configuration page and associate the Softkey Template on the phone configuration page with the created Softkey template.
Step 11 Select the Owner User ID for the Mobile Connect phone user.
Step 12 Click Save
Turn On or Off Mobile Connect to All Your Remote Destinations From Your Desk Phone
1. Press the Mobility button to display the current remote destination status (Enabled or Disabled).
2. Press the Select button to change the status.
3. Press the Exit softkey.
Switch an In-Progress Call on Your Desk Phone to a Mobile Phone
1. Press the Mobility button.
2. Select Send call to mobile.
3. Answer the in-progress call on your mobile phone.
The desk phone line button turns red and handset icons and the calling party number appear on the phone display. You cannot use the same phone line for any other calls, but if your desk phone supports multiple lines, you can use another line to make or receive calls.
Switch an In-Progress Call From a Mobile Phone to Your Desk Phone
1. Select a line on your desk phone.
2. Hang up the call on your mobile phone to disconnect the mobile phone, but not the call.
3. Press the Resume softkey on your desk phone within five to 10 seconds and start talking on the desk phone.
Hand Off an In-Progress Call From a Mobile Phone to Your Desk Phone
1. While on your mobile phone, press the access code for the handoff feature (for example, *74). See your system administrator for a list of access codes.
2. Hang up the call on your mobile phone to disconnect the mobile phone, but not the call.
3. Press the Answer softkey on your desk phone within 10 seconds and start talking on the desk phone. Your system adminstrator sets the number of seconds to answer the call on your desk phone.
The Cisco Unified devices that share the same line display a Remote In Use message.
How to Enable or Disable SNR Remotely
This could be achieved either by the TUI or by the users CCM webpage.
- The user can manage their SNR by the CCM user page. Users can delete and add their remote destination on their ccm user page.
- The user can also use Mobile Voice Access for a TUI method to turn on/off SNR.
Related Information
- Cisco Unified Mobility Datasheet
- Cisco Unified Mobility Reference Guides
- https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3442935#3442935