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Audio quality, dropped calls from PRI line clocking..?

CiscoRunner
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Hello

I am getting reports of a number of dropped calls and spotty audio quality from my users in a location where we recently upgraded the office to VOIP. Initially, I was on the phone to the carrier but they said there was no issue. Now I am thinking it may be related to the clocking of the PRI lines

I need some guidance on the best way to ensure the clocking is correctly sync'ed up so that there is no PVDM issues which may be resulting in choppy audio and/or dropped calls.

The inventory is a 3945e with an NM-HDV2-2T1/E1installed on slot 1 with pvdm2x64 on this.

On port 1/0 is a TDM e1 trunk with clocking set from 'line'

On port 1/1 is a TDM e1 trunk with clocking set from 'line'

On port 2/0 is a digital PRI line. This did not support clocking from the line so initially I was getting slips and errors. So I set the command 'clock source internal' and this got rid of the slips and errors.

The other commands I have are:

network-clock-participate slot 1

no network-clock-participate slot 2

network-clock-select 1 E1 1/0

network-clock-select 2 E1 1/1

So - could anyone please help and advise if one, It is possible for the audio issues to be a result of clocking incorrectly and two if there is a way to verify if something is wrong.

Show network-clocks

Network Clock Configuration

  ---------------------------

  Priority      Clock Source    Clock State     Clock Type

     1          E1 1/0          GOOD            E1

     2          E1 1/1          GOOD            E1

    10          Backplane       GOOD            PLL

  Current Primary Clock Source

  ---------------------------

  Priority      Clock Source    Clock State     Clock Type

     1          E1 1/0          GOOD            E1

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Hi,

Why are you so sure is related with the PRI clocking? If you migrade recently to VOIP it could be a QoS issue.

Regards

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nope I'm certain it ain't qos

is there any guide available regarding clocking of pri lines etc

paolo bevilacqua
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E1 PRI from telco, should have clock from line, and highest network-clock priority.

Then you would have to check again on "show controllers e1" and drop cause.

rgodden
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Level 3

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps1904/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008007dc3f.html

the relevane part is " to ensure a synchronised system, you must configure a master clock within the network , and distribute and recover the clock throughout the network.

If you cannot configure a synchronised system, then you can configure multiple clock sources on your network as long as they are accurate enough that the clocking on both clocks sources will match.