Cisco CUCM Network Requirements

[juergen.seidel]

Hi all,

customer wants to know all requirements regarding Network for a CUCM Environment. In SRND there is the following information:

Unified Communications and Collaboration over an IP network places strict requirements on IP packet

loss, packet delay, and delay variation (or jitter).

But I can`t find a complete overview of all requirements that need to be met. So max. packet loss, delay, etc. Is there anything available?

Regards

Juergen

[Vaijanath Sonvane]

Hi Juergen,

Take a look at the below URL and search for "WAN Considerations". This link provides all the details that you need.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/srnd/collab11/collab11/models.html

Thanks,

Vaijanath S

[Jaime Valencia]

Delay in IP Voice Networks

Recommendation G.114 of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) states that the one-way delay in a voice network should be less than or equal to 150 milliseconds. It is important to keep this in mind when implementing low-speed WAN links within a network. Topologies, technologies, and physical distance should be considered for WAN links so that one-way delay is kept at or below this 150-millisecond recommendation. Implementing a VoIP network where the one-way delay exceeds 150 milliseconds introduces issues not only with the quality of the voice call but also with call setup and media cut-through times because several call signaling messages need to be exchanged between each device and the call processing application in order to establish the call.

Above from the same chapter Vaijanath mentioned, if you're looking for BW requirements around clustering, the Collaboration Deployment Models cover that info. If you're looking for audio/video BW requirements, the Network Infrastructure chapter also cover the topic.