Traversal and non-traversal calls

[jacinto1m]

Hi,

Can somebody explain in simple words what are traversal and non-traversal calls?, what is the difference? And also Does the VCS control below need traversal licenses?,

CTI-VCS-CONTRL-K9

VCS Control

Thanks in advance.

[Tomonori Taniguchi]

On VCS Control…,

Non-Traversal Call: VCS only involve and take call signaling

Traversal Call: VCS involve both call signaling and media routing.

- Traversal Call between VCS-Expressway

- IPv4/IPv6 Interworking Call

- SIP/H323 Interworking Call

- B2BU Call (i.e. MS Lync integration)

etc.

[Mahesh Kumar]

Will a SIP to SIP(P2P) call between Jabber and Endpoint disconnect when VCS loss network connection or failure? (both registered to same VCS)

Will a SIP to SIP(P2P)call between endpoint and endpoint disconnect when VCS loss network connection or failure?  (both registered to same VCS)

Will a SIP to SIP (P2P) call between endpoint and endpoint disconnect when VCS loss network connection or failure? (one endpoint registered to VCSc and other is external endpoint call travel thru VCSe)

[Tomonori Taniguchi]

All scenario, call will disconnect either next SIP transaction or call TTL.

[Mahesh Kumar]

Thanks All!

1. How to know or calculate the required traversal and non-traversal license?

2. How the VCS calculate the traversal and non-traversal license utilization in percentage(%) in status page?

[Patrick Sparkman]

Every call that goes through the VCS will consume either a traversal or non-traversal license, the type of license the call consumes depends on how the call is made and if the media (audio and video) is routed through the VCS, take a look at VCS Traversal and Non-Traversal Call License Usage.

The percentages on the status page display the current and peak license usage based on the available licenses for each license type installed on the VCS.

[Patrick Sparkman]

As Tomonori has mentioned, if the VCS loses network connectivity, all calls that are either registered or simply route their call through that particular VCS will disconnect, this is because the VCS handles the signalling and in some cases the media between endpoints.

[Mahesh Kumar]

what if we have cluster of five VCS and one VCS fails which had couple of active calls and registration.

I understood that only the Traversal call will drop when VCS fails since the media and signal flowing thru VCS and Non-Traversal call media would flow separate.

[Patrick Sparkman]

The active calls on the VCS that fails will disconnect, if your DNS is setup correct, the endpoints will then register with another VCS in the cluster.

[Mahesh Kumar]

In which scenarios rtp-media will flow thru the VCS?

When the rtp-media flows thru VCS will the video and audio quality degrade ?

In point to point call after signaling will the VCS continues to send signal between endpoints or will there be live check between VCS and endpoints?

[Patrick Sparkman]

As long as one endpoint is registered to the VCS, signaling will always route through the VCS, and media will route through the VCS for all traversal calls.

[Tomonori Taniguchi]

On VCS Expressway (just for additional reference)...,

Non-Traversal Call: VCS only involve and take call signaling

- SIP: call between SIP UA and both SIP UA’s have same sip contact address and source IP address

- SIP: call handle as ICE call

etc.

Traversal Call: VCS involve both call signaling and media routing.

- Traversal Call between VCS-Expressway

- IPv4/IPv6 Interworking Call

- SIP/H323 Interworking Call

- B2BU Call (i.e. MS Lync integration)

- SIP: Call between SIP UA and one or both of SIP UA’s sip contact address differs from source IP address

- H323: Call between H.323 Endpoint registered on VCS-E with either ASSENT or H.460 traversal capability.

etc.

[jacinto1m]

If I have a VCS control and the call is between two telepresence end points:

CTS-SX20-PHD12X-K9

SX20 Quick Set   HD  NPP    12xPHDCam  1 mic  remote cntrl

Do I need a traversal license?

[Tomonori Taniguchi · Accepted solution]

If you have two C-series Endpoint (i.e. CTS-SX20) both registered on VCS Control and also Endpoint able to reach out directly each other (has routing), then in general the call will treat as non-traversal call, so no traversal license will be required.

However if those Endpoint calling each other but using different protocol (i.e. one Endpoint registered on VCS Control only with H323 and other Endpoint registered on VCS only with SIP), or different IP version (i.e one with IPv6 and other with IPv4 registration), then VCS Control will remain the media routing in order to handle such interworking scenario which will require traversal call license.

[Tomonori Taniguchi]

Please note currently VCS Control ship with 100 traversal calls license as package. (This specification may change but as of today that is how packaging it).