Convergence

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Convergence What are the Benefits?
Suzanne McLaughlin Solutions Architect
Networking Systems UNICOM
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How Many Networks Do you Have?
PA (Intercom)
Video Monitoring
Video Streaming
Video Conferencing
Data
Voice
Internet
WAN
PSTN
Routers
Wireless Access Point
PBX
MCM
Video Switch
Data Switch
Hallways
Teachers Workspace Administration
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What is Convergence or IP Communications?

• Integrates voice, video, and data on one single
  IP network
• Drive down the costs by consolidation
• Enhances student and faculty satisfaction by
  producing a collaborative environment
• Includes IP Telephony, Video-on Demand, Video
  Conferencing, Wireless, and IP Surveillance

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What is Driving Convergence?

• NCLBA
• More students, more resources, and the need for
  better collaboration between students, teachers,
  and parents
• Safety

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Voice Infrastructure
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Why and When to Implement IPT?

• New Building Project
• Phones in the Classroom
• Improved communication with parents, students,
  teachers and administrators
• Enhancements of 911
• Mobile Phones

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Benefits of IPT

• Reduction in Equipment and Maintenance Costs
• Reduction in Network Administrative Costs
• Reduction in Network Carrier Costs
• Enhances Communication

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IP Telephony Components

• Network Infrastructure handles IP traffic
• Gateway Connectivity to the PSTN
• Communication Server Call Server provides
  call processing services
• IP Phones
• Application Server provides voice, video, or
  data services from a central location on a voice
  network (i.e. multimedia, voicemail, unified
  messaging)

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What are the benefits of Unified Messaging?

• Improved collaboration between faculty and
  students
• Integrates voicemail with email
• Access voicemail from mail client
• Access email from voicemail box
• Respond to voice mail messages from email for
  quicker response
• Calendaring features of Outlook

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Examples of XML Applications

• I.Q. for Education Student attendance,
  student/teacher locator, Rolodex, student
  medical, classroom participation, lunch menus,
  announcements (Sentinel)
• PhoneTop K-12 Attendance, Hall Passes,
  Faculty/Student Photos, Teacher login/logout of
  classrooms, etc. (AAC Associates)
• Time Student Attendance Attendance,
  notification of truancy to Main Office or email
  to parents, contact info for parents for
  emergency purposes (Netiraone)

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Video Infrastructures
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Why Implement IP Video

• Enhance curriculum
• Professional Development
• Administrative Communications

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Types of Video

• Primarily, there are two types of video
• Video Streaming
• Real-time video
• Multicast
• For Broadcasting, Video Conferencing, and IP
  Surveillance
• Video on Demand
• Non real-time video
• Unicast
• For Archived video

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Benefits of IP Video

• Broadcasting
• Real-time events to the community
• Instruction to remote students
• Distance Learning
• IP Surveillance
• Increases security coverage
• May be viewed by Police Station providing
  increased security
• Help ensure student/teacher safety
• Help prevent property/theft vandalism
• Video-on-Demand
• Archived video can be viewed at different times
  and rates by multiple classrooms
• Scheduled in advance

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Components of Video-Over-IP Network

• Communication Server controls transmission of
  video streams over the network, including
  source/destination
• Gateway Connectivity to the video source
• Multimedia Server serves the video streams
• Core switches and routers
• IP Cameras

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Wireless Infrastructure
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Why Implement Wireless?

• Most Obvious Reasons
• Extend Network Areas
• Provide for Mobility (Laptops and PDAs)
• Advancements
• Convergence
• Wireless IP Phones
• Radio Communication
• Emergency Service in Police Vehicles

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Current Wireless Technology

• 802.11b The original WiFi
• Ratified in September 1999
• 2.4GHz Frequency (DSSS)
• Up to 11Mbps data rate
• FCC allows 11 channels in the US
• Only three Non-overlapping channels
• Channels 1, 6 and 11
• Shared Network (Equivalent to a Hub)
• Widely available and inexpensive
• Up to 150 foot range from Access Point at 11Mbps

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Current Wireless Technology (Cont.)

• 802.11a Also known as WiFi5
• Ratified in September 1999
• 5GHz Frequency (OFDM)
• Up to 54Mbps data rate
• FCC allows 8 Indoor channels in the US
• Four Non-overlapping channels
• Channels 1, 3, 5 and 8
• Shared Network (Equivalent to a Hub)
• Slightly more expensive than 802.11b
• Becoming more widely accepted especially in
  external applications like Wireless Bridging
• Up to 45 foot range from Access Point at 54Mbps

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Current Wireless Technology (Cont.)

• 802.11g The high speed extension of 802.11b
• Ratified in June 2003
• 2.4GHz Frequency (OFDM)
• Up to 54Mbps data rate
• FCC allows 11 channels in the US
• Only three Non-overlapping channels
• Channels 1, 6 and 11
• Backwards compatible with 802.11b
• Up to 90 foot range from Access Point at 54Mbps
• When mixed with 802.11b, data rates decrease
  dramatically

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802.11g Throughput Compared
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The Future of Wireless

• IEEE Shapes the future of Wireless
• 802.11e
• Quality of Service (QoS) for IP Telephony and
  Streaming Video
• 802.11f
• IAPP Inter Access Point Protocol Multi-vendor
  support for communication between APs
• 802.11h
• Extension of 802.11a for High Speed acceptance by
  European Regulatory Agencies
• 802.11i
• Enhanced Security and Authentication mechanisms

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Remote School
District HQ
Cisco Access Control Server with CSA
Cisco Catalyst 3750
Library
Cisco 2800 Router
Cisco 1800 Router
Cisco Catalyst 3560
Cisco Aironet 1130AG
Wireless Laptop
Computer Lab / Classroom
Cisco Catalyst 3560
Wireless Laptop
Cisco Callmanager Cluster
Cisco Catalyst 3560
Cisco Aironet 1130AG
Wireless Tablet PC
Cisco Catalyst 3750
Cisco Aironet 1130AG
Cisco Aironet 1130AG
Desktop Laptop
Administrative Area
Desktop Laptop
Desktop Laptop
Cisco Wireless IP Phone
Cisco Wireless IP Phone
Cisco Catalyst 3560
Cisco Aironet 1130AG
Wireless Tablet PC
Wireless Laptop
Remote User
Cisco Aironet Wireless Bridge
Outdoor Sport Facility
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Wireless Networked Home
IP Video Monitoring
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Convergence Case Study
Bryant University
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• Video
• E-learning
• On-demand

Today
Tomorrow

• RFID
• Parking
• Stickers

• Interoperability
• Radios
• Telephones
• Applications

Cable TV
Expanded VoIP Services
Wi-Fi Cellular Interoperability
Unified Messaging
Infrastructure Convergence
Bryant University
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IP Telephony

• VoIP student phone (1,460)
• Personal phone extension for 4 years
• Personal voicemail box
• Caller ID and text message display
• Message broadcasting (one-to-many)
• Conference calling
• Call forwarding
• Softphone capabilities
• Migration from 32 yr old voice infrastructure

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Call Manager
PBX
PSTN
E-Responder
Unity
LAN Switches
Call Processing
Core Distribution Components
IP Phones
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Bryant University
Bryant Campus Network
Internet
VPN Concentrator
Edge Router
IPSEC Tunnel
Switched Backbone
Call Processing
Remote user using VPN software and IP SoftPhone
Remote User with VPN Capability and IP SoftPhone
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Bryant University
Wireless

• 250 AP (802.11b/g)
• Coverage 100 (buildings)
• WLSE
• Security Strategy Public/VPN
• Testing VoIP (7920, PDAs)

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Wireless VLAN Deployment
ResHall
802.1Q Trunk
Core Network
SSIDData
SSIDVoice
SSIDData
Router
Voice VLAN1
Data VLAN2
Data VLAN1
(User Database, DHCP/DNS Services)
Call Processing
ResHall
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• Location
• building
• floor
• room

Push IOS Updates
Push Config Changes
Wireless Domain Server
Monitor Report
WLSE
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Lost radio interface
Self-Healing WLANLosing an AP
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Increase Radio Coverage
Self-Healing WLAN Other APs Automatically Adjust
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Q A

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