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VoIP Assessments are an essential step to a successful VoIP implementation. It identifies potential network issues early reducing the costs of project overruns and post-production troubleshooting.

Catalyst Services has created three different offers to fit your project and budget. Each option offers a different level of engineering involvement.  The Catalyst technical support team encourages you to include this first step for all of your VoIP projects. Click here below for details.

Catalyst VoIP Assessment Offer

Voice Compression Modules (VCM) are an important key to allowing the IP Office to handle such a wide range of phone types.  These modules act as a bridge between the Digital/Analog phone world and the IP world.  Each VCM is able to handle translations between H.323 or SIP signaling and the control plane, as well as be a real time CODEC for translation to the RTP (Real Time Protocol) used for the Audio streams of a VoIP call.  They are very similar to a trunk between two systems.

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QoS is in higher demand as networks grow and complexity of traffic patterns increase.  Large file transfers can clog networks.  High Internet usage can bog down connections with useless traffic from social network sites or sites like YouTube.  Properly configured QoS or Quality of Service, can help to remove the negative effect of traffic patterns.  Extreme Networks is well known for excellent QoS.  Deep queue buffers and robust algorithms can allow for 100 percent utilization of your data switches.  Keep reading for a quick QoS configuration for Avaya (and other vendors) VoIP.

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802.11 WiFi based phones remove the range limits from traditional wireless handsets.  These small handsets can operate anywhere the wireless network extends, even into a campus environment.  Polycom carries a great line of proven handsets to meet the need of business class portable handsets.  Handsets connect to an approved traditional WiFi network.  Several Gateway options can allow these phones to connect to a variety of IP, Digital, or Analog interfaces on the PBX.  Detailed setup guides (http://www.spectralink.com/resources/wifi_compatibility.jsp) can even help in configuring the WiFi network to carry the VoIP traffic efficiently.

Remote Overhead Paging Solution requires only a few products to make an effective solution. If your system already supports VoIP your half way there, if not we can make it. The solution starts with a MultiTech MultiVoIP (MVP), an easy to use Analog to VoIP adapter.

• First connect the amplifier of the page system to the MVP analog interface.
• Then add the MVP to the PBX. If the PBX does not have IP resources, another MVP can convert the IP connection back to analog.
• Next configure the system to page, or call, the MVP.

Now paging is possible where ever the IP connection can carry the singal.