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Enterprise Edge 2.0 IP Telephony Configuration Guide P0911590 Issue 02
The G.723.1 codec uses a different compression method than the G.729 codec. The
G.723.1 method uses more DSP resources. Each MSPEC supports one G.723.1 call.
A G.711 call can run in the same MSPEC as a G.723.1 call. See the Enterprise Edge
Programming Operations Guide for additional information.
If the G.723.1 codec is the only possible codec for a call, a trunk can not be available
for the call if there are not enough DSP resources available. All VoIP Gateway
facilities can appear to be in use, although there are DSP resources available for
calls using other codec types.
Because most gateways support the G.711 codec, configure G.711 as a supported
codec. The G.711 codec does not compress audio or fax. The G.711 codec supports
two IP trunks on each MSPEC. See the Enterprise Edge Programming Operations
Guide for additional information.
G.711
This codec delivers “toll quality” audio at 64 kbit/s. This codec is best for speech
because it has the smallest delay, and is very strong to channel errors. However, the
G.711 codec uses the largest bandwidth. North America uses G.711 µ-LAW and
international markets use G.711 A-LAW.
Silence compression
G.723.1 and G.729, Annex B support Silence compression.
A key to VoIP Gateway’s in business applications is reducing WAN bandwidth use.
Beyond speech compression, the best bandwidth reducing technology is silence
compression, also known as silence suppression. Silence compression technology
identifies the periods of silence in a conversation, and stops sending IP speech
packets during those periods. Telco studies show that in a typical telephone
conversation, only about 36-40% of a full-duplex conversation is active. When one
person talks, the other listens (known as half-duplex). And there are important
periods of silence during speaker pauses between words and phrases.
By applying silence compression, full duplex bandwidth use is reduced by the same
amount, releasing bandwidth for other voice/fax or data communications. Figure 5
Silence compression shows how silence compression allows two conversations to
fit in the bandwidth otherwise used by one. This 50% bandwidth reduction develops
over a 20-30 second period as the conversation switches from one direction to
another.
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