Chapter 1 Overview
Making Converged Networks a Reality
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Cisco ICS 7750 System Description
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Making Converged Networks a Reality
The Cisco ICS 7750 is a new offering in the Cisco Architecture for Integrated
Voice, Video, and Data (AVVID) product line. By combining the elements needed
to build a complete IP telephony system, including data and voice networking, the
Cisco ICS 7750 provides a truly “converged” solution. The modular design of the
Cisco ICS 7750 gives you the flexibility to choose the capabilities you need now
while enabling you to add capacity, redundancy, and e-business applications as
your needs change.
Cisco AVVID
The Cisco ICS 7750 is built on the open and scalable Cisco AVVID. Cisco AVVID
includes three components: infrastructure, such as switches and routers; clients,
such as IP phones, H.323 videoconferencing equipment, and PCs; and
applications, such as call control. Cisco AVVID is an architecture for integrated
data, voice, and video over a common IP transport. For more information, refer to
the white paper
Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data
.
Cisco IP Telephony Architecture
Cisco AVVID is an open, standards-based architecture for Voice over IP (VoIP).
Unlike traditional office environments, in which the data and voice networks are
separate (see
Figure 1-2
), in a converged network, the telephony and IP
components are integrated (see
Figure 1-3
).
