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Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Prerequisites for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Information About Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
How to Configure Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Configuring the Ethernet Interface for SIP Packets
Configuring the E1 Controller and ISDN Interfaces
Configuring Midcall Video Escalation/De-escalation Capability for an H.324 SIP Call
Feature Information for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
First Published: July 11, 2008
Last Revised: October 10, 2008
The Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway allows multimedia communications (H.324M) between 3G (third generation) mobile handsets and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) endpoints.
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Contents
•Prerequisites for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
•Information About Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
•How to Configure Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
•Feature Information for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Prerequisites for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Before you configure Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway, you must do the following:
•Ensure that you have a Cisco IOS image that supports this feature. Access Cisco Feature Navigator at http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn.
•Perform basic ISDN voice configuration. For more information, see Configuring ISDN PRI Voice-Interface Support.
•Ensure that the ISDN layer is up. Use the show isdn status command to display the current status of each ISDN layer.
•Set T1/E1 clocking. Use the network-clock-select command to name a source to provide timing for the network clock and to specify the selection priority for this clock source.
•Ensure you have a PVDM2 card.
Supported Routers, Hardware Modules, and Codecs
•This feature supports the following routers:
–Cisco AS5350XM
–Cisco AS5400XM
•This feature supports the following hardware modules:
–AS53-DFC-2CT1/E1
–AS53-DFC-4CT1/E1
–AS53-DFC-8CT1/E1
–AS54-DFC-2CT1/E1
–AS54-DFC-4CT1/E1
–AS54-DFC-8CT1/E1
•This feature supports the following video codecs:
–ITU-T Recommendation H.263/H.263+
–MPEG-4
Supported Topologies
See the "How to Configure Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway" section.
Information About Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Targeting video contact centers, mobile-to-fixed 3G calls, and video conferencing, this feature provides 3G-324M based video functionality to Cisco AS5xxx Universal Gateways. Enterprise customers can interconnect directly with mobile providers for enhanced services without regard to their communications location or medium.
3G-324M is protocol for video telephony in 3GPP mobile networks. 3G-324M is based on the ITU-T H.324 specification for multimedia conferencing over circuit switched networks.
3G-324M is a proven solution for multimedia based services that packet-based wireless networks cannot deliver because of overhead, BER sensitivity, and routing delays. 3G-324M operating over a circuit switched channel between two communication peers guarantees the fixed-delay quality of service for multimedia communications.
How to Configure Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
This feature is implemented through SIP-based interconnects and TDM cross connected trunk lines from the primary voice interface. Figure 1 shows the typical topology to deploy 3G-324M and is required for this feature.
This section describes how to configure the Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway to support the topology shown, and includes the following tasks:
•Configuring the Ethernet Interface for SIP Packets
•Configuring the E1 Controller and ISDN Interfaces
•Configuring Midcall Video Escalation/De-escalation Capability for an H.324 SIP Call
Figure 1 Cisco Integrated 3G-324M GatewayTopology
Configuring the Ethernet Interface for SIP Packets
Perform the following steps to configure the Ethernet Interface for SIP packets.
In this task you configure SIP and the Ethernet interface.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. sip
4. bind [control | media] source interface interface-id
5. bind [control | media] source interface interface-id (end SIP configuration)
6. exit
7. interface ethernet slot/port
8. ip address ip-address mask
9. duplex auto
10. speed auto
11. negotiation auto
12. end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring the E1 Controller and ISDN Interfaces
Perform the following steps to configure the Ethernet Interface for SIP packets. In this task you configure the controller interface and the ISDN interface.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. controller e1 slot/port
4. framing T1/E1 controller
5. pri-group timeslots range
6. exit
7. interface serial slot/port:channel-group
8. no ip address
9. encapsulation encapsulation-type
10. isdn switch-type switch-type
11. no cdp enable
12. end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring the Incoming POTS Dial-peer for Calls from a 3G-H324M Mobile Endpoint to a SIP Video Extension
Perform the following task to configure the incoming POTS dial-peer for calls from a 3G-H324M mobile endpoint to a SIP video extension.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. dial-peer voice tag pots
4. information-type video
5. incoming called-number [+]string[T]
6. direct-inward-dial
7. end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring the Outgoing VoIP (SIP) Dial peer for Calls from a 3G-H324M Mobile Endpoint to a SIP Video Extension
Perform the following tasks to configure the outgoing VoIP dial peer for calls from a 3G-H324M mobile endpoint to a SIP video extension.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. dial-peer voice tag voip
4. destination-pattern [+]string[T]
5. session protocol sipv2
6. session target ipv4:destination-address
7. codec codec
8. no vad
9. end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring the Outgoing POTS Dial Peer for Calls from a SIP Video Extension to a 3G-H324M Mobile Endpoint
Perform the following tasks to configure the outgoing POTS dial-peer for calls from a SIP video extension to a 3G-H324M mobile endpoint.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. dial-peer voice tag pots
4. destination-pattern [+]string[T]
5. information-type video
6. port controller-number:D
7. forward-digits all
8. end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring Midcall Video Escalation/De-escalation Capability for an H.324 SIP Call
In the basic Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (Cisco Unified CVP) architecture, typically a call is answered by a voiceXML (VXML) audio-only server. This call can be transferred to a video enabled agent sometime during the call. At this time video needs to be added to the call. Also, to support supplementary services, the call may be moved between audio only and video enabled agents. The ability to not only add video midcall is needed, but also the ability to remove video.
The current 3G handsets may not support media re-negotiation, which would prevent true video escalation and de-escalation toward the H.324 endpoint.
The basic call setup for Cisco Unified CVP involves the call-setup with the audio Interactive Voice Response (IVR) server first, a ringback server, and finally Cisco Unified Communications Manager for the audio and video agent. Because media may not be renegotiated on an H.324 endpoint, the initial call with the H.324 endpoint is established using audio and video capabilities. The video capabilities are configured through the codec profile command. During multiple transfers, the video capabilities between the various endpoints must match with what is configured in the codec profile.
Perform the following tasks to configure midcall video escalation and de-escalation capability for an H.324 SIP call.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. codec profile tag profile
4. fmtp fmtp:[payload type] [name1]=[val1]; [name2]=[val2]...
5. end
DETAILED STEPS
Additional References
The following sections provide references related to integrating 3G-324M gateways for SIP endpoints.
Cisco Related Documents
Related Topic Document TitleInformation on integrating data and voice
Integrating Data and Voice Services for ISDN PRI Interfaces on Multiservice Access Routers
ISDN configuration information
ISDN voice interface information
Video command reference information
Video telephony
Voice command reference information
Voice configuration information
Standards
MIB
RFC
RFC TitleRFC 3261
RFC 3264
RFC 3264 - An Offer/Answer Model with Session Description Protocol (SDP)
RFC 3016
RFC 3016 - RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Audio/Visual Streams
RFC 4629
ISO
Technical Assistance
Command Reference
The following commands are introduced in the feature documented in this module. For information about all Cisco IOS commands, use the Command Lookup Tool at http://tools.cisco.com/Support/CLILookup or the Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases, at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/mcl/allreleasemcl/all_book.html.
Debug Commands
•debug voip h324
•debug voice h324
debug voip h324
To debug video call control information, use the debug voip h324 command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging output, use the no form of this command.
debug voip h324 [all | function | inout | default | individual [number] | message | error [software [informational] | call [informational]]]
Syntax Description
Command Modes
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command enables debugging for H.324 message events (video call control information).
Note This command is the same as the debug voice h324 command.
Caution We recommend that you log the output from the debug voip h324 all command to a buffer, rather than sending the output to the console; otherwise, the size of the output could severely impact the performance of the gateway.
Use the debug voip h324 individual index-number command, where index number is a debug category, to activate a single debug.
This is helpful when trying to see a specific problem, without having a large number of debug output being generated. For example, the user could select the command debug voip h324 individual 4 to see calls where no video caps arrived from the IP side of the call (SIP to H.324 direction). Multiple debug output can be activated using this command, one at a time. These are not additional debug output to the ones enabled by the command debug voip h324 all, just another way to selectively see specific information, without generating large amounts of debug output.
debug voice h324
To debug video call control information, use the debug voice h324 command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging output, use the no form of this command.
debug voice h324 [all | function | inout | default | individual [number] | message | error [software [informational] | call [informational]]]
Syntax Description
all
(Optional) Enables all H.324 debugging except raw and raw decode.
default
(Optional) Activates function, inout, error call, and software debugging.
error
(Optional) Enables H.324 call error and software error debugging.
error [call]
(Optional) Enables H.324 major call processing error debugs related to the H.324 subsystem.
error [call [informational]]
(Optional) Enables H.324 major and informational call processing error debugs related to the H.324 subsystem.
error [software]
(Optional) Enables H.324 major software error debugs related to the H.324 subsystem.
error [software [informational]]
(Optional) Enables H.324 major and informational software error debugs related to the H.324 subsystem.
function
(Optional) Enables procedure tracing.
individual
(Optional) Activates individual H.324 debugging.
inout
(Optional) Enables subsystem inout debugging.
message
(Optional) Enables H.245 message display to/from H.324. Only displays message types, for message detail, use debug h245 asn1.
number
Index number. Number of debug category. See Table 2.
Command Modes
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command enables debugging for H.324 message events (video call control information).
Note This command is the same as the debug voip h324 command.
Caution We recommend that you log the output from the debug voice h324 all command to a buffer, rather than sending the output to the console; otherwise, the size of the output could severely impact the performance of the gateway.
Use the debug voice h324 individual index-number command, where index number is a debug category, to activate a single debug.
This is helpful when trying to see a specific problem, without having a large number of debug output being generated. For example, the user could select the command debug voice h324 individual 4 to see calls where no video caps arrived from the IP side of the call (SIP to H.324 direction). Multiple debug output can be activated using this command, one at a time. These are not additional debug output to the ones enabled by the command debug voice h324 all, just another way to selectively see specific information, without generating large amounts of debug output.
Feature Information for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Table 3 lists the release history for this feature.
Not all commands may be available in your Cisco IOS software release. For release information about a specific command, see the command reference documentation.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and software image support. Cisco Feature Navigator enables you to determine which Cisco IOS, Catalyst OS, and Cisco IOS XE software images support a specific software release, feature set, or platform. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.
Note Table 3 lists only the Cisco IOS software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS software release train also support that feature.
Table 3 Feature Information for Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
Feature Name Releases Feature InformationCisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway
12.4(20)T
The Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway allows multimedia communications (H.324M) between 3G (third generation) mobile handsets and Session Initiation protocol (SIP) endpoints.
The following sections provide information about this feature:
•"Information About Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway" section
•"How to Configure Cisco Integrated 3G-324M Gateway" section
The following commands were introduced: debug voice h221, debug voip h221.
This product utilizes the command line interface (CLI) for configuration purposes. The CLI is inherently 508 conformant because it is text based and relies on keyboard for navigation. IOS "The IOS Command Line Interface" (CLI) is fully compatible with all text-to-speech PC screen readers and therefore meets the U.S. GSA interpretation of Section 508 that a back office product be fully accessible to a low-vision or blind remote network administrator. Therefore, there's no administrative accessibility change to consider. IOS has a separate VPAT for the "remote administrator" requirements.
12.4(22)T
Added Midcall Video Escalation/De-escalation Capability for an H.324 SIP Call.
The following commands were introduced: codec profile, clock rate, fmtp
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