Cisco Voice Over IP (CVOICE)

Get hands-on skills and a fundamental understanding of packet telephony.



Overview

CVOICE lays the foundation for gaining hands-on skills and a fundamental understanding of packet telephony by presenting the technologies that are common for both Enterprise and Service Provider Networks. The course also teaches you how to use the available Cisco tools to find the information needed to accomplish everyday tasks.

Who Should Attend

Technical professionals responsible for VoIP, including voice/data integration.

 

Cisco Career Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

  • CCVP (Cisco Certified Voice Professional)

 

Course Outline

This 5-day course is geared towards obtaining hands-on experience only; therefore, there is no exam.

  • Introducing Voice over IP
  • Configuring Voice Ports
  • Implementing VoIP Gateways
  • Implementing Dial Plans on Voice Gateways
  • Implementing H.323 Gatekeepers
  • Connecting to an ITSP

 

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

  • Identify the components, processes, and features of traditional telephony networks that provide end-to-end call functionality
  • Describe two methods of call control used on voice and data networks and provide one example of a protocol for each
  • List at least five components or capabilities that are required to provide integrated voice and data services in campus LAN, enterprise, and service provider environments
  • Select the appropriate analog voice connection to a Cisco device given the types of analog connections and their susceptibility to line quality problems
  • Choose a voice compression scheme that best suits your needs given the fundamentals of digital voice encoding
  • Describe the appropriate signaling method to deploy in a telephony system given the type of signaling:
    • between PBXs
    • between PBXs and central offices
  • ISDN
  • Implement an effective method of transporting fax and modem traffic over a Voice over IP network given the standard implementations of fax and the methods used to transport modem traffic.

Prerequisites

Students should have a CCNA Certification or equivalent knowledge and experience. Also, fundamental knowledge of a traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is required.

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1 (ICND1) 
Interconnection Cisco Network Devices 2 (ICND2)