210-060 · Question #378
Which component is also needed for a voice call to be processed between the enterprise Cisco Unified Communications system and a cell phone via the PSTN?
The correct answer is B. Cisco Integrated Service Router with digital signal processor resources. A Cisco ISR equipped with DSP resources acts as the voice gateway required to encode voice and terminate a PSTN circuit for calls between an enterprise UC system and a cell phone.
Question
Which component is also needed for a voice call to be processed between the enterprise Cisco Unified Communications system and a cell phone via the PSTN?
Options
- ACisco Analog Telephone Adapter 190
- BCisco Integrated Service Router with digital signal processor resources
- CCisco Unified Communications Manager call processing node
- DCisco Unified Communications Manager TFTP Node
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A14% (6)
- B75% (33)
- C5% (2)
- D7% (3)
Why each option
A Cisco ISR equipped with DSP resources acts as the voice gateway required to encode voice and terminate a PSTN circuit for calls between an enterprise UC system and a cell phone.
The Cisco ATA 190 is an analog telephone adapter that connects a single analog phone to an IP network and cannot serve as a PSTN gateway for enterprise outbound calls to cell phones.
A Cisco Integrated Services Router with DSP (Digital Signal Processor) resources provides both the hardware codec processing needed to transcode voice and the physical voice interface modules (such as T1/E1 PRI or FXO) necessary to terminate a PSTN circuit - without DSP resources, the router cannot perform real-time voice processing or establish the bearer channel to the PSTN carrier.
A CUCM call processing node is already part of the enterprise UC system described in the question and handles call routing logic, but it has no physical PSTN interface and cannot send calls to the PSTN without a separate voice gateway.
A CUCM TFTP node distributes phone firmware and configuration files to IP phones during registration and plays no role in PSTN call routing or bearer channel establishment.
Concept tested: ISR DSP resources for PSTN voice gateway function
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/integrated-services-routers-isr/datasheet_c78-706319.html
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