IP Connectivity Across Communications Networks

Cisco Unified Border Element (formerly Cisco Multiservice IP-to-IP Gateway Software) facilitates simple and cost-effective connectivity between independent unified communications (UC), voice over IP (VoIP), and video networks. Designed to meet enterprise and service provider UC interconnection needs, including session border controller (SBC) functions, Cisco Unified Border Element is an integrated Cisco IOS® Software application.

Cisco Unified Border Element

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Learn about the features and specifications of the Cisco Unified Border Element (5:25 min.)

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End to End IP interconnections between UC networks provide valuable benefits, such as:

• Preservation of media content quality
• Support of emerging UC services that are not possible over time-division multiplexing (TDM) technology.
• Lower latency
• Lower costs

The unique features of Cisco Unified Border Element include:

• Intelligent network demarcation that supports a wide array of physical interfaces
• Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) function at the edge of enterprise networks
• Security demarcation
• Interoperability with Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Signaling interworking between H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• Media interworking (dual tone multifrequency [DTMF], fax, modem, and codec transcoding)
• Quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth management (QoS marking using type of service [ToS], differentiated services code point [DSCP] and bandwidth enforcement using Resource Reservation Protocol [RSVP] and codec filtering)
• Allows for the adoption of UC trunks through concurrent support of public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateways on the same platform

Cisco Unified Border Element is an integrated Cisco IOS Software application that runs on:

• Cisco 2800 Series Integrated Services Routers
• Cisco 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers
• Cisco 2600XM Series Multiservice Platforms
• Cisco 3700 Series Routers
• Cisco 7200VXR Routers
• Cisco 7301 Routers
• Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway
• Cisco AS5400XM Universal Gateway