Category Archives: QoS

Addressing Challenges Specific to Multi-Site Deployments

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Deploying Unified Communications Manager to geographically diverse sites adds a number of challenges not experienced in single-site deployments. The primary new challenges are:

  • Bandwidth usage and call quality over WAN links
  • Availability during WAN outages
  • Call routing to the PSTN, especially for emergency numbers
  • Potential for overlapping dial plans

After the cut, we will take a brief look at each of these issues, and some ways to to overcome them.

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Converting DSCP AF values to decimal

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To convert DSCP AF values to decimal, multiply the first digit by 8, and the second digit by 2, and add the two values:

AF21 – (2*8) + (1*2) = 18

AF31 – (3*8) + (1*2) = 26

The process can be reversed by deviding the decimal value by 8, and the remainder by 2:

30 – 30/8 = 3, remainder of 6, 6/2 = 3 = AF33

CS codes can just be converted by multiplying by 8, CS3 = 24