CISCO ATA 187 – ANALOG TELEPHONE ADAPTER

Product Overview CISCO ATA 187 – ANALOG TELEPHONE ADAPTER

The Cisco ® ATA 187 Analog Telephone Adaptor is a handset-to-Ethernet adaptor that turns traditional telephone devices into IP devices. Customers can take advantage of the many new and exciting IP telephony applications by connecting their analog devices to Cisco ATAs.The Cisco ATA products are standards-based communication devices that deliver true, next-generation voice-over-IP (VoIP) terminations to businesses and residences worldwide.

• Protects existing telephone investment: The Cisco ATA 187 supports two voice ports, each with its own independent telephone number, and a single RJ-45 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet port. This adaptor can make use of existing Ethernet LANs in addition to broadband pipes such as DSL, fixed wireless, and cable modem deployments.

• Cost effective: The Cisco ATA 187 helps customers turn their analog phone devices into IP devices cost effectively and is the preferred solution to address the needs of customers who connect to enterprise networks, small-office environments, or the emerging VoIP managed voice services and local services market.

Enterprise customers are using the Cisco ATA 187 to connect analog phones and fax machines to their VoIP network. Service providers are taking advantage of emerging telephony applications and the ease of deploying second-line services using the Cisco ATA 187 (Figures 1 and 2).

Figure 1. Cisco ATA 187: Endpoint for an End-to-End Broadband System

Figure 2. Cisco ATA 187 as Endpoint in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Network

* DSL and cable mode need SIP support.

Features and Benefits

Table 1 lists the features and benefits of the Cisco ATA 187.

Table 1. Features and Benefits

Feature

Benefits

Configuration and Provisioning

• Configuration as per Cisco endpoints devices• Autoprovisioning with Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) for servers• Automatic assignment of IP address, network routing IP, and subnet mask using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)• Touch-tone telephone keypad configuration with voice prompt• Administration password to protect configuration and access• Remote upgrades through network• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM) standard configuration and provisioning options• Ease of administration

Voice Quality

• Advanced preprocessing to optimize full-duplex voice compression• High-performance line-echo cancellation to eliminate noise and echo• Voice activity detection (VAD) and comfort noise generation (CNG) to save bandwidth by delivering voice, not silence• Dynamic network monitoring to reduce jitter artifacts such a packet loss

Clear, natural-sounding voice quality

Signaling Protocol

• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) on the Cisco line side

Allows interoperation with Cisco UCM SIP solution

Security

• Secure Real-Time Transfer Protocol and Transport Layer Security (SRTP/TLS) over SIP

Secure media and secure signaling support, for secure solutions

Fax Support

• T38 fax support

Standard fax capability to send faxes over the IP network

Form Factor

• Fits in most environments

New form-factor design based on the Cisco endpoints portfolio

Cisco UCM Version Compatibility

• Cisco UCM Versions 7.1.5, 8.0.2, or higher

Product Specifications

Table 2 presents the specifications for the Cisco ATA 187.

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Cisco ATA 187 Analog Telephone Adaptor Overview PDF
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Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor Data Sheet PDF