Bristol Qualifies Catalyst Series Switches for Packet Voice Applications.Business Editors LARKSPUR Larkspur, city, United States Larkspur, city (1990 pop. 11,070), Marin co., W Calif., a prestigious residential suburb of San Francisco near Mt. Tamalpais; inc. 1908. The region's scenic beauty and excellent beaches attract many visitors. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000 The Bristol Group today announced the results of recent QoS (Quality of Service) testing with .phone, Bristol's packet-switched telephone system, and the Cisco (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) Catalyst series switches. Using .phone with the packet prioritization feature available in these switches, testing verified that carrier quality voice conversations can be maintained over LANs which are at or near saturation. Without packet prioritization, the conversation was choppy and often unintelligible UNINTELLIGIBLE. That which cannot be understood. 2. When a law, a contract, or will, is unintelligible, it has no effect whatever. Vide Construction, and the authorities there referred to. , due to packet delay and packet loss. As noted by Chief Technology Officer, Ian MacDonald, "The QoS standards work! Using the packet prioritization option available in the Catalyst switch enables .phone to deliver carrier-quality IP-based telephone conversations, even over saturated networks." The testing was done at Bristol's lab using .phone, with the Catalyst 3512XL switch. Beginning with Release 1.1, .phone sets the IP ToS (Type of Service) as defined in IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 8.02.1p, the specification for Layer 2 bandwidth prioritization services. By setting the priority level to five on its media stream, .phone allows compatible switches, such as the Catalyst Series switches, to provide priority to voice packets over data packets on saturated networks. The .phone system is an IP-based telephony solution for companies looking to converge voice and data on a single network. The .phone client software runs under Windows '95 through 2000 and provides standard telephone features as well as specialized features such as camp on, caller id, intercom, follow-me, and call forwarding. The Bristol Group is the developer of enterprise-scale messaging solutions. Systems from the Bristol Group are currently used by Nomura, DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature Airways, Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , Oracle, PaineWebber, Nationwide Insurance, and Federal Express. For more information about The Bristol Group and its products and services, contact The Bristol Group, Ltd., 100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 200, Larkspur, CA 94939; (415) 925-9250; fax (415) 925-9278, info@bg.com, or www.bg.com. |
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