Nortel BCM50 3.0 Overview

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System Overview Chapter 2 13System Overview• Business Series Telephones including Doorphone• analog station terminals, including phones and fax machinesIP telephony featuresBCM50 offers the complete range of IP telephony features currently provided in the BCM50product line:• G.711 and G.729 codecs• echo cancellation• H.323 IP trunking and MCDN over H.323• SIP and SIP proxy• MCDN SIP trunking• Gatekeeper• T.38 FaxBCM50e and BCM50a: BCM systems with integrated routersBCM50 is available with an optional integrated ADSL or Ethernet router. These units suit theneeds of small businesses and small enterprise branch offices that require external datanetworking, such as Internet access or VPN-based networking to other offices.Two variations of the BCM50 have an integrated router, depending on the WAN interface yourequire: the BCM50e (Ethernet WAN) and, BCM50a (ADSL WAN). Both routers have thefollowing data features:• secure Internet access• multisite VoIP trunking using secure VPN tunnels• wide-area VoIP applications with remote user support• remote IP management and support using VPN clientsCommon features and capabilitiesBCM50a and BCM50e share the same functionality, which focuses on secure Internet access andVoIP.Note: Support for desktop clients includes Nortel IP telephone portfolioincluding IP Phone 1210, IP Phone 1220, IP Phone 1230, IP Phone 2001,IP Phone 2002, IP Phone 2004, IP Phone 2007, IP Phone 1110, IP Phone1120e, IP Phone 1140e, IP Audio Conference Phone 2033. Support forsoft-clients is offered through the IP 2050 software phones that extendvoice services to mobile and home-based employees over the Internet.