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The Cisco ATA 186 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 Analog Telephone Adaptor products are standards-based communication
devices that deliver true, next-generation voice-over-IP (VoIP) terminations
to businesses and residences worldwide.
Protects Legacy Telephone Investment
The Cisco ATA 186 supports two voice ports, each with its own independent
telephone number, and a single 10/100BaseT Ethernet port. This adaptor can
make use of existing Ethernet LANs, in addition to broadband pipes such as
digital subscriber line (DSL), fixed wireless and cable modem deployments.
Cost Effective
The Cisco ATA 186 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 either enterprise networks, small-office
environments, or the emerging VoIP managed voice services and local services
market.
Enterprise customers are using the Cisco ATA 186 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 186.
Figure 1 Cisco ATA 186—Endpoint for an end-to-end broadband system

The Cisco ATA 186 allows you to connect analog telephones and faxes to an IP telephony network.
Table 1: Features and Benefits
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Benefits |
- Two voice ports support legacy (analog) touch-tone telephones
- RJ-45 connection to 10/100Base-T Ethernet hub or switch
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Connects legacy telephones to IP-based networks
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- Auto-provisioning with Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) provisioning servers
- Automatic assignment of IP address, network route IP, and subnet mask via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Web configuration through built-in Web server
- Touch-tone telephone keypad configuration with voice prompt
- Administration password to protect configuration and access
- Remote upgrades through network
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Flexible configuration and provisioning options
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- Advanced pre-processing to optimize full-duplex voice compression
- High performance line-echo cancellation eliminates noise and echo
- Voice activity detection (VAD) and comfort noise generation (CNG) save bandwidth by delivering voice, not silence
- Dynamic network monitoring to reduce jitter artifacts such a packet loss
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Clear, natural-sounding voice quality
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- H.323
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
- Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP)—Cisco CallManager technology
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Supports multiple protocols for interoperability and deployment flexibility
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- Fits in most environments
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Small form-factor design
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- Passwords displayed as asterisks instead of readable text.
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Enhanced security
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Track packet input, output and errors
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System Requirements:

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| A |
Regular analog, touch-tone telephones
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| B |
10/100Base-T category-3 cable or better (access to an IP network)
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| C |
Power for AC/DC power adaptor
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Voice-over-IP (VoIP) protocols
- H.323 v2
- H.323 v4
- SIP (RFC 2543 bis)
- MGCP 1.0 (RFC 2705)
- MGCP 1.0/network-based call signaling (NCS) 1.0 Profile
- MGCP 0.1
- SCCP
Voice codecs1
- G.729, G.729A, G.729AB2
- G.723.1
- G.711a-law
- G.711µ-law
Provisioning and configuration
- DHCP (RFC 2131)
- Web configuration via built-in Web server
- Touch-tone telephone keypad configuration with voice prompt
- Basic boot provisioning (RFC 1350 TFTP Profiling)
- Dial plan provisioning
- Cisco Discovery Protocol for SCCP
Security
- H.235 for H.323
- RC4 encryption for TFTP configuration profiles
Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF)
- DTMF tone detection and generation
Out-of-band DTMF
- H.245 out-of-band DTMF for H.323
- RFC 2833 AVT tones for SIP, MGCP, SCCP
Call progress tones
- Configurable for two sets of frequencies and single set of on/off cadence
Line-echo cancellation
- Echo canceller for each port
- 8 ms echo length
- Nonlinear echo suppression (ERL greater than 28 dB for f = 300 to 3400 Hz)
- Convergence time = 250 ms
- ERLE = 10 to 20 dB
- Double-talk detection
Voice features
- Voice activity detection (VAD)
- Comfort noise generation (CNG)
- Dynamic jitter buffer (adaptive)
Fax2
- G.711 fax pass-through
- G.711 fax mode
1In simultaneous dual-port operation, the second port is limited to G.711 when using G.729.
2Success of fax transmissions up to 14.4 kbps
depends on network conditions and fax modem/fax machine tolerance to those
conditions. Network must have reasonably low network jitter, network delay,
and packet loss rate.
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