Voice channels (FTTH, DOCSIS, VoLTE)

Mon Nov 28 02:47:17 UTC 2016

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <swmike at swm.pp.se>
> To: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_nanog at vaxination.ca>
> Cc: Nanog at nanog.org
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 2:53:41 AM
> Subject: Re: Voice channels (FTTH, DOCSIS, VoLTE)

> On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote:
> 
>> I need to verify some claims made by incumbents in Canada that VoLTE
>> data travels on a totally separate channel between the phone and the
>> antenna.
> 
> Typically it travels on another "bearer" compared to Internet traffic.
> 
> http://blog.3g4g.co.uk/2013/08/volte-bearers.html
> 
> Think of bearers as "tunnels" between the mobile core network and the
> device. They have a lot in common with ATM PVCs in that they can have
> different QoS characteristics. So the VoLTE bearer can have scheduling
> priorities that means it'll always be low-latency and highest priority,
> meaning it might work well when the "Internet" bearer does not.

That is congruent with my understanding of how cableco voice is provisioned;
it has different rules WRT VoN -- specifically about 911 -- because the cable
company segregates it and handles it differently (your cablemodem is expected
to be tied to your service address -- or whatever terminal device does the
voice).

Cheers,
-- jra 
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