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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 PRI Gateway and 3545 Serial Gateway Release 5.5
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Chapter 1 Functionality
About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 Gateway Applications and Topologies
About Conferencing via Leased Lines
The serial gateway enables conferencing between H.323 endpoints on IP networks connected via a
leased line (as shown in
Figure 1-8 ).
Figure 1-8 Conferencing via Leased Lines
About IP-to-Legacy MCU Conferencing
The serial gateway provides an IP-to-serial interface for communication with legacy MCU equipment
(as shown in
Figure 1-9 ).
Figure 1-9 IP-to-Serial Interface Communication via Legacy MCU
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