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ing did not reveal any subjective deterioration of the voice quality. Anotherproblem encountered during testing was caused by H.323 Optipoint 400 Standardphones, produced by Siemens. Complications concerned the use of mulawcodec and FastStart mechanism. This problem is solved in the new version offirmware. So far, we have tackled this problem by adjusting the gateway configuration.8.6.2 Siemens IWUThe gateway of Siemens is a commercial product which can be used free ofcharge for a limited evaluation period. It is a relatively extensive system withmany features, also including an H.323 gatekeeper and SIP proxy. Similarly tothe Kerio gateway, this one also serves for translation into PSTN. However, itruns only under Windows 2000 SP3. Only by the end of the year, did we acquiresuch a machine. Testing will be soon completed.8.6.3 KOM DarmstadtWe have been promised a gateway from Darmstadt University; however, wehave not received the full version, yet. This software is distributed under GPLlicence, making use of Vovida SIP stack and OpenH.323 stack, running underLinux. In addition, there were some improvements incorporated in the software.8.6.4 Clients for SIP IP TelephonyWe expect the use of both hardware and software clients. As regards hardwareclients, we have so fare tested only Cisco IP Phone 7960, with satisfactory results.The only problem is the occasional loss of connectivity in one phone,usually after some larger configuration changes and moving of the device. Thisis specifically a problem of the particular specimen, which we will try to solveby replacing the firmware. An SIP version of Siemens Optipoint 400 Standard isnow going to be tested. New SIP firmware, version 2, has not been provided sofar.Among the disadvantages of hardware phones is the typically high price. Wehave initiated some exploration in this area in order to identify reliable phonesavailable for reasonable prices which may be deployed at a larger scale.There is a sufficiency of software clients available, some of them can be usedfree of charge. We also plan some research in this area, particularly in collabo-118 High-speed National Research Network and its New Applications <strong>2002</strong>

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