[cisco-voip] CUCM MTP and g729

[Peter Slow]

PS> ..Also, are you SURE this isn't just a device hearing g.729 hold
music while you've got or had the Duplex Streaming service parameter
enabled? ...'Cause that would totally explain this packet capture. Do
you have the skinny signalling to go with it showing what it was
specifically set up for use as?

Also, I beleive MGCP Endpoints have an initial "state" when they begin
call setup. i think not using g.729 actually entails a switch from 729
to another codec, and perhaps a small delay is causing some packets to
be transmitted using g.729? maybe? that's a complete stretch but who
knows =)

I don't think you're really goign to get an answer unless you can
recreate the issue and we can see traces. you'll also want a packet
capture of the registration of the media device, so if you can make
the MTP register to a different callmanager than what it's running on,
using its CUCM group, we could take a look at what capabilities it was
registering with and if it says it supports 729 now =) ..you'll wnat
to look at the skinny registration of the MTP, ANN ooh, ANN
announcements are in 7.29 also, i think? you coudl be doing duplex
audio while one of those is playing =)....

anyway, can you reproduce it or verify or deny any of those guesses?

Very Interesting,
-Pete



On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Anthony Holloway
<avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Wes,
>
> The packet capture was done on the CUCM itself via CLI command: "utils
> network capture".  Also, I filtered the capture to traffic only coming from
> the VG224, which is why you do not see any other streams.  It was, however,
> going to our SBC.  So the call flow was: Analog Phone > VG224 > CUCM (MTP) >
> SBC > PSTN.
>
> The negotiated CODEC was in fact g729, and both sides support it.  The MGCP
> SDP shows g729 and the SBC sends back g729 in the SIP SDP.  The only thing
> that is different in caps is DTMF.  MGCP was trying 100 while SBC wanted to
> do 101.
>
> As for the garble: I wasn't experiencing any voice quality issues that I
> could hear, but I was experiencing double DTMF going out to the PSTN.  Not
> sure if an artifact of the MTP, or simply a misonconfiguration on the
> VG224's MGCP package.  Like I said it's the fm package I was missing that
> ultimately fixed the issue.  The MTP is no longer used, and the double DTMF
> is gone. I didn't find very much info on what the fm packages does, only
> that it fixes DTMF and Faxing issues when communicating with a SIP device.
>
> Thanks for the late Friday afternoon reply Wes.
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting observations.
>>
>> I am not aware of any changes around CM's software MTP only doing G.711.
>>
>> The packet capture shows RTP coming into(?) to the MTP. I do not see any
>> sign of anything egressing the MTP.
>>
>> ccm has internal logic that attempts to connect RTP streams even if codec
>> negotiation fails. This is controlled by a service parameter. You may be
>> seeing an artifact of this behavior where no codec was common but the
>> streams attempted to setup anyway.  Streaming codecs to the MTP that it does
>> not support typically results in garble or silence on the egress leg.
>>
>> /wes
>>
>>
>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Anthony Holloway wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a wireshark capture off of my CUCM 8.6(2) which shows that it is
>> receiving a g729 audio stream from my VG224.
>>
>> Long story short, according to the CUCM SRND, the CUCM MTP can only
>> terminate g711, and yet, attached is a screenshot of the wireshark capture
>> which clearly shows it terminating g729.
>>
>> What piece of this puzzle am I missing?  Also, the CUCM traces read like
>> the MTP is being invoked on that CUCM.  It's due to the lack of the fm
>> package on my VG224 and a mismatch in DTMF to the PSTN (SIP).  I had a fun
>> time resolving that, as you can probably imagine.
>>
>> Thanks and Happy Friday!
>>
>>
>>
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