Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway 3610
Enhance Video Resolution Across the Enterprise

Overview:

The Cisco TelePresence portfolio creates an immersive, face-to-face experience over the network, empowering you to collaborate with others like never before. Through a powerful combination of technologies and design that allows you and remote participants to feel as if you are all in the same room, the Cisco TelePresence portfolio has the potential to provide great productivity benefits and transform your business. Many organizations are already using it to control costs, make decisions faster, improve customer intimacy, scale scarce resources, and speed products to market.

The Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway 3610 (Cisco AM GW 3610) is a high-definition (HD) media gateway that enables businesses to get better value from their existing video and collaboration infrastructure. Combined with the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (Cisco VCS), the Cisco AM GW 3610 is the first and most comprehensive network-centric solution that enables true HD communication between Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Microsoft Lync Server users and standards-based telepresence and video conferencing devices. Individuals and teams can now use familiar business tools to collaborate in high definition across the enterprise.

Comparison Without and With Cisco AM GW 3610

Enhance Video Resolution Across the Enterprise

Your organization can now use familiar business communication tools to collaborate in HD video across the enterprise. The Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway Series helps increase the value of your existing video and collaboration infrastructure. This series connects to all standards-based video devices, including:

• Endpoints
• Multipoint control units
• Recording and streaming servers
• Telepresence servers

This gateway series works with the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server to give you an innovative unified communications solution. This combination is the first network-centric solution to facilitate true HD communication between Microsoft Lync Server 2010 / Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and standards-based telepresence and video-conferencing devices.

Cisco and Microsoft Solutions

Features and Benefits:

Table lists the features and benefits of the Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway 3610, and Table 2 gives information about the number of calls possible with the gateway.

Feature Summary
Design features	Cisco AM GW 3610 is compatible with Microsoft Office Communications (MOC) Server 2007 R2 and Microsoft Lync Server Cisco AM GW 3610 is compatible with all standards-compliant video conferencing and telepresence devices Cisco AM GW 3610 has an easy-to-use, versatile management interface Cisco AM GW 3610 offers comprehensive wideband audio support Cisco TelePresence ClearVision technology (ClearVision) enhances resolutions by up to 4 times, enabling less-powerful PCs and video conferencing endpoints to participate in calls at higher definitions The unit is compact - it is 2 rack units (2RU) tall and 19-inch rack-mountable
Application features	Cisco TelePresence Universal Port technology helps ensure that each participant receives the best possible experience Cisco AM GW 3610 offers full transcoding for every call Large enterprises can increase their available capacity by stacking multiple Cisco AM GW 3610 units The gateway connects to all standards-based video conferencing devices, including endpoints, multipoint control units (MCUs), recording and streaming servers, and telepresence servers
Performance features	Up to 10 simultaneous HD calls Up to 20 simultaneous VGA calls Constant high capacity in selected HD or VGA mode Transcoding and transrating on all calls Video resolution up to HD 720p at 30 frames per second (fps) Content sharing to MOC and Lync at up to 720p at 30fps

Technical Specifications:

Number of Calls Possible
Model	Total Calls in HD Mode	Total Calls in VGA Mode
Cisco AM GW 3610	10	20

Product Specifications
Video devices supported	Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 clients Microsoft Lync clients Communicator for Mac 2011 clients H.323 video devices Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) video devices Supported devices: Endpoints, MCUs, gateways, and recording and streaming devices
Video Standards	RT Video, H.261, H.263, H.263+, and H.264
Video resolution for video conferencing devices	From QCIF to 720p (1280 x 720) 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios
Video resolution for Microsoft Office Communicator and Lync	CIF, VGA, and 720p
Frame Rates	Up to 30 fps
Audio Standards	G.711, G.722, G.723.1, G.728, G.729, MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 AAC-LD, Polycom Siren7/G722.1, Polycom Siren14, and G.722.1 Annex C
Protocols	SIP, FTP, Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), HTTP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Bandwidth	Maximum bandwidth: up to 2 Mbps per call
Universal transcoding and transrating	Automatic audio and video transcoding and transrating is possible on all calls up to 720p Callers have their own personal encoding; each caller can independently use any bandwidth, any resolution (up to maximum selected), and any video or audio codec
Scalability	Up to 6 advanced media gateways can be deployed per Cisco VCS or Cisco VCS cluster, enabling a total of 60 simultaneous HD720p calls
Firewall traversal	H.460 18 and 19 compliant
Dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) translation	Out-of-band to in-band DTMF
Web user interface	Complete configuration, control, and monitoring of the system and calls
System Management	Management through embedded web server RS-232 for local control and diagnostics Syslog for diagnostics Configurable event logs and full H.323 and SIP decoding Configuration backup to network Secure upgrades through Ethernet
Quality of Service	Configurable differentiated services code point (DSCP) or type of service (ToS) and IP precedence
ClearVision technology	Supported in HD mode to scale up video resolution by up to 4 times
Security Features	End-to-end encryption of calls Secure non-PC hardware and operating system Full transcoding for every call, avoiding IP packet forwarding
Interfaces	RJ-45 Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Mbps full and half duplex, manual or autosensing RJ-45 serial port
Environmental Data	Ambient operating temperature: 32 to 95°F (0 to 35°C) Relative humidity: Below 95% (noncondensing)
Physical dimensions (H x W x D)	3.43 x 17.25 x 19.1 in. (87 x 436 x 511 mm) (2RU) Weight: 22 lb (15 kg) 19-in. rack-mountable (kit supplied) or standalone Power: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz Maximum power consumption: 650W
Regulatory Compliance	Product model number TR1A European safety: EN 60950-1:2001 USA safety: UL 60950-1 First Edition Canada safety: CSA 60950-1-03 CB Scheme certificate, CE Marked Compliance Model Number: TR1A EMC:EN55022 class A, EN61000-3-2 and EN61000-3-3,EN55024: – EN61000-4-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -11, FCC Part 15 class A, VCCI class A, and AS/NZS 3548 (C-Tick) RoHS compliant

Documentation:

Download the Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway 3610 Datasheet (PDF).