snom M9 DECT Handset Expansion Set
The m9 is the next generation snom DECT handheld that empowers users with the convenience of wireless communication along with the widely accepted benefits and feature richness of Voice over IP telephony. The m9 delivers excellent speech quality through digital cordless audio. By combining functions of business communication with the ease of use of consumer products, the snom m9 is ideally suited for professional and private use alike. With features such as hands free mode, calling line identification (CLI) by displaying name, number and image of the caller as well as typical mobile phone features such as address book, calendar, calculator and alarm function, the m9 provides the perfect blend of mobility and accessibility.The DECT based m9 provides interference free communication by making use of the dedicated DECT frequency band. In addition, the m9 delivers the typical benefits of the DECT world such as high standby time and superior speech quality in addition to internet application integration,thus providing a decisive edge over WLAN-based handhelds.The m9 access point covers roughly 50m (150 ft) indoors and approx. 300m (1000 ft) outdoors (depending on the actual topology of a building and/or outdoor premise). The intuitive design of the m9 makes it a highly consumer friendly and convenient handheld device. With its illuminated keypad and TFT color display, the cordless phone is ideally suited for enterprise and SoHo environments alike. The address book may include JPEG images which are displayed on incoming calls. The menu driven graphical user interface allows intuitive usage and five navigation keys provide easy access to most of the phone functions saving users from the hassle of searching through complicated menus. Furthermore, the USB interface and the large flash memory provide an excellent potential for future enhancements.The attractive design underlined by its modern look is what defines this state of-the-art VoIP wireless telephone.To enable seamless integration in most VoIP environments, the m9 delivers pre-configured PBX profiles allowing it to be employed in parallel with the most popular SIP platforms with the click of a button. In addition, the features integration possibility with Microsoft™ Office Communications Server 2007 R2, making it the only digital cordless phone in the market to offer this benefit. The m9 is the first device from snom that comes with full IPv6 support from day one. Such features combined with automatic configuration download make the m9 a truly unique cordless device. Last but not least, the m9 incorporates the renowned SIP stack from snom with its decade long proven interoperability and technology leadership.
The snom M9 Expansion Set includes an M9 DECT handset and a charging cradle. The snom M9 base station will accept up to 9 handsets and up to 4 concurrent calls. As with all snom IP Phones the M9 can be integrated with Microsoft OCS.
Access Point
A station that transmits and receives data (sometimes referred to as a transceiver). An access point connects users to other users within the network and also can serve as the point of interconnection between the wireless LAN and a fixed wire network. Each access point can serve multiple users within a defined network area; as people move beyond the range of one access point, they are automatically handed over to the next one. A small wireless LAN may only require a single access point; the number required increases as a function of the number of network users and the physical size of the network. Access points operate on Wi-Fi or on the more recently approved DECT standard.
DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications)
A digital wireless telephone technology that is expected to make cordless phones much more common in both businesses and homes in the future. Formerly called the Digital European Cordless Telecommunications standard because it was developed by European companies, DECT's present name reflects its global acceptance. Like another important wireless standard, Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), DECT uses time division multiple access (TDMA) to transmit radio signals to phones. Whereas GSM is optimized for mobile travel over large areas, DECT is designed especially for a smaller area with a large number of users, such as in cities and corporate complexes. A user can have a telephone equipped for both GSM and DECT (this is known as a dual-mode phone) and they can operate seamlessly.
IP (Internet Protocol)
A protocol that specifies the way data is broken into packets and the way those packets are addressed for transmission. Unlike traditional telephone lines which create a straight path from caller to recipient; IP uses the best available path at any given moment to move data packets between point A & point B. The beauty of IP is that the sending end and receiving end communicate success in sending and receiving to insure all data packets are delivered. A really great concept of IP is that of self healing. If a route is broken and the data packets cannot be delivered an alternate route is automatically selected.
Server
The central processor in a network. In our case the server supports the telephony functions in a VoIP network. It manages the connections between the phone lines and the telephones, voicemail, etc.
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
Internationally recognized IP telephony signaling protocol used for VoIP. This is the most widely used protocol in the market and is a standard meaning anybody who builds a SIP 2.0 compliant product should work with any other SIP 2.0 compliant device. For instance our Talkswitch is compliant so any off the shelf SIP phone will work as an endpoint for a home phone or a remote worker. The trick with SIP 2.0 is that the combined devices will work to the feature set of the lowest common denominator meaning a SIP 2.0 telephone only support 80% of the SIP feature set then even though the telephone system supports a higher set of features, you will only have the base features of the phone.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
This is simply the carrying of voice via IP meaning a standard voice stream is broken into packets at the transmit end, sent over a standard data network (such as the Internet) and reassembled into a voice stream at the receiving end. VoIP traffic is trickier than normal data traffic because the timing of packets on the receiving end is critical. For more detail see Basics of the Internet.
