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Explanation/Reference: Real-time communications are sensitive to the latency and packet loss that can occur on congested networks. Call admission control (CAC) determines, based on available network bandwidth, whether to allow real-time communications sessions such as voice or video calls to be established. Media bypass is a Lync Server capability that enables an administrator to configure call routing to flow directly between the user endpoint and the public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateway without traversing the Mediation Server. Media bypass improves call quality by reducing latency, unnecessary translation, possibility of packet loss, and the number of potential points of failure. Where a remote site without a Mediation Server is connected to a central site by one or more WAN links with constrained bandwidth, media bypass lowers the bandwidth requirement by enabling media from a client at a remote site to flow directly to its local gateway without first having to flow across the WAN link to a Mediation Server at the central site and back.This reduction in media processing also complements the Mediation Server's ability to control multiple gateways. Differentiated Services code points (DSCPs) mark IP packets with the type of traffic that is contained in each packet. This information is used by QoS to determine the priority of the packet relative to other network traffic. If QoS is enabled on your network, you can take advantage of it by enabling DSCP marking on servers running Microsoft Lync Server and on Lync clients. Because Lync Server and Lync clients require that different media use different port ranges, the Windows or Windows Server operating system can identify the traffic type and apply the appropriate DSCP to each packet according to the port that it uses.

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Explanation/Reference:
General:
The Survivable Branch Appliance is a purpose-built appliance to increase voice resiliency in branch-office scenarios.
Scenario:
Houston already has a Survivable Branch Appliance
Miami and Los Angeles both need a Survivable Branch Appliance.