Intel is working to build a first converged network at one of its campuses. In this network all 300 users will have only one network connection to their VoIP hardphone, and their personal computer will be connected to the VoIP phone. Hardphones will receive power via PoE, and QoS will be used to put the voice traffic on a strict priority queue. All the WLAN APs will be connected to the same LAN switch to eliminate the separate physical infrastructure. Figure 5 shows the high-level topology of the converged network. Before, this site would have had two parallel networks, one for voice and one for data. With this topology, users will only have one connection for all services.

Figure 5: Trial converged network
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