Call Admission Control (CAC) prevents oversubscription of VoIP networks.

It is u
sed in the call set-up phase and applies to real-time media traffic as opposed t
o data traffic. CAC mechanisms complement and are distinct from the capabilities
of Quality of Service tools to protect voice traffic from the negative effects
of other voice traffic and to keep excess voice traffic off the network. Since i
t averts voice traffic congestion, it is a preventive Congestion Control Procedu
re. It ensures that there is enough bandwidth for authorized flows.
Integrated Services with RSVP (which reserve resources for the flow of packets t
hrough the network) using controlled-load service ensures that a call cannot be
set up if it cannot be supported. CAC rejects calls when either there is insuffi
cient CPU processing power, the upstream and downstream traffic exceeds prespeci
fied thresholds, or the number of calls being handled exceeds a prespecified lim
it.[1]
Connection Admission Control (CAC) can be used to prevent congestion in connecti
on-oriented protocols such as ATM. In that context, there are several schemes av
ailable.[2] However, VoIP differs in that it uses RTP, UDP and IP, all of which
are connectionless protocols.
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