Features and Benefits

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 offers many improvements. New features include:

●   Superior wideband acoustics with the first two-element speaker in a conference phone; this feature allows the phone to capture the full voice spectrum without having to compromise with a single-element speaker

●   Expanded room coverage with support for daisy chaining two units

●   Support for optional DECT wireless extension microphone: sold separately

●   Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling

●   Device authentication and signaling encryption using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Advanced Encryption Standard 128 (AES-128)

●   Media encryption using Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) with AES-128

Table 1 lists the features and benefits of the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831.

Features and Benefits

Feature

Specification

Features

Superior wideband acoustics

●  160 Hz to 20 kHz, +/-3 dB.
●  The latest in wideband codecs for maximum voice bandwidth.
●  Enhanced speech quality and speaker recognition.

Output

92-dB SPL peak output*

Expanded room coverage

●  160-degrees conical pattern provides even coverage of listening area.
●  Four Hemi-Cardioid microphones are perfectly spaced so that they combine to provide a 180-degree pick-up pattern around the device. Speech is captured at the same level at all points around the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831.
●  Ability to grow to fit a variety of room needs.
◦   Small Office (base unit)
◦   Standard Conference Room (base unit and 2 wired or wireless extension microphones)
◦   Boardroom (daisy chaining two base units)
◦   Large Boardroom (daisy chaining two base units and 2 wired or wireless extension microphones)