Cisco Unified Border Element

A Session Border Controller for Enterprises

The Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) is Cisco's enterprise-focused session border controller (SBC), providing voice and video connectivity from the enterprise IP network to Service Provider SIP trunks. Using CUBE with SIP trunking, enterprises can lower costs, simplify their voice network and extend rich collaboration services.

The Cisco Unified Border Element performs the four critical functions of an SBC: session control, security, interworking and demarcation.It is integrated into the Cisco router offering these benefits:

• Migration control: migrate to SIP in a way that makes sense for your business by controlling the pace and deployment strategy
• Choice of deployment: supports centralized, distributed or hybrid deployments often with minimal to no hardware investment
• Flexibility on a single platform: provides multiple services on the same platform, and leverages router features for improved network interworking.
• Investment protection: ability to repurpose network equipment assets as the voice network evolves.

Other important features:

• Solutions for smallest to largest locations: all businesses/locations benefit from SIP trunking
• Scalability & redundancy: scales to 16,000 sessions with box-to-box and in-box redundancy
• Complex media manipulation via digital signal processors
• Integration with Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition
• Proven Interoperability with 3rd party IP PBXs and service providers