Source note · Codec selection and bandwidth planning
Cisco says voice activity detection (VAD) can save up to 35 percent of bandwidth, averaged over time across more than 24 calls.
Checked 2026-09-24
Over time and as an average on a volume of more than 24 calls, VAD can provide up to a 35 percent bandwidth savings.
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Cisco IOS voice
- Subsystem
- bandwidth calculation
- Deployment
- on-premises
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- current as of 2026-09-24
- Checked
- 2026-09-24
Sources
- Modify Bandwidth Consumption Calculation for Voice Calls — Cisco · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Section on Voice Activity Detection
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-cisco-vad-savings. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-cisco-vad-savings
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-cisco-vad-savings,
title = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-cisco-vad-savings},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-cisco-vad-savings},
note = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-cisco-vad-savings, checked 2026-09-24}
}