Webex Calling's 70-80 kbps per-stream figure probably reflects G.711 at 20 ms counted at the IP layer without Layer 2 overhead, which is 80 kbps by Cisco's header sizes. Planning at 100 kbps then leaves headroom for Layer 2, SRTP and tunnel overhead.

inferred · Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Webex Calling
Subsystem
bandwidth planning
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-24
Status
inferred
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-wxc-70-80-matches-ip-layer. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-wxc-70-80-matches-ip-layer

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-wxc-70-80-matches-ip-layer,
  title  = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-wxc-70-80-matches-ip-layer},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-wxc-70-80-matches-ip-layer},
  note   = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-wxc-70-80-matches-ip-layer, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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