18 July, 2011

Core components of VoIP

If service providers to start your telecom carrier business, are you looking for a reliable softswitch and VoIP Billing management there many things, which you should know. Alone is a large area with many and various components, a crucial role to play.

It is clear that VoIP of telecommunications has redefined. Companies and House-are increasingly adopting and enjoy the benefits that make it available to homeowners. There are significant savings on call charges on local and international, and generally better voice quality using VoIP. This technology has made easy also communication by integrating voice, video and data.

Before you try to understand, VoIP and what is made, it is important to know that it is constantly developed. This could make it difficult for who tried a certain make, or a universal explanation. VoIP is a complex technology and is constituted by several components that come together and do their parts to VoIP communication happen. By know, its core components and how they work, you will get good knowledge of technology. There are four components that are most important and widely recognized.

Signalling gateway (SGC) or media gateway controllers

"Call agent", SGC or MGC is also one of the most important systems in VoIP. She plays the role of controlling the calls. In VoIP, the SGC combines the public switched telephone network or PSTN area of Internet Protocol (IP)-area. SGC has solid enough, as it must be always on top and handle multiple tasks at the same time be active. Some of its features are:

* Support signaling system 7 (SS7).
* Voice call control, support for protocols (h. 323 or SIP).
* Media control protocols {MGCP or MEGACO (H. 248)} support.
* Call detailed records (CDRs) generation.
* Bandwidth management control.

Media gateway

In simple terms a media gateway is a device for the digital media streams from a network to another convert. In VoIP, it translates the data to IP and vice versa, often coming from PSTN using the Packetization. His responsibilities include:

* Voice data transmission with real-time Transport Protocol (RTP).
* MGCP or MEGACO support for call control (SGC).
Support T1/E1 trunks.
* Support different compression algorithms.
* Digital signal processing (DSP)-resource management.

Media Server

It is used a unit or software possible, additional features such as video or voice mail, etc. support. It is used for the transmission of other information, such as announcements or special sounds and so on. Features include:

* Voice mail.
* Voice dialing.
* Transfer of voicemail email.
* Interactive voice response (IVR)-support.

Application server

As the name implies, an application server provides a platform where different applications can work. It is often called the brain of the VoIP and controls the media server, calling features and provides meeting specifications, etc.. General and personalised services are made available on application server. Its main features include:

* Private select plans support adapted.
* Voicemail etc. offering basic services, such as waiting, call transfer, call.
* Offers advance services such as call permissions.
* Call detailed records (CDRs) generation.
* Free phone support services.

All interested to a telecom carrier has to understand every component of the VoIP and ensure that they or their service provider the best performance and reliable components has before the car in the VoIP world. With the functions, the above VoIP Billing and management is another important part of a VoIP business. Switching, billing and routing capabilities are what determine the success of any telecom carrier.

The writer is Vswitch, a softswitch manufacturer offers superior NGN carrier-grade switching, billing and routing functions associated with.


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