AudioCodes Mediant 2000 Single T1/E1 Span SIP Gateway

The Mediant 2000 VoIP Gateway is a member of AudioCodes’ family of market-ready, standards-compliant, media gateway systems. Designed for wireline, wireless, cable, and broadband access the Mediant 2000 is currently utilized by enterprise and service providers. This Media Gateway is intelligently packaged in a stackable 1U chassis and is the right-sized solution for small-scale needs.

Incorporating AudioCodes’ leading Voice over Packet technology, the Mediant 2000 enables Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and System Integrators (Sls) rapid time-to-market and reliable cost-effective deployment of next-generation networks. The gateway is based on VoIPerfectTM architecture, AudioCodes’ underlying best-of-breed core media gateway technology for all of its products.

Deploy Right-Sized Solution
The Mediant 2000 VolP Gateway matches the density requirements for smaller locations while meeting Network Service Providers' demands for scalability. The compact Mediant 2000 VoIP Gateway scales from 1 to 16 E1/T1/J1 spans in a 1U chassis and provides a best-of-breed mediation solution for enterprise as well as carrier locations.

Create Flexible Products and Services
The Mediant 2000 VoIP Gateway system enables NEPs and SIs to immediately address opportunities that utilize a myriad of legacy circuitswitched infrastructure features and functionalities. The Mediant 2000 can communicate with PBXs, PSTN, local IP Radio Access Networks, and centralized Mobile Switching Center (MSC) servers, enabling complete 2G and 3G enterprise solutions.

The Mediant 2000 allows superior deployment flexibility for these solutions which include Softswitches, Cable Call Management Systems (CMS), Media Terminal Adaptors (MTAs), PacketCable solutions and Broadband Wireless Local Loop (WLL) Base Stations (WiFi, WiMax). The gateway’s open platform offers NEPs the option to add one cPCI Single Board Computer (SBC) to run complementary applications within the Mediant chassis.

This Media Gateway offers the enterprise a flexibility of out-of-the-box interoperability with numerous IP-PBX vendors, allowing PSTN functionality and connectivity, enriching VoIP applications such as Unified Communications and Contact Centers.

Benefit from Extensive Gateway Experience
AudioCodes is one of the world’s leading providers of packet-enabled new voice infrastructure network technologies. AudioCodes’ commitment to innovation yields consistently high-quality voice processing products that are flexible, intelligent and comprehensive.

Features:

• Deliver competitive, complete, best-of-breed media gateway functionality featuring highest voice quality
• Meet the demands of converged, wireless, wireline, cable broadband access and fixed-mobile converged VoIP networks from a single media gateway platform
• Increase flexibility with a media gateway that supports a wide variety of call control protocols and scales down to meet the demand of enterprises and small carrier POPs
• Integrate 3G and 2G packet-enabled media gateway functionality into an end-to-end system solution
• Meet the needs for VoIP Trunking, IP Centrex, and VoIP Access Gateway markets with a right-sized and cost-effective media gateway
• Deploy globally with a rich offering of PSTN interfaces and signaling
• React quickly to dynamic market requirements

Capabilities

Capacity
VoIP LBRs: Up to 30, 60, 120, 240 or 480 independent, simultaneous Wireline LBR VoIP voice calls
GSM/UMTS: Up to 60, 120, 240 or 480 independent, simultaneous GSM/UMTS and Wireline LBR VoIP voice calls
CDMA: Up to 24, 48, 96, 180 or 360 independent, simultaneous CDMA & Wireline LBR VoIP voice calls

PSTN (TDM)
1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 E1/T1/J1 spans

Voice Coders
VoIP: G.711, G.723.1, G.726/7, G.729A/B, GSM-FR, NetCoder
CABLE: G.711, G.723.1, G.726/7, G.729A/B, G.7281, G.729E1
GSM/UMTS: GSM-FR, GSM-EFR, AMR (8 rates) & VoIP Coders
CDMA: EVRC, QCELP 8k, QCELP 13k & VoIP Coders
Independent dynamic vocoder selection per channel (within each group)

Echo Cancellation
G.165 and G.168 compliant, 32, 64 or 1281 msec tail length

Fax Support
T.38 (IP) compliant Group 3 fax relay and fax bypass ( automatic fallback to G.711) support

DTMF
Packet side or PSTN side detection and generation, RFC 2833 compliant

Quality Enhancement
Dynamic programmable jitter buffer, VAD, CNG, 802.1p/Q VLAN tagging, DiffServ, voice quality monitoring, G.729B

Signaling & Transport

PSTN
CAS - MF-R1: Wink Start, delay dial, immediate start, FGB, FGD, E911 CAMA MFC/R2 numerous country variants Unique script for each country variant, enabling maximum flexibility of the entire state machine of each CAS protocol
ISDN - ISDN PRI: ETSI EURO ISDN, ANSI N12, DMS Switch, 5ESS Switch, Japan INS1500, QSIG supplementary services, Australian Telecom, New Zealand Telecom, Hong Kong Variant, Korean MIC and others, VN 3, 4, 6 (French variant)

SIGTRAN
M3UA/M2UA/IUA/DUA adaptation layers (over SCTP)
SS7 and TDM Tunneling application (peer-to-peer tunneling)
SS7 MTP3 point code sharing

IP Transport
IETF RFC 3550, RFC 3551 RTP/RTCP Transport, TCP, UDP, SCTP

Media Gateway Control & Management

Control Protocols
SIP, H.323, MEGACO (H.248), and MGCP AudioCodes' extensive TPNCP API over IP

TPNCP API Supported OS
- Windows™ NT, 2000, XP
- Linux™
- Solaris™ on Intel™/Sparc™

Operations Management
User friendly GUI via Embedded Web Server, Centralized Element Management System, SNMP v3, Remote configuration and software download via TFTP & Boot, HTTP, Syslog Telnet (for CLI)

Security
- IPSEC1 – for control protocols and for Management Interfaces
- HTTPS
- SRTP
- TLS, Telnet SSL, IP access list, Radius Login

Interfaces

Ethernet
Dual Redundant 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet ports via 2 RJ-45 connectors on RTM

Telephony Interface
16 E1/T1/J1 using dual 50-pin Telco connectors on RTM or up to 8 E1/T1/J1 spans using RJ-48c connectors

Hardware Specifications

Power Supply
Single universal 90-260 V AC or dual-redundant AC or single -48 V DC

Physical
1U high, 19-inch wide rack mount

Regulatory Compliance

Telecommunication: FCC part 68
Standards: TBR4 and TBR13

Safety and EMC UL60950, FCC part 15 Class A, CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, EN60950, EN55024,
Standards EN300 386)

Environmental NEBS Level 3: GR - 63-Core (DC-powered model), GR -1089-Core Type 1 & 3, ETS300 019