Media servers and media gateways are at the heart of efficient network topologies for enhanced services in both telecom operator and enterprise environments. Media servers help to improve scalability and lower the cost of applications. They also play a key role in the support of converged services that integrate live media (voice, video, etc.), messaging (SMS/MMS, email, & IM) and data interactions (HTML, WAP, etc) with location and presence information.
Our boards and software are ideal for designing PSTN and IP media servers or PSTN-to-IP gateways and related applications that require high density and scalability in operator and enterprise environments. The powerful combination of our media processing platforms (both host and DSP-based) and programming environment eases development and deployment of IP media servers, providing equipment manufacturers with the ability to reduce time-to-market. Our Open Access products support media-intensive applications that require real-time or near-real-time streaming IP packets, while providing a broad range of media processing capabilities. These capabilities include full support for IVR functions with simultaneous message play/record, DTMF tone handling, conferencing, fax, text-to-speech, and speech recognition with full barge-in capabilities. An Open Access-based IP media server can be controlled via protocols such as H.323, H.248, and SIP.
See also: Vision family of media servers and gateways