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Introduction to CCXML

This paper describes the basics of CCXML as it pertains to call controls for media-based telephony applications and includes multiple examples, illustrating how CCXML can simplify inbound call handling, create outbound connections, conference multiple users, and communicate with external entities via events. This paper also provides an overview of NMS’s Vision VoiceXML Server, which allows voice application developers to rapidly develop and deploy voice- and video-based applications for converged networks.

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Mobile Video—A New Opportunity

This paper shows how the advent of 3G networks worldwide is enabling an opportunity for mobile operators to open up new revenue streams and increase subscriber adoption rates by delivering unique and innovative applications and services—such as mobile video—and how advanced platforms and toolkits from industry leaders like NMS Communications offer operators and application developers the leg-up they need to produce compelling and profitable applications.

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Introduction to VoiceXML

This paper explores the advantages of VoiceXML from the developer’s perspective, cite examples of VoiceXML scripts for multimedia applications, and present NMS Communications’ Vision VoiceXML Server, which allows voice application developers to rapidly develop and reliably deploy voice- and video-based applications for converged networks.

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Economics of Five-Nines Systems: CompactPCI vs. AdvancedTCA

This paper compares high availability solutions developed with the standards-based CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA components. It details the capital expenses of creating solution with five-nines availability, and discusses the operational and opportunity cost of service failures and downtime, which are often overlooked during the cost analysis of providing highly available services.

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IMS and the Challenges of New Platforms

This white paper provides an overview of the IMS architecture and its benefits, provides some technical highlights and examples of IMS platforms, and gives an overview of the NMS products that can help NEPs and developers get their solutions into service providers’ networks.

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AdvancedTCA: Next-Generation Architecture for Communications Applications

This white paper details many aspects of the AdvancedTCA (ATCA) specification, such as the switching fabrics, mechanical configuration, shelf and system management, power and cooling, and other important features.

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SS7 and Intelligent Networking Applications

This white paper provides an overview of the SS7 protocol and the Intelligent Network, and describes several typical SS7 applications and the benefits of using NMS' enabling technologies.

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SS7 Redundancy: Building Carrier-Grade SS7 Solutions

This white paper introduces SS7 network reliability concepts and illustrates how developers can deploy NMS' SS7 hardware and software to build reliable, redundant SS7 solutions.

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NMS's CG Series: The Platform for IP Communications

This white paper describes why the NMS CG Series is the ideal platform for high-performance voice over IP (VoIP) gateways for infrastructure build-out and for IP media platforms for enhanced communications services.

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A New Vision: NMS Media Servers

This white paper describes why developers are turning toward media servers to respond to service providers’ demands for rapid deployment of innovative applications. NMS’s Vision offerings address the limitations of first-generation media servers, allowing developers to quickly deliver converged multimedia applications.

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Mobile Video