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ENTICE Softswitch provides carrier class call control
The ENTICE Softswitch (ESS) solution provides carrier-grade
call control, translations, routing and element provisioning for a network
of H.323, SIP or H.248 based network elements ranging from gateways and gatekeepers
to H.323 and SIP endpoints.
The optional SS7 controller provides access to signaling networks worldwide.
The solution is scalable to control a network of over 100,000 ports and was
designed to work as a standalone softswitch or to interwork with other softswitches
for delivering specialized services or simply to expand capacity.
Because of the ESS’s unique architecture, custom solutions can be easily
created by modifying these features via the built in APIs to fulfill the exact
requirements for a specific network without the need to release new software
generics. The ESS has gatekeeper functionality for this reason it is able
to interwork with other H.323 gatekeeper/gateway devices, providing a full
spectrum of routing, translation and screening capabilities for H.323 traffic.
Similarly, the SIP Proxy/Redirect Services provide routing, translation and
screening capabilities for SIP traffic and because ENTICE preprocesses all
inbound calls into an internal generic format, the ESS is able to treat all
inbound and outbound traffic in a standardized way. This allows the Entice
Softswitch to effectively translate SIP to H.323, H.323 to SIP and to provide
interworking between the protocols while also providing a unified environment
for customized services. With the optional H.248 server, compliant devices
can easily be added to the network with full interworking among all components
controlled by the ESS.
Element management is a day to day task for every carrier. The ENTICE Softswitch
OAM & P interface was designed to make this task easier by allowing elements
that are controlled by the ESS to also be managed and provisioned by ESS.
ESS provides a WEB based user interface that simplifies the administration
of network elements by centralizing their administration and providing the
engineer with easy to use and understand screens to configure them. In addition,
because of its innovative architecture, the ESS OAM & P is able to hide
the complexities and idiosyncrasies of each vendor and present a unified methodology
for configuration.
The ESS was designed with reliability in mind. Its distributed architecture
allows it to run on a cluster of loosely coupled ENTICE controllers which
are based on computers running the Solaris or Linux operating systems. This
architecture insures that there is no single point of failure. In addition,
each software component supports micro-rebooting which allows individual pieces
or subsystems of software to be restarted without affecting the overall system.
Finally if software updates are either desired or required, each software
element supports live updates of the running software to practically eliminate
the need for downtime when adding new features or fixing old ones.
Contact ABP to learn more about the Entice platform.
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