Hello Everyone,
We are looking for solutions where the transcoding is abstracted away
from our * box (i.e., to the network layer) using some carrier grade
gateway, or router.
The reason for my post is to know about solutions people have used in
the past, and how it fits into their overall
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Subject: [asterisk-users] Network based transcoding
Hello Everyone,
We are looking for solutions where the transcoding is abstracted away
from our * box (i.e., to the network layer) using some carrier grade
gateway, or router.
The reason for my
Did you already look at transcoding cards?
E.g.: http://www.sangoma.com/media-processing/voice-transcoding-boards/
They also have separate boxes
(http://www.sangoma.com/products/netborder-transcoding-appliance/).
Personally, I prefer to have everything in a single box if there aren't
too many
Hello Gentlemen,
Thank you so much for your response, we have adopted transcoding cards
in our old system, and they do have some limitations, especially when
it comes to concurrent calls. We were looking more into the lines of a
scalable multi server router like a cisco 3745. And loading it with
On 12/4/13 4:38 pm, Nick Khamis wrote:
We were looking more into the lines of a
scalable multi server router like a cisco 3745.
Perhaps it might help to tell the list just how many concurrent calls
you're looking to transcode?
Kind regards,
Chris
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What do you mean with servers? A simple proxy, or a B2BUA (aka
Asterisk)? Depending on the basic configuration the server might or
might not have to deal with some or all of the RTP-streams.
The already mentioned company Sangoma usually has good documentation
about their products (see
Sorry for the missing info. Our current architecture is as such:
NAT - SIP/RTP Proxy - *(n)
Our concurrent sessions usually peak at between 700-800 channels. On
average about 450. I will of course look at the documentation to
better understand how a transcoding appliance would fit in our
For anyone else that may be interested in the future, I found a
detailed depiction here:
http://wiki.sangoma.com/ntg-theory-of-operation
Thanks again,
N.
On 4/12/13, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the missing info. Our current architecture is as such:
NAT - SIP/RTP Proxy -