Network Voice Services
Telecommunication service providers are embracing VoIP technology and open systems with their increased investments in next–generation networks and IMS architectures. RadiSys Convedia media servers deliver common media processing platforms that can be shared and controlled across a borad range of network voice service applications.
What do network voice services like audio conferencing, ringback tones, Hosted VoIP services, prepaid calling cards, network announcements, speech portals, or interactive voice response systems all have in common? The answer is that all these services share a need for real–time processing of the IP-based audio packet streams in a next-generation packet communications network.
Benefits for Network Operators
RadiSys Convedia media servers are designed to perform as common, multi–service processing platforms in a next–generation networks, which is today evolving into the IMS architecture. Benefits for network operators including accelerated service innovation, reduced capex and ongoing operational costs, and maximized flexibility through open systems using standards-based interfaces.
Media Processing Platforms for Telecom Solution Suppliers
If you are a developer of VoIP and IMS solutions for network operators, you are already aware that you require IP media processing in your solution. But what differentiates your solution from your competitors? Is it your applications or the underlying IP media processing? In today's economic climate where suppliers need to develop more solutions quicker with less resources, it makes increasing sense to focus your R&D resources on your application differentiation, and partnering with an industry leader like RadiSys for the IP media processing requirements in your solution.
From the links on this page, you will be able to find more information on how RadiSys Convedia media servers deliver an ideal media processing platform for a broad range of VoIP network services.
More Information on Network Voice Services
- Next–Generation Network
IP media servers provide a common, shared IP media processing resource for many real-time voice, video, fax, and speech applications residing on softswitch or application server elements in a next-generation VoIP network.
- MRF In IMS Architecture
Convedia Media Servers deliver the Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) component of the IMS architecture, to provide an open, multi-service audio and video packet processing element in any 3G network deployment.
- Audio/Video Ring Back Tones
Ring Back tones, also known as Color Ringback Tones (CRBT), are the audio sounds heard or video clips viewed by a caller while they wait for a connection to a called party. RadiSys Convedia Media Servers provide extensive IP media processing features for ringback tone services.
- Announcement Server
Communicating information to your subscribers is one of the most fundamental requirements of any network-based service. RadiSys Convedia Media Servers support over 30 different languages to support feature-rich announcement server applications.
- Class 4/5
A mass technology migration of the legacy Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to next-generation VoIP network technology is underway.
- IP Centrex
IP Centrex is driving a compelling value proposition offering many benefits over traditional PBX and Centrex services. RadiSys Convedia Media Servers support a broad range of IP Centrex media processing capabilities with carrier-class scalability and reliability.
- IP Contact Center
Next generation VoIP contact center solutions overcome the complexity of CTI technology by supporting all media types over a common IP infrastructure. RadiSys Convedia media servers support audio, fax, and video media processing for cost-efficient IP contact center solutions.
- IVR/VRU
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) / Voice Response Unit (VRU) capabilities are inherent in many enhanced service applications. RadiSys Convedia media servers offer feature-rich IVR/VRU media processing as a shared resource available to multiple applications in a VoIP or IMS architecture.
- Messaging
Messaging is a fundamental requirement in modern-day communications. RadiSys Convedia Media Servers deliver extensive audio, fax, and video media processing capabilities inherent in next-generation unified communication solutions.
- Network Gaming Solutions
Network gaming and entertainment is an important and growing application. RadiSys Convedia media servers provide a variety of audio conferencing capabilities for carrier-scale voice media processing in network gaming applications.
- Speech Enabled
Speech enabled solutions allow users to control applications or access information using speech. RadiSys Convedia Media Servers support automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities for scalable network-based speech processing applications.
- Transcoding
Transcoding is a fundamental capability of RadiSys Convedia Media Server family utilized in a variety of VoIP services including multi-codec conferencing applications, as well as for streaming announcements encoded in one codec to endpoints using another codec.
- Fax Handling
Fax communications continues to be an important media used in business communications. In particular, many legal transactions and processes continue to have strong dependencies on reliable fax communications. Fax technology was originally designed for transmission across dedicated circuits in legacy PSTN networks. While the movement towards VoIP technology introduces many cost and operational benefits for voice and video media, the periodic packet loss experienced in some IP networks can sometimes be problematic with fax transmissions.
- Calling Card
Calling cards are frequently used to access toll voice services. In traditional calling card solutions, expensive TDM-based equipment is required to support Interactive Voice Response (IVR) capabilities to retrieve calling card, PIN, and dialed number information. Long distance voice channels are typically backhauled to centralized IVR equipment and calling card databases over expensive toll voice circuits.
