Patton electronic 4950-NCE Introduction, Application-Multi-service ISDN Internet telephony IAD

SmartNode 4950-NCE Getting Started Guide 2 • Applications overview

Introduction

Patton’s SmartNode VoIP Media Gateway Routers deliver the features you need for advanced multiservice voice and data network applications. They combine high quality voice-over-IP with powerful quality of service routing functions to build professional and reliable VoIP and data networks. This chapter describes typical applications for which this SmartNode is uniquely suited.

Note Detailed configuration information for the applications can be found on the CD-ROM that was included with your SmartNode device or online from the Patton webserver at www.patton.com.

Application—Multi-service ISDN Internet telephony IAD

The SmartNode 4950-NCE Series can be used to make and receive calls to and from the public ISDN network and Internet Telephony services on any ISDN Terminal (Phone or PBX) (see figure 4). Using individually configurable routing tables, an outbound call can be directed to the local PSTN connection or to an Internet telephony service provider (ISTP). Inbound calls from the Internet and the PSTN can ring the same phone.

	1 or 4 PRI for PBX	WAN Ethernet, external
		broadband access
PBX
		Internet

Up to 120 VoIP calls

SmartNode 4950

LAN Ethernet

LAN to WAN QoS Routing and Security

Figure 4. Internet telephony IAD application

Broadband network connectivity integrates with any fixed IP, DHCP or PPPoE service. An integrated Gigabit Ethernet LAN port, with advanced routing features such as NAT, Firewall/ACL, DynDNS as well as optional IPSec VPN, fulfills the requirements of demanding network users.

Quality of Service (QoS) features complete the offering with advanced voice prioritization and traffic manage- ment. Patton’s patent-pending DownStreamQoS™ ensures voice without interruptions even over best-effort Internet connections.

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