MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide
Preliminary November 23, 1998
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Getting Acquainted with the MultiVoice
Gateway
What is the MultiVoice Gateway?
The MultiVoice Gateway is a Wide Area Network (WAN) access router designed as the
interface between the Public Switched Telephone System (PSTN) and an Internet Protocol (IP)
packet network. It supports the following features:
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Digital access for most varieties of T1 or E1 WAN services
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Voice codecs that increase packet traffic performance by providing voice compression
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DTMF tone detection, generation and pass-through
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E1/R2 signal processing
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Type of Service (ToS) configuration
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ITU-T H.323 protocol stack
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Fully supported communication with Ascend’s MultiVoice Access Manager
What items are included in your package?
The MultiVoice Gateway package contents vary, depending on which base unit and expansion
cards you order. This section helps you confirm the items in your package.
Checking the MultiVoice Gateway base unit
Open the shipping package and verify you have received the base MultiVoice Gateway unit
that you ordered. Currently, MultiVoice Gateways may be installed on the Ascend MAX
6000/4000/2000 platforms.
MAX 6000 Base Unit
Figure 2-1 shows a rear view of the AC MAX 6000 MultiVoice Gateway base unit. Figure 2-2
shows the AC Redundant MultiVoice Gateway base unit. And Figure 2-3 shows the DC
MultiVoice Gateway base unit (with a DC power source).
What is the MultiVoice Gateway? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
What items are included in your package? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Interfaces on the base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
