Product Overview

AudioCodes Mediant 800 Media Gateway & Enterprise Session Border Controller (hereafter referred to as device) offers a complete connectivity solution for small-to-medium sized enterprises. The device connects IP-PBXs to any SIP trunking service provider. It offers superior performance in connecting any SIP to SIP environment, legacy TDM-based PBX systems to IP networks, and IP-PBXs to the PSTN.

The device supports a wide range of voice coders and is capable of transcoding between narrowband and wideband voice coders, providing SIP normalization, fax handling, gain control and numerous additional media processing features. It offers certified interoperability with leading unified communications solutions and SIP trunking providers.

The device provides robust protection for the IP communications infrastructure, preventing Denial of Service, fraud and service theft and guarding against cyber-attacks and other service-impacting events.

The device offers active/standby high availability and maintains high voice quality to deliver reliable enterprise VoIP communications. Advanced call routing mechanisms, network voice quality monitoring and branch survivability capabilities (including PSTN fallback with E911) result in minimum communications downtime.

Typical applications:

■ SIP trunking
■ Hosted PBX & UC as a Service
■ IP contact centers
■ Remote and mobile worker support
■ SIP mediation between UC and IP-PBX systems

Key Features:

■ Rich and powerful SIP normalization and routing mechanisms for seamless interoperability
■ Hybrid SBC that connects to PSTN / PBX trunks for fallback and gradual enterprise migration to SIP
■ Support for analog (FXO and FXS) and digital (PRI and BRI) interfaces
■ Perimeter defense against denial of service, fraud and eavesdropping
■ VoIP quality monitoring and enforcement
■ High Availability using two-box redundancy
■ Media processing for transcoding, gain control, DTMF/fax, etc.
■ Optional Open Solution Network (OSN) platform for hosting value-added applications