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Prosody X form factor

VoIP and telephony functionality

PCI board
cPCI board
PCIe board
Audio/voice channel capacity
Up to 600 per board
Up to 1200 per board
Up to 300 per board
VoIP protocols Signalling and control

SIP, SIPS, SDP, H.323, MRCP, VoiceXML, CCXML,
For details see protocols and approval

Media

RTP, Secure RTP, RTCP, RTCP XR1; with variable frame size

Telephony protocols and approvals

We have a wide range of approvals and protocol coverage –
see protocols and approvals

Voice compression4

G.711 Annex I & II, G.723.1A, G.726, G.728, G.729AB, G.729D, G.729E, OKI and IMA ADPCM, GSM-FR, GSM-EFR, MS-GSM, AMR-NB, EVRC, iLBC,
Speex1, TETRA1, MELPe1, G.722.2/AMR-WB1, VMR-WB1
Additional codecs supported – please contact Aculab for further information

Data modems and interfaces
V.8, V.17, V.18, V.21, V.23, V.27ter, V.29, V.32, V.34HD, V.110, V.110 RLP or HDLC,
Bell 103, Bell 202, configurable FSK modem
Jitter buffer
Adaptive, with configurable upper limit
Lawful intercept support (LI/CALEA)
Yes, via RTP forking and packet replication
Tone signalling (CAS)
Via PMXC module
Via CAS/SS7 DSP module
SS7

Integrated MTP, ISUP, SCCP, TCAP, redundant MTP3,
distributed ISUP, flexible ISUP, SS7 monitoring, distributed TCAP
Support for high level applications – please contact Aculab for further information

Interoperability with Asterisk™
Supported via an open source channel driver
Additional functionality

User-configurable DSCP (ToS byte); DHCP;
Transparent data over RTP (IETF RFC 4040)

Media processing
IP to TDM gateway
Independent, simultaneous voice, fax and data channels
Conferencing

N-way matrix conferencing; narrowband and wideband1 modes;mixing loudest/active speakers; independent volume and gain control for
each participant; personalised mix for each participant (e.g., for call
centre coaching, network gaming, voice chat, etc.); active speaker
detection; active speaker notification via CSRC; DTMF events suppression

Audio recording and playback

Recording and playback to local and remote hosts; multiple file formats; fast/slow pitch invariant replay

Audio gain control
Automatic (AGC) or programmable for each channel
Transcoding
Any-to-any voice codec2; full-duplex channels;
rate matching; narrowband/wideband conversion (up/down sampling)
Fax handling

T.30 and T.38 fax termination, pass-through, relay and gateway;
T.37; fax over G.711;
automatic fax detection and notification

Echo cancellation
G.168 compliant with configurable tail of 40, 72, 104, 136, 168, 200ms2
DTMF handling
DTMF detection and generation; inband; pass-through; DTMF relay and user indications (RFC 2833); DTMF out-of-band (SIP INFO, RFC 2976)
G.711 A/µ, µ/A law conversion
Via PMX or PMXC module
Via CAS/SS7 DSP module

Speech
- Automatic speech recognition (ASR)
- Text-to-speech (TTS)
- Speaker verification and identification (SVI)

Integration with 3rd party voice engines via MRCP v1 and v2;
Interoperability tested with Loquendo, Lumenvox, Nuance, Telisma and Verbio;
For details see MRCP product bulletin

Stream connection
CALEA / lawful intercept support for RTP streams;
packet forking, switching and media replication (fan out)
Additional functionality
Tone generation; universal tone detection; call progress tone detection; pulse/rotary dial detection; grunt detection; voice activity detection (VAD); comfort noise generation (CNG); packet loss concealment (PLC); silence suppression; live speaker/answering machine detection; voice morphing/pitch change
Physical and environmental
PCI board
cPCI board
PCIe board
board format

Full size, single slot PCI board

6U size, single slot  cPCI board

Full size, single slot PCIe board

Bus type
PCI 32 Universal (3V3/5V); 32 bit; 66MHz
PICMG 2.0 cPCI (3V3/5V)

PCISIG 1.1; electrical/mechanical x4

Ethernet interfaces

Dual redundant 10/100 BASE-T via RJ45 connector

Dual 1GbE RJ45 on rear panel or cPSB PICMG 2.16 on the backplane

Dual redundant 10/100 BASE-T via RJ45 connector

TDM network line interfaces
0, 1, 2, 4 or 8 E1/T1 trunks via PMX or PMXC modules3
0, 8 or 16 E1/T1 trunks via PMX or PMXC modules3
0, 1, 2 or 4 E1/T1 trunks on board, CAS/SS7 via DSP module3
E1/T1 – software selectable?
Yes
TDM network terminations
75R, 100R or 120R – software selectable
CT board interconnections

H.100 CT bus;
loading factor 1

H.110 CT bus;
loading factor 1

H.100 CT bus;
loading factor 1

Base board rich media DSP resources
1, 2 or 4 DSPs
2, 4 or 8 DSPs
1 or 2 DSPs
board control
Host-based via PCI/PCIe bus or remote via Ethernet
Remote board management
SNMP V1; SNMP V2c; Aculab ACT and remote control toolset
Power consumption (maximum)
25W

45W (5A at 5V, 6A at 3V3)

25W
Operating environment
Operating temperature: 0 to +50°C; storage temperature: -20 to +70°C;
humidity: 10 to 95% RH non-condensing; altitude: 0 to 2500m
EMC standards
Meets all mandatory international standards
Safety standards
Meets all international certification schemes e.g., CB, UL, CUL
Operating systems supported
For details see software downloads
RoHS compliance
Fully compliant, expressed as ‘6 of 6’

Notes:
1. - Planned release
2. - Could affect channel density
3. - Most combinations of DSPs and trunks are available – contact your Account Manager for details
4. - Aculab does not grant the right to practice the following standards: G.726, AMR-NB, EVRC, SMV, GSM-FR, GSM-EFR and MS-GSM. To seek the right to practice the standards please contact appropriate intellectual property rights (IPR) holders. For IPR related to the AMR-NB and EVRC codecs, please contact the VoiceAge Corporation at licensing@voiceage.com

Channel counts summary

Features Feature detail Max resources per DSP5 Max resources per PCI board5 Max resources per cPCI board5 Max resources per PCIe board5
MOH playback With DTMF detection; G.711
150
600
1200
300
Play and record Full duplex channels; G.711
150
600
1200
300
Media gateway VoIP/TDM, DTMF handling (IETF RFC 2833); 40ms echo cancellation
G.711
126
504
1008
252
G.723.1A
86
344
688
172
G.726
60
240
480
120
G.729AB
96
384
768
192
GSM-FR
126
504
1008
252
GSM-EFR
48
192
384
96
EVRC
32
128
256
64
iLBC
32
128
256
64
DTMF detection Can be used in parallel with play or record
150
600
1200
300
Matrix conferencing G.711; DTMF handling;  40ms echo cancellation
128
512
1024
256
Group 3 fax transmit T.30 V.27ter; V.29; V.17
120
480
960
240
V.34
40
160
320
80
Group 3 fax receive T.30 V.27ter
90
360
720
180
V.29
64
256
512
128
V.17
35
140
280
70
V.34
20
80
160
40
Fax over IP T.38 termination
100
400
800
200
Echo cancellation Figures are for use in parallel with record, playback and DTMF detection e.g., to enable barge-in with ASR; echo tail 40ms
128
512
1024
256
Live speaker detection Identify human or answering machine speech
170
680
1360
340
Data communications V.110, V.110 RLP or HDLC, configurable FSK modem
150
600
1200
300
Analogue display services interface (ADSI) Library using above FSK modem allows support for GR-1273-CORE
150
600
1200
300

Notes
5.  These are maximum channel counts; use the TiNG utility to calculate channel counts for your feature combination.

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