Octasic Introduces Advanced Evaluation and Development Platforms that Accelerate OEM Development of Media Gateways

The first, the Telecom Evaluation Platform (TEP), is available as a fully functional gateway appliance. Housed in a standalone metal enclosure, it allows users to quickly evaluate quality, compliance and interoperability of the Vocallo MGW solution. The second is a free-standing Telecom Evaluation Board (TEB) that allows users to quickly and effectively investigate the Vocallo API and start software integration.



Designed for testing within a laboratory environment, the TEP is in essence a complete gateway-in-a-box. By means of the intuitive web-based control panel, the user is able to easily configure the system to inter-operate with off-the-shelf, telecom-quality test equipment. Interfaces supported include Ethernet, RS-232 and E1/T1. Having these interfaces also allows the user to connect directly to a network allowing in-site tests to be run. Without having to develop test scripts or test hardware, evaluation tests can be up and running in a matter of minutes.



Customers wishing to evaluate Vocallo MGW’s powerful API can use the TEB. The board comes with E1/T1 and other traditional telephony interfaces for easy evaluation of Vocallo’s functionality and performance.



“Our extensive experience in media gateway design and echo cancellation has provided real insight into the type of testing needed to prove out the quality of a solution,” said James Awad, product manager at Octasic. This knowledge has been directly applied to our test platforms, greatly simplifying the task of product evaluation and development. Developers looking for rapid and comprehensive evaluation of the Vocallo MGW will really appreciate these platforms.”



The Vocallo MGW Telecom Platforms include:



• Voice and video over packet

• Voice compression

• Audio/Video conferencing

• Wireless protocols

• Signaling protocols

• Echo cancellation & voice quality enhancement



Vocallo MGW is based on Octasic’s unique clock-less Opus DSP core architecture and offers the highest performance-to-power ratio in the industry. Coupled with Octasic’s pristine voice and video quality algorithms, developers can significantly reduce their system cost while enhancing total solution quality. Vocallo MGW’s flexible architecture allows media gateway designers to not only match an offering to their specific requirements, but to enhance that offering and create a host of new products from a single product development.