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News Release from: Force Computers | Subject: Media TransPorter DSP programme
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 July 2002
DSP architecture puts more ports onboard
Force Computers has revealed details of its PICMG 2.16 and high-availability architecture compliant Media TransPorter DSP programme for boards and HA systems in voice over packet applications.
Force Computers has announced its PICMG 2.16 and high-availability architecture (HA2) compliant Media TransPorter DSP programme for boards and HA systems in voice over packet (VoP) applications in the next-generation network Based on advanced Motorola and Texas Instruments DSPs and codecs, this architecture with its one-blade-integrated DSP and PSTN (public switched telephone network) interface resources enables more than 2000 channels per CompactPCI slot
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This equals over 30,000 channels per PICMG 2.16 CompactPCI packet-switching backplane (cPSB) system - easily exceeding today's limit of 2048 channels per H.110 media gateway system.
With the Media TransPorter system programme, Force will be able to deliver VoP solutions that offer Ultra Availability services for 99.999% network continuity in media/signalling gateways, wireless transcoding, softswitches and related system applications.
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Optional line interfaces on the front panel or on a rear-transition board support eight, 16 or 24 DS-1 or DS-3 interfaces for TDM.
All packet interfaces are either Utopia or PosPhy, giving the Media TransPorter an unparalleled internal bandwidth of up to 800Mbit/s.
H.110 is supported for clock synchronisation, with PSTN-to-PSTN switching for legacy connectivity support.
The board will be PICMG 2.9 IPMI compliant and will be able to support the CompactPCI bus.
Based on Force's technology-neutral approach, Media TransPorter will be able to support different roadmaps of DSPs such as Texas Instruments TI5444s (for up to six onboard DSPs) and Motorola StarCore 8101s (up to 18 DSPs onboard).
The TI version will allow customers to re-use Telogy-based application software - while StarCore, with its numerous software vendors, enables a broader range of applications at competitive cost.
Codec software will be preconfigured by Force.
Compliant with Service Availability Forum definitions and PICMG 2.16, the Media TransPorter architecture will offer onboard DSP resources and PSTN interfaces that enable more than 30,000 bidirectional channels per system as a result of IP in the backplane, surpassing the system limitations of 2048 bidirectional channels on the H.110 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with that TDM technology.
PICMG 2.16 cPSB technology allows for up to 7000 channels per slot - or over 100,000 channels per system.
Media TransPorter interfaces, DSPs and dataflow architecture are laid out for 2000 PSTN channels and over 2000 codec ports per slot.
Such a feature-complete and balanced architecture with PSTN interfaces and DSP resources provides cost-effective scaleability, especially in redundancy schemes.
Designed according to HA2, Media TransPorter will have plug-and-play capability in Force HA2 systems, from entry-level Centellis servers to the high-end Ultra Availability EndurX series, and provides full HA feature support.
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