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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2001
DSPs cram more functions into VoIP
gateways
3Com subsidiary CommWorks is using TI's voice-optimised DSPs to provide critical signalling capabilities in its Total Control 2000 multiservice access platform.
3Com subsidiary CommWorks is using TI's voice-optimised DSPs to provide critical signalling capabilities in its Total Control 2000 multiservice access platform As leaders in the carrier-class IP telephony market, CommWorks and TI are together enabling service providers to deploy cost effective IP networks to deliver enhanced telephony services to more end-users
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Total Control 2000 platform, currently deployed in field trials with two North American service providers, enables the delivery of next-generation IP-based multimedia services, and offers high-density functionality designed to meet the requirements of the world's largest service providers.
The platform features an unparalleled port density with 52,416 DS0 voice ports (including support for compressed and uncompressed codecs) and support for over one million busy hour call attempts in a fully configured system, which requires only two 84in equipment racks.
TI's TMS320C5441 DSPs contribute to the platform's ability to offer high capacity in a small footprint, enabling service providers to reduce costs of ownership and increase revenue.
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"TI's leading DSP chip technology is helping CommWorks advance the state of packet-based communications with a multiservice access platform capable of delivering fast, reliable, carrier-grade performance while handling hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections", said Todd Landry, vice president, product management, CommWorks.
"CommWorks' investment in DSP software on it's Total Control 1000 platform is compatible with the new DSP architecture, preserving a wealth of carrier environmental DSP tuning and features as we introduce our next-generation platform".
Using its industry-leading TMS320C5000 DSP architecture, TI is developing high-density chipsets specifically targeted for next generation voice over IP gateway platforms that will be the heart of the new telephony infrastructure.
The C5441 architecture has been optimised for high density, multichannel voice and fax gateways, concentrators, switch/routers, PBXs and other packet network applications.
"The IP telephony market continues to experience growth as more service providers are building out the IP-based network infrastructure.
With the Total Control 2000 platform, CommWorks and TI are enabling carriers to deliver enhanced telephony services to more end-users and increase their revenue", said Bill Simmelink, general manager of TI's VoIP Business.
"The combination of CommWorks strength in providing multiservice IP telephony platforms and TI's expertise in digital signal processing for the IP telephony market is enabling the next-generation of multimedia services to be deployed in field trials in North America".
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