Universal Media Gateway

The MG2510 and MG3510 Universal Media Gateways incorporate all the functions you require to support TDM media and signaling connectivity across the full spectrum of legacy telephony protocols. Both platforms share the same common equipment and software.

Modular Scalability

The MG2510 and MG3510 scale to meet the demands of the largest carrier, supporting up to 1,920 and 24,192 fully protected concurrent calls, respectively. A non-blocking native packet switching fabric delivers dual gigabit links to each interface card, and avoids unnecessary VoIP decode/encode operations for maximum voice quality. With 7RU and 12RU form factors, the MG2510 and MG3510 platforms can be populated with between 6 and 14 Universal Media Cards. Built onto each card is a powerful digital signal processor (DSP) farm sufficient to deliver echo cancellation, announcements, tone detection, silence suppression, and transcoding to every channel. This removes the need for dedicated DSP cards or media servers, simplifying configurations and reducing spares.

Flexibility for Every Application

The MG series supports the widest range of protocols of any media gateway on the market, with comprehensive next generation and legacy capabilities including SIP, MGCP, H.248, AIN, GR-303, CAS, ISDN, MF and ISUP. In addition, the MG2510 and MG3510 can be deployed as a signaling gateway, enabling cost-effective termination of SS7 signaling links anywhere within the network and transport of ISDN signaling messages to the Gateway Control function of MetaSphere, over IP. It even provides a media server function for playing network and service announcements and for mixing multi-way calls.

Future-Proof Open Architecture

Open standards and interoperability are the core of Metaswitch’s philosophy – and of the MG product rage. Support for H.248 (also known as Megaco) and SIGTRAN, which have been adopted by all key industry bodies and architectures such as IMS, ensures future-proof interoperability as networks continue to evolve.

Carrier-Grade Reliability

The NEBS Level 3-certified MG portfolio was designed from the outset for 99.999% (“five nines”) system reliability. It achieves this goal through a fully redundant, hot-swappable hardware design, with a combination of 1:1 redundancy for common equipment cards and n:1 protection for all interface cards, power supplies and CPUs, as well as all TDM and IP interfaces. Even the internal packet bus is powered by two redundant switches. In addition, a sophisticated application-aware software fault tolerance scheme ensures that, in the event of a program logic error, the backup processor takes over control of the chassis ensuring uninterrupted service.