Business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, voice over
IP and mobile video-surveillance equipment manufacturer Patton
Electronics announced the expansion of its SmartNode T1/E1/PRI line of
VOIP solutions, aimed at small and midsize businesses.
Patton’s IBM-certified SmartNode VOIP product line now includes the
SN4940 Gateway, SN4950 Gateway-Router, and enhanced SN4960 Enterprise
Session Border Router (ESBR). Designed for deployment of SIP-trunking
and media-gateway services, all three models are currently available
for shipping.
The basic SN4940 media gateway series IP-enables traditional PBX
systems for SIP trunking over an existing Internet connection, adds
PSTN-breakout for number portability, or provides PSTN access for iPBX
and unified communications. Providing one or four T1/E1/PRIs, gigabit
Ethernet, and up to 120 VOIP or fax-over-IP channels, the SN4940 is
designed to deliver flexible call routing, high-quality voice, and
SmartNode reliability and interoperability for the transition to
converged communications.
The SN4950 gateway-router series with dual Gig-Ethernet interfaces
delivers SIP trunking and enterprise networking. Comprehensive
IP-routing provides WAN optimization, active upstream and DownStreamQoS
for enhanced voice quality, and secure VOIP-over-VPN with encrypted
voice. The newly enhanced SN4960 ESBR helps pave the way to unified
communications (UC) by integrating SIP and traditional phone systems
with PSTN and VOIP services. The appliance adds new voice transcoding
and SIP mediation capabilities to least-cost call routing,
voice-and-data survivability, and other features.
“Why pay for a Swiss Army knife when you only need a screwdriver?”
said Ramon Felder, president and CEO at Patton-Inalp. “Many VOIP
vendors use a one-size-fits-all approach, forcing customers into an
over-priced or underperforming solution. Scalable SmartNode products
offer a selection of toolsets optimized for each application. Customers
can choose the right model for their needs—at the best price.”
Patton’s high-precision clock option for PRI VoIP models enables
first-line IP-telephony performance in demanding ISDN and DECT
environments with fax and modem service, and optional built-in 11.4M
bps broadband access via 4-wire G.SHDSL.bis in the SmartNode 4960 and
4950 series help lower hardware costs, simplifies network architecture,
and streamlines service deployment, Felder said.
Scaling from two to 120 voice calls, SmartNode VOIP gateways,
routers, IADs and Session Border Controllers (SBCs) offer nearly all
industry-standard interfaces, including T1/E1, PRI/BRI, FXS/FXO,
V.35/X.21, Ethernet, G.SHDSL, ADSL2+, and others. In addition,
SmartNode S-DTA supports ISDN, SIP, H.323, and MGCP/IUA signaling.
SmartWare also features touchless auto-provisioning, high reliability,
and interoperability with all the major-brand softswitches and IP-PBXs.
The SmartNode Unified Communication Agent (UCA) provides any-to-any
multi-path switching (simultaneous SIP, H.323, ISDN, and POTS calls
with routing and conversion between TDM/PSTN and IP/Ethernet
networks—plus T.38 and SuperG3 FAX) combined with dial-backup and
IP-link redundancy for VoIP and data survivability. The UCA also
provides VoIP-over-VPN security with encrypted voice via IPsec with
AES/DES encryption and automated keying via Internet Key Exchange
(IKE), plus SIP Registrar for presence and reachability.
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