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[. . . ] AudioCodes Enterprise Session Border Controller (E-SBC) Products MediantTM 3000 About AudioCodes AudioCodes Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AUDC) designs, develops and sells advanced Voice over IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology leader focused on VoIP communications, applications and networking elements, and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Cable, and Enterprise networks. [. . . ] The native implementation of SBC functions on the Mediant 3000TM VoIP Media gateway platform provides a host of additional capabilities that are not possible with standalone SBC appliances, such as VoIP gateway and PSTN routing functionality. This enables enterprises to utilize the advantages of converged networks and eliminate the need for standalone appliances. Session Border Controllers were traditionally deployed at the border of service provider core networks. Both Enterprises and Service Providers have now realized the essential need of enterprise-based session border controllers, located at the customer premises for addressing the security, mediation and SLA requirements of the Enterprise. The Mediant 3000 E-SBC provides an open and flexible architecture for all Enterprise deployments, acting as the demarcation point between an Enterprise and a SIP Trunking provider, an enterprise and a hosted Unified Communication service provider or an enterprise and other organizations for direct VoIP calling. Integrated PSTN connectivity Customers can safely and transparently migrate from traditional PSTN to SIP Trunking with the Mediant 3000 E-SBC, a cost-effective method of increasing the value of their data network, while also protecting their investment in legacy PBX equipment. In addition to E1/T1 interfaces, the Mediant 3000 E-SBC supports high-density PSTN interfaces, such as T3, STM-1 and OC3. Vast mediation capabilities and proven interoperability In a world of growing choices of voice coders and SIP flavors, enterprises and services providers alike must ensure interoperability for successful integration and service delivery. The Mediant 3000 E-SBC, with its extensive media processing capabilities, supports a wide range of voice coders with the ability of transcoding between narrowband and wideband voice coders, including SIP normalization, fax handling, gain control and numerous additional media processing features. As a direct evolution of the field-proven and highly interoperable Mediant 3000 VoIP media gateway, the Mediant 3000 E-SBC provides unparalleled interoperability, enabling mediation between an extensive list of IP and TDM PBXs and SIP Trunking providers. High Availability and survivability The Mediant 3000 E-SBC supports high-availability configurations with reliable, "1+1" redundancy of all system components, ensuring no loss of active sessions during failure time. The Mediant 3000 E-SBC is equipped with PSTN interfaces that can also provide local survivability via PSTN fallback connectivity (including E911), when the WAN is unavailable. Mediant TM 3000 Enterprise Session Border Controller (E-SBC) Applications Sip Trunking Solution Using the Mediant 3000 E-SBC, enterprise customers can seamlessly migrate from legacy PSTN connectivity to cost-effective SIP Trunking Services. The Mediant 3000 provides security, session mediation and service level assurance services, connecting the enterprise to multiple SIP Trunking providers, while maintaining interoperability and manageability. Specifications Mediant 3000 E-SBC in Enterprise Networks Enterprises are motivated to become more productive, efficient, and responsive to their internal users. The convergence of secured voice services, Stand Alone Survivability, Mediation Services and Service Level Assurance, ensures a high level of investment protection, cost-optimization and support for the growing communication needs of the Enterprise. The high-density Mediant 3000 E-SBC is a well-suited platform for converging VoIP Gateways and Session Border Controllers, thereby improving the enterprise headquarters' service level for local, branch and mobile users. Capacities Max Sessions Security Access Control VoIP firewall Encryption and Authentication Privacy Traffic Separation Interoperability SIP B2BUA ITSP and PBX support Transport Mediation Header manipulation URI and Number manipulations Hybrid PSTN mode Transcoding and Vocoders Signal Conversion NAT Signal Detection Voice Quality and SLA Call Admission Control* Packet marking Stand Alone Survivability* Impairment Mitigation Transparent Media Gain control Media Anchoring* Redundancy* SIP Routing Routing methods Alternative Routing and load balancing Multiple LANs Hardware Specifications IP Networking: PSTN Enclosure Dimensions Weight Power Regulatory Compliance Telecommunications Safety and EMC Up to 1000 SBC, IP to IP transcoding, or SRTP to RTP sessions Denial & Distributed Denial of Service protection through line rate filtering using White/Black Lists, including bandwidth throttling RTP pinhole management according to SIP offer/answer model. Service theft protection by avoiding rogue RTP TLS, SRTP, HTTPS, SSH, IPSec, IKE, SNMPv3, Client-side Authentication, RADIUS Topology Hiding, User Privacy Physical separation (on E1/T1 configuration only) or VLAN interface separation for multiple Media, Control and OAM interfaces Full SIP transparency, mature & broadly deployed SIP stack Interoperable with many SIP trunk Service Providers and PBX vendors, such as Verizon, Skype and Microsoft OCS SIP over UDP to SIP over TCP or SIP over TLS, IPv4 to IPv6, RTP to SRTP Programmable header manipulation. [. . . ] The Mediant 3000 E-SBC monitors these User Agents, and resolves any NAT traversal issues they might face. In addition, with its vast media processing features such as Voice Activity Detection, Answering Machine, Call Progress Tone, and DTMF detections, the Mediant 3000 E-SBC provides support for outbound calling campaigns, utilizing the same hardware resources. Benefits for Service Providers · A highly integrated device for providing SIP Services to Enterprises · Extensive interoperability and partnerships that extend across multiple vendor devices and protocol implementations · Enhanced SIP Mediation capabilities, which enable SIP Trunking in a variety of TDM-PBX and IP-PBX customer environments · Simplified management & maintenance using a unified management tool · Assuring standalone survivability at the customer premises during WAN outage Hosted Centrex Solution IP Centrex solutions rely on VoIP technology, whose implementation may present significant challenges, especially to businesses without prior VoIP experience. The Mediant 3000 E-SBC, with its Stand Alone Survivability feature, is able to monitor registrations to the SIP Proxy, so that if connectivity is lost the Mediant 3000 E-SBC can continue to serve in both internal and external calling capacities. Benefits for Business Customers Mediant 3000 E-SBC in Service Provider Networks As Enterprises strive to control their communication operating and equipment costs, outsourcing Voice and Data infrastructure to a Service Provider is becoming an attractive option. [. . . ]