Patton Electronics, manufacturer of SmartNode VOIP equipment, has launched a new line of customer-premise Enterprise Session Border Routers (ESBRs) for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and carrier providers.
SmartNode ESBRs deliver the assured interoperability, security and survivability businesses and service providers require when connecting an IP phone system to the service provider network.
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Enterprises: SmartNode ESBRs offer cost-effective session border controller (SBC) solutions for SIP-trunking, unified communications and IP telephony while ensuring compatibility of in-house systems with preferred service providers.
Carrier providers: SmartNode ESBRs provide a consistent private-to-public network interface with touch-less auto provisioning, set-it-forget-it reliability and remote management - plus proven interoperability with just about any SIP-based product on the market.
For most enterprises, carrier-grade SBCs are overkill, handling thousands of calls and costing $15 000 to $150 000 MSRP.
Patton's new-generation SN5480 ESBR and SN5490 ESB Integrated Access Device (ESB-IAD) support 32 to 192 SIP-to-SIP calls - featuring IPv6-ready hardware and costing only $500 to $5 000 MSRP.
Patton's very-low-cost SN5200 ESBR offers a four-to-32-call SBC solution in the $300 to $500 range.
"Why buy a rocket launcher to swat a fly?" said Tyler Delin, Product Manager. "SmartNode ESBRs are right-sized tools. They address the common challenges businesses and carriers face when setting up IP telephony. And with SmartNode quality built in... they never stop working."
Omitting costly carrier-grade features, Patton's affordable customer-premise ESBRs deliver essential border-control functions at price performance levels appropriate for SMEs:
Security - NAT and extended ACL provide public-private network separation and fraud protection. Secure voice-over-VPN with AES/DES strong encryption offers protection against snoopers and hackers.
Interoperability - SIP normalisation: Back-to-Back User Agent (B2BUA) translates among SIP "dialects" (eg TCP in MS-Lync verses UDP in provider networks).
Survivability - For business continuity during Internet outages: local SIP registrar keeps intra-office calls flowing; IAD options provide PSTN backup.
Voice quality and bandwidth management - CODEC transcoding with QoS traffic-shaping enhance in-house voice quality while optimising utilisation of the WAN connection.
Robust routing - Flexible call routing and dialled number manipulation provide number portability and numbering plan continuity. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) provides fast failover.
IAD Options - Optional G.SHDSL, fibre-optic, EFM (bonded G.SHDSL) or X.21 WAN interfaces reduce overall hardware costs and simplify network architecture by eliminating external modem requirements.
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