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Connecting Your SIP-Based Hosted Contact Center to the Rest of the WorldBrough Turner, SVP & CTO, NMS Communications
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Communications in Transition
• New services on IP-based platforms– SIP signaling– G.711 “voice” over RTP
• Lower cost
• Easier development
• Faster time-to-market
• Web & IT convergence
Dramatic simplification over PSTN platforms
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IP-based Services & Systems
• IP call centers, IP PBXs
• Self-service customer voice portals
Financial Services
Travel and Leisure
Telecom / Utilities
Government Retail
• Account balances
• Mortgage refinance screening
• Bank location
• Insurance claim status
• Reservation confirmation
• Theater & Hotel booking
• Service activation / repair
• Prepaid calling card front end
• Service outage info
• Tax info
• Postal information
• Unemployment check status
• International traveler information
• Account balances
• Catalog requests
• Store locator
• Order tracking
• RMA request & status chk
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Modern Self Service Platform
Follows 3-tier IT architecture
• Database engine
• Business logic– May use application server (dynamic VoiceXML)
• Presentation– Web servers– Media processor (VoiceXML browser)
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Example Avaya Voice Portal
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VoIP Adoption
VoIPsubscribers:
38M
Skyperegistrations:
171M
Fixed PSTN: 1.2B Mobile PSTN: 2.7B
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Connecting to PSTN
• VoIP access to PSTN readily available from major inter-exchange carriers
– Send VoIP traffic almost anywhere in the world– Receive PSTN traffic from anywhere in US
VoIP
IXC
PSTN
IXC Gateway
Databases,Web Services,
Persistent Business logic
SIP
RTP
SpeechResources
VoiceXML ServerWeb Server
http://voiceXML…
IP Telephony
MRCP
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Not so easy in Rest of World
• Problem: inbound traffic, PSTN to VoIP
• Advertise PSTN numbers, receive incoming traffic over IP
• Available as a service in US, parts of the EU, HK, Japan, Australia and Brazil
– Voxbone offering more countries
Expensive or unobtainable in most of the rest of the world
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Nominal Solution
• Provide PSTN gateway with IP-based application
Databases,Web Services,
Persistent Business logic
SIP
RTP
SpeechResources
VoiceXML ServerWeb Server
http://voiceXML…
IP Telephony
MRCP
PSTN
Media Gateway,Signaling Server
& Call Router
Alternately,use IP-PBX and it’s interfaces
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Requirements
• Global deployable: interfaces, approvals
• Cost-effective scaling, including scale down
• Media, signaling & call routing (both ways)
• Highly available at minimum added cost
• SS7 connectivity– SS7 controlled inter-machine trunks can be
significantly less expensive than ISDN
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IP-PBX Approach
• Typically supports ISDN, but not SS7
• Can be expensive to scale up
• Can be expensive to distribute gateway functions to multiple cities
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Gateway Approach
Solution requires multiple elements
• Media gateway
• Signaling gateway
• Call routing control– Esp. PSTN to SIP routing– Media gateway controller,
softswitch or equiv.
• Example: Cisco AS5300 VoIP Gateway– Requires PGW-2200 Softswitch ($20,000) to
provide basic call routing
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Integrated Solutions
• NMS Vision Media Gateway and Signaling Server
• Cantata IMG 1010
Characteristics
• Includes call routing
• ISDN, SS7 & Channel Associated Signaling
• Global approvals
• Scalable in 1U/2U increments
• Centralized or distributed deployments
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Basic Installation
SIP-based Services Platform
Switch
• ISDN signaling, or
• Channel-associated signaling (CAS)
SS7
SIP
T1/E1 Voice
RTP
NCC-ISUP
GW
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Small SS7 Configuration
SIP-based Services Platform
SS7
SIP
T1/E1 Voice
RTP
NCC-ISUP
• SS7 signaling
• DACS separates voice and signaling traffic
• Signaling Server separates voice traffic
Switch
SIP-based Services PlatformSwitch
-OR-
DACS
GW
Sig Svr
GW
Sig Svr
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Large SS7 Configuration
. . . . . .
SIP-based Services Platform
• SS7 signaling
• Dedicated T1/E1 Inter-machine trunks (IMTs) for voice traffic
Switch
SS7
SIP
T1/E1 Voice
RTP
NCC-ISUP
GW
GW
GW
Sig Svr
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High Availability
• Media scale by trunks and trunk groups
• N+1 redundancy for media gateways
• Call routing tables (PSTN # to SIP URI) distributed to media gateways
• SS7 signaling 1+1 redundant
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Redundant SS7 Configuration
. . .
SIP-based Services Platform
• SS7 signaling
• Duplicated Signaling Servers for high availability
Switch
SS7
SIP
T1/E1 Voice
RTP
NCC-ISUP
GW
GW
GW
Sig Svr
Sig Svr
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Redundant SS7 Signaling
• 2 servers – 1 point code
• Active-active for MTP1 & MTP2
• Active-standby for MTP3 and above
• Secondary traffic routed to Primary via dedicated Ethernet
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Scalability
• Media Gateway– 8 or 16 E1/T1s per 1U– Mounts in standard racks– Up to 20 Gateways per
Signaling Server (pair)
• Signaling Server– 4, 16, or 32 signaling links– Redundant pair for high
availability
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Other PSTN Issues
• Limited inter-city PSTN capacity in many emerging markets
• Gateway located in capital city means poor service for callers in secondary cities
• Inter-city PSTN calls expensive
• Inter-city IP capacity available and lower cost
SolutionIntegrated IP-based solution with 1U elements
distributed to minimize recurring costs
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Highly Distributed Configuration
• Gateways near switches, signaling servers near STPs
• Decrease networking costs, simplify management
SSP
SSP
SSP
SSP
STP
STP
SIP-based Services Platform
SS7
SIP
T1/E1 Voice
RTP
NCC-ISUP
GW
GW
GW
GW
Sig Svr
Sig Svr
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Conclusions
• Develop new communications applications on IP-based platforms
• Obtain PSTN connectivity from VoIP service providers where available and affordable
• Leverage IP-PBX connectivity when present
• Use integrated gateways for– Global reach– SS7 connectivity– Cost-effective scalability– Cost-effective availability– Flexibility
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Questions?
PDF version to be posted todayRecorded version to be posted tomorrow
Brough Turnerrbt @ nmss.com
Blog: http://blogs/nmss.com/communications/