MERA Releases a New Version of MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch 3.1.0 for Greater Flexibility and Redundancy of VoIP Networks
September 29, 2005
MERA Systems today announced the new release of its MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS) that specifically addresses the needs of big-scale transit carriers. The new 3.1.0 version introduces a number of features designed specifically to simplify deployment and management of distributed networks, and provides for greater flexibility and redundancy of VoIP infrastructure. The increased functionality of the product provides an answer to the market driven need for management of complex, distributed VoIP networks.
The new release of MVTS offers a combination of three redundancy options with three deployment scenarios for cluster-based solutions. This flexible architecture enables carriers to choose a layout which fits best into their networks based on a number of criteria, such as traffic capacity, points of presence (POPs) distribution and peering requirements. This feature provides an efficient response to individual requirements of nation-wide operators and big-scale transit VoIP carriers running highly distributed networks which incorporate diverse equipment from a number of vendors.
Routing functionality of the new MVTS release has been additionally enhanced by new parameters which allow for greater flexibility of call session management. For example, in the event of a gateway failure at the time of call initiation MVTS attempts to transfer the call to the next available gateway instead of simply ending the session. In order to further improve the general ASR (answer seizure ratio) performance, a new feature has been introduced, which enables carriers to block certain destinations when the ASR per route falls below a predefined limit. These two functions alone help to increase the overall ASR by as much as 10-15%.
Altogether, the new MVTS v.3.1.0 incorporates over 20 new functions and 15 additional parameters.
The full featured trial version of the new release is available free of charge in the Downloads section of the MERA's website www.mera-systems.com.
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