RADVision And AudioCodes Showcase MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol)

RADVision Ltd., a provider products and technology for real-time voice and video communication over IP, will be demonstrating MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol) interoperability with AudioCodes, a provider of enabling technologies and communication system components for voice over packet networks at VON Europe 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden.

RADVision's suite of MGCP enabling software was designed for high performance, carrier class, IP telephony media gateways and media gateway controllers. Value-added features include the functionality implemented in the smallest memory footprint, together with a unique API that includes a wrapper for easy mapping from MGCP to MEGACO/H.248, the new specification being jointly developed by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and ITU-T (International Telecommunications Union - T).

RADVision and AudioCodes will showcase interoperability between RADVision's MGCP software and AudioCodes' MP-100 Media Gateway. The MP-100 is an 8-port, standalone MGCP controlled device that can interfere either directly to an enterprise PBX or to analog phones and fax machines. The MP-100 will be connected to RADVision's simulated IP Phone and Call Agent, a component of the MGCP Toolkit.

"We are honored to have the opportunity to jointly demonstrate the interoperability of our media gateway line together with RADVision's MGCP toolkit," said Hagai Gritzer, Director, Interoperability and Partnerships at AudioCodes. "This interoperability supports system integrators and solution developers providing them with best of breed building blocks for fast implementation and smooth integration of next generation VoIP solutions."

MGCP separates the signaling, call control and media internetworking into distinct, logical entities for gateway decomposition architectures. MGCP-based products and services include two sub-components, the Media Gateway and the Media Gateway Controller. The Media Gateway is responsible for handling media endpoints, resources and connections. MGCP is a complementary protocol to H.323 that was designed for direct session setup and control between intelligent endpoints on an IP network.