MERA Expands Capabilities of its MVTS II Softswitch: Release 1.2.0
June 25, 2008
MERA Systems announces the release of a new version of MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch II. The modifications in the new version 1.2.0 increase the system’s performance and dependability as well as allow new billing capabilities.
MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch II (MVTS II) is a softswitch with fully distributed modular architecture and highly intelligent traffic handling options. MVTS II is specifically designed to increase the efficiency of VoIP traffic management on large scale networks.
The new release of MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch II is focused on the improvement of the system’s billing capabilities. The innovations make invoicing more convenient and allow now adding calculable fields to the invoices. The invoicing functionality was revised and optimized. Now it is possible to:
- Generate invoices according to predefined schedule;
- Generate .pdf invoices in one step;
- Calculate taxes and include the resulting tax amounts into the total invoice amount;
- Upload currency exchange rates to the Database from external servers.
MVTS II v. 1.2.0 includes new mechanisms of Database replication and management node redundancy. Earlier, replication was provided by means of database management system (DB), now it is fully ensured by intrinsic algorithms of Traffic Manager. The improvement has not only increased the solution’s reliability but has also simplified the problem analysis. For maximum fault tolerance all Traffic Switch nodes including the management node are now backed up by launching additional nodes of the same type on separate servers.
A new node called “synchro” was introduced into Traffic Switch. The synchro node ensures synchronization of the System processes and control over the used resources. The synchro node interoperates with the signaling and Traffic Manager nodes. To enhance the System performance the newly-introduced synchro node stores current statistics and provides efficient access to statistic counters. The synchro node allows for absolute accuracy when applying equipment capacity restrictions (database storage limits of statistics on active calls could exceed the threshold earlier).
Some most serious issues of the previous releases were also fixed in the new version of MVTS II.
Companies, wishing to upgrade or purchase the product, please address MERA sales managers or send requests at sales@mera-systems.com.
About MERA Systems
MERA Systems develops industry-leading tandem softswitches and session border controllers for VoIP that enable carriers and service providers to manage VoIP calls circulating across their networks. MERA solutions offer a powerful combination of efficiency, scalability and rich functionality, bringing value added and revenue-generating opportunities to carriers globally. To date, MERA Systems is a key provider of highly reliable and cost-effective VoIP switching and IP Centrex platforms. The company has 600+ deployments in 74 countries worldwide.
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