Functionality of MVTS

MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS) is a carrier-grade softswitch with the gatekeeper and proxy functionality that dramatically simplifies VoIP peering on small and medium-grade networks (up to 5 mln minutes per month). MVTS is a non-vendor-specific single platform solution with simple static routing and network protection capabilities. MVTS intrinsic border control mechanisms provide a single entry point into carrier's VoIP infrastructure to enable centralized authentication and billing by third-party billing systems, facilitate interconnection with peering partners and enhance network security.

With revenue ready MVTS carriers benefit from enhanced flexibility, versatile redundancy schemes, usability and cost-effectiveness. MVTS is a handful soution for carriers that appreciate ease of installation, configuration and maintenance of the system. Low entry point (30 channels) and quick time-to-market make MVTS the ideal solution for start-up carriers' business needs.


MVTS enables carriers to dramatically leverage their operational efficiency through providing the following functionality:

1) MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch provides elaborate mechanisms for handling the signaling (H.323) and media (RTP/RTCP) traffic that empower carriers to improve their ASR and increase profit margins. MVTS performs smart routing based on a wide range of internal rules and provides RADIUS interface for interaction with add-on routing systems.

MVTS internal routing rules and policies include:

MVTS dynamically switches between the routes with best ASR improving the overall performance. The MERA solution's elaborate routing capabilities enable carriers to offer competitive rates while maintaining the critical QoS and reliability levels.

2) MVTS enables carriers to solve various interoperability issues and to securely bridge between otherwise incompatible VoIP networks. MVTS fixes inconsistencies in vendor-specific protocol implementations and allows carriers to work in a multiple-vendor environment as well as provides interconnection between carrier and enterprise networks.

3) MVTS serves a single point-of-entry into the carrier's network and provides flexible proxy options to keep up critical security levels and efficiently manage bandwidth consumption. MVTS features Full Proxy mode (for both Signaling and Media Traffic) for hiding the network topology and traffic exchange with external gateways and Signaling Proxy mode for peering with "trusted" partners and traffic exchange within your own network. The desired proxy mode is selected on a case-by-case basis and can be assigned to each separate gateway.

4) Flexible number translation tools allow for digit manipulation according to the needs of the carrier's partners. MVTS provides various number translation patterns for effective peering with partner networks and source number disguise. Regexp-based number translation is performed either at ingress, egress or within MVTS to ensure greater routing flexibility. Furthermore, the MERA solution enables carriers to apply differentiated translation rules for routing and billing reports.

5) Adjustable gatekeeper and registrar capabilities add to greater flexibility in peering with partner networks — carriers are given an ultimately helpful tool to ensure seamless interoperability irrespective of their partner's network configuration or used equipment. To partner networks, MVTS can operate as a RAS user, Gatekeeper/Registrar or Gateway depending on the partner's network architecture. To provide enterprise-to-carrier interoperability MVTS enables interconnection with RAS users and dynamic users such as IP PBXs or devices without a fixed IP address.

6) MVTS provides exhaustive statistics that enables carriers to monitor network performance, pinpoint and promptly fix problems affecting the voice quality. MVTS statistics capabilities allow the system's administrator to view data per call originators, dial peers, call terminating endpoints, gateways and routes and detect quality degradation causes. With MVTS carriers benefit from QoS theft protection as the correspondence of the claimed QoS to the actual one can be easily checked.

7) ETSI LI standard compatibility

The MERA ETSI LI Mediation Device (MMD) makes the MVTS softswitch ETSI compliant in LI effort.

The MMD is a converter device that ensures interaction between  MVTS and the Law Enforcement Monitoring Facility (LEMF) during lawful interception.

The MMD functions include:

MMD specifications:

1. Supported standards:

2. LEA-Provider interoperation is enabled by the following interfaces:

3. MMD can operate with 100 MVTS systems and up to 10 LEA Monitoring Centers simultaneously

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