Carrier-Grade High Availability

The Mediant 8000 offers robust architecture meeting service providers’ stringent requirements for high availability. This high availability architecture is based on cost-effective N+1 redundancy of the processing blades and load sharing of fans and power supplies.

Multiservice Media Gateway

The Mediant 8000 Media Gateway provides extensive support for regional PSTN interfaces, broad voice coder options, Signaling Gateway Interworking, control protocols and advanced security features, enabling mutilservice deployment flexibility for a variety of customers (ILECS, IOCs, CLECs, MSOs, large Enterprises and contact centers). The Mediant 8000 can be used for backhauling TDM over IP, part of class 4 & 5 TDM switch replacements, IP connection, IP service node, IP Centrex Application and as a PacketCable gateway. In the wireless/cellular space, the Mediant 8000 is ideal for UMA and Femtocell applications.

High Level of Scalability

The Mediant 8000 is a modular platform which can scale up to 16,000 protected channels, allowing customers to begin with a low capacity entry point and later extend to a higher capacity by increasing the number of processing blade modules.

All-IP Evolution

With the introduction of Next Generation networks, there is a growing demand for IP to IP transcoding in peering, access and Fixed-Mobile-Convergence scenarios. The Mediant 8000 has the flexibility to primarily be installed as a classic VoIP Media Gateway, and in parallel accommodate the growing demand of IP peering as PSTN interfaces are gradually being phased out.

True Network Convergence on a single platform

The Mediant 8000 offers a high voice quality ranging from low-bit rate to wideband coders. This enables true network convergence between mobile/wireless networks and fixed line, cable and broadband networks on a single media gateway platform.

Broad PSTN Interfaces Options and Protocols

The Mediant 8000 provides the flexibility to be globally deployed, interfacing with all popular PSTN interfaces, including E1, T1, J1, DS3 and OC3/STM1.

Migration from TDM Class 5 Exchange to NGN

In addition to the connection of Enterprises on PRI/ISDN and MFC/R2 interfaces to the NGN, the Mediant 8000 can be used as a V5.2 Access Gateway for connecting V5.2 Access Networks installed base to the NGN thus retiring legacy Class 5 Switches while protecting investment in Enterprises and Access Networks equipment.

Advanced Security Suite

With the advent of VoIP, security has become a mandatory requirement. The Mediant 8000 addresses service providers and large enterprises security concerns, offering advanced security capabilities which include Interface Separation, SRTP for media, IPSec for control, OAM and TLS and PKI for SIP.

TM: A Certification Mark of NIST, which does not imply product endorsement by NIST, the U.S. or Canadian Governments.