Carrier-Grade High Availability
The Mediant 5000 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 5000 Media Gateway provides extensive support for regional PSTN interfaces, broad voice vocoder options, Signaling Gateway Interworking, control protocols and advanced security features, enabling multiservice deployment flexibility for a variety of customers (ILECs, IOCs, CLECs, MSOs, large Enterprises and contact centers) and applications.

The Mediant 5000 can be used for backhauling TDM over IP, part of class 4 & 5 TDM switch replacements, IP interconnection, IP service node, IP Centrex Applications and as a PacketCable gateway. In the wireless/cellular space, the Mediant 5000 is ideal for UMA and Femtocell applications. The Mediant 5000 allows Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to immediately address opportunities for these services due to its advanced deployment flexibility.

High Level of Scalability
The Mediant 5000 is a modular platform which can scale up to 6048 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 5000 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 5000 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 5000 provides the flexibility to be globally deployed, interfacing with all popular PSTN interfaces, including E1, T1, J1, DS3 and OC3/STM1.

Advanced Security Suite
With the advent of VoIP, security has become a mandatory requirement. The Mediant 5000 addresses service providers and large enterprises security concerns, offering advanced security capabilities which include SRTP for media, IPSec for control and OAM and TLS and PKI for SIP.