media gateway controller Last modified: Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Abbreviated as MGC, media gateway controller is a system used in some VoIP architectures. MGC handles the registration and management of resources at the media gateway. A media gateway controller exchanges messages with central office switches via a signaling gateway. A media gateway controller is sometimes called a call agent, call controller, or softswitch.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about media gateway controller . Also check out the following links! A Starter Kit on VoIP  Confused about whether Voice over IP is the way for your business to go? You're not the only one. The technology has been gaining steam in the tech press during the past year, while federal lawmakers and regulators wrangle over who will have the regulatory upper hand. Enterprise VoIP Planet  The IT Manager's Guide to Voice over IP Softswitches.Part V: Media Gateway Control Protocol  Continuing our current tutorial series regarding softswitches, we have previously discussed the concepts of telephone switching, the architecture of a softswitch, the capabilities and functions of the media gateway controller, also known as call agent, that provides the call routing, network signaling, billing, and other logical functions within the network, plus the capabilities of the media gateway, that provides the physical connection to the local or wide area network. Understanding H.323.Part III: Signaling  Two standards are involved with H.323 signaling: H.225.0, Call Signaling Protocols and Media Stream Packetization for Packet-based Multimedia Communication Systems; and H.245, Control Protocol for Multimedia Communications, both of which are available from the ITU Web site. SS7/IP Interworking Tutorial - Signaling An overview of signaling information in IP telephony networks.	Internet Telephony Telecommunications call detail record Internet Internet telephony jitter jitter buffer jitter buster QoS SIP softswitch telecommunications telephony VoIP VoIP Gateway Give Us Your Feedback Shopping media gateway controller Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Laptops 2 Model Matches PC Desktops 1 Model Matches Video Game Consoles 1 Model Matches