ENSURES A W O R L D O F I P S E R V I C E S in your network

RADCOM, an acknowledged leader in network test and quality management solutions, offers innovative multi-technology testing equipment for VoIP, Cellular and Datacom system performance, providing session,
network and service level analysis for troubleshooting and monitoring the IP UMTS, GPRS and CDMA2000 networks, as well as a range of applications for establishing, maintaining and monitoring VoIP networks.

Services Protocols

Centrex Central Office Exchange service in which switching BRI R4000 3G-324M Standard that represents real-time streaming
of wireless multimedia services over existing
occurs in the local telephone station instead of at Rack-mount 5U, High performance
circuit-switched wireless networks
company premises multi-segmented
R1000 Phone
Phone
Fax
T30 Performer/Probe Servers BICC Bearer Independent Call Control Implementation of
Data Service Ability to access services which are not time sensitive, Rack-mount 2U, High performance SS7, a recommendation of ITU Q.BICC or ANSI T1.BICC
such as Web browsing, File transfer, Mail POTS POTS
Performer/Probe Servers
BRI Basic Rate ISDN
IVR Interactive Voice Response, an interactive voice
application that accepts touch-tone telephone keypad
Video Conference station DOCSIS Data Over Cable Systems Interface Specification
and provides appropriate response (such as voice, Phone listing of standards for modems and related
fax and call-back call) IP Video station
Laptop Desktop PC IP equipment for data communications via cable
NCS television systems
Presence & IM Presence is a service that defines the status of a user
IP MTA
PC, IP phone or PDA in the network. The Presence IP
H.320 ITU standard for ISDN conferencing of video, audio
service allows the configuration of whether, and by
NCS and data
whom to be reached.

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H.323 IP protocol that is extension of ITU-T H.320 that
IM (Instant Messaging) is the ability to send short
enables multimedia
messages in near real time to other IM users who PSTN Phone

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IP phone IP
are connected to the IM server, according to its status
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IP phone
Cable Modem ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network that allows
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SIP high-speed access to the Internet using the
PTT Push To Talk over services, a half-duplex form of H24

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Soft phone telephone network
communication that allows users to engage in
IP phone
immediate communication with one or more receivers.
P1000 DOCSIS (IP over HFC) ISUP ISDN User Part used to manage trunk circuits that
carry voice and data over PSTN

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transmitting graphics, video clips, etc. PO
RTCP
RTP/ Call Agent/CMS POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
Video Enables motion pictures in addition to audio
communication through the network of two participants Router
PRI Primary Rate ISDN
or more. Several common video services are:
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of video files through the network. Can be done by
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multimedia traffic
file download (clips), or real-time transmission using
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RTCP (Real-Time Control Protocol) protocol that
monitors the QoS of the RTP connection and reports
service (movie playback) and real-time streaming H-32
such as IPTV.
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Sig RTCP XR (Real-Time Control Protocol Extended
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Video telephony Enables video and audio conversation P SIG Gateway CP
n Voice Gateway ISUP SS7 Report) conveys information assessing the IP call
through the network of two participants or more. ISU SS7
Video station quality and diagnosis problems

Interactive video Video streaming service that can TDM RTSP Real-Time Streaming Protocol
be changed during the session according to user
action (such as clicking a button or digit).
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SGCP Simple Gateway Control Protocol

Gaming Often used as video game. Service that offers TDM Soft switch
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Sigtran Signaling Transport used to bridge between SS7
interactive games played on a video screen with one
or more participants in different locations.
POTS
SSP
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Cellular Antenna
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Voice Enables audio conversation through the network of
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two participants or more
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Voice/Video Email system that supports voice/video. Ability to Fax

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interconnection of the PSTN with SIP-based networks

Mail open by mail system voice and/or video messages

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ISD MSC transmission in the general switched telephone network
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BRI/ISDN
SIP
Technologies TGCP Trunking Gateway Control Protocol
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ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode used for high data transfer IP phone phone Router

CDMA Code Division Multiple Access Method for describing Enterprise

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physical radio channels. CDMA2000 is CDMA technology
that meets 3G requirements switch Gb
S-RNC
Node B
BGCF Breakout Gateway Control Function
TDM SGSN
UMTS Radio ACCSS
DSL Digital Subscriber Line technology that allows data
SBC BSC Base Station Controller
transmission of up to 6.1 Mbps using ordinary GGSN Packet Switch Core
telephone lines POTS network BTS Base Transceiver Station
IPT/
SIP/S / Router Gi
Ethernet Baseband LAN used to connect computers, 3 /BICC
BRI H..32 .24 8 Router SBC CMS Call Management Server
workstations, terminals and other devices / H
MGCP Abis
phone CMTS Cable Modem Termination System
CPE GW
GPRS Offers data throughput in the 2.5G of up to 300Kbps; ISUP 48
connects mobile cellular users to a public data network MGCP/H.2 BSC
Softswitch
Soft switch BTS Cellular Antenna CPE Customer Premises Equipment any terminating
(PDN) within a GSM network phone GSM Ra hardware owned by the user and not by the
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HFC Hybrid Fiber Coax network that contains both fiber-
optic cables and copper coaxial cables to carry TV Media Gateway
IP Router SS telephone company

D-RNC Drift Radio Network Controller

signals from the head-end office to the neighborhood.

Public IP POC Server DSLAM DSL Access Multiplexer

IP IP Internet protocol (layer 3 protocol) that includes IP
P/S
FTTC MGC

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services such as address, fragmentation &

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EMTA Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter
reassembly, security SIP

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IP GLMS Server
P/S S-CSCF POC mobile phones FTTC Fiber To The Curb
TCP Transmission Control Protocol; reliable octet
RIS SBC
streaming protocol ISDN CPE Router
SIP FTTH Fiber To The Home
Firewall SIP P-CSCF
UDP User Datagram Protocol; connectionless protocol
mainly used for real-time services
SIP FTTN Fiber To The Node or Neighborhood
Router
SIP GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
MBWA Mobile Broadband Wireless Access IEEE 802.20 Video Station IP

LAN
working group aims to prepare formal specification
GLMS Group and List Management Server
for packet-based air interface designed for IP services Presence Server

Video Content Server HFC Hybrid Fiber-Coax

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System IP PBX
SIPT/H.323 /SIP
RTSP
UMTS Audio Bridge / BGCF
IP phone HSS Home Subscriber Server
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access derived SIP IP Centrex
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WCDMA from CDMA and meets 3G requirements
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Proxy Server
Wireless Fidelity standard of Wireless Local Area Video phone
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WiFi Network based on the IEEE 802.11 specification
En ICM Video Content Server
I-CSCF Interrogating Call Session Control Function
Broadband wireless access technology based on the MRFC
WiMax IEEE 802.16 working group, considered Metropolitan
IP IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem IP Multimedia and
Area Network technology 3 /S
Soft phone
H.32 SLF telephony core network defined in the 3GPP and
3GPP2 standards
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MGC Media Gateway Controller

IP MGCF MGCF Media Gateway Control Function

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Messenger Server MRFP Media Resource Function Processor
The Services over IP Performer H .3
Omni-Q is a Services over IP quality monitoring
IMS
IP phone MSC Mobile Switching Center
solution designed to continuously collect, monitor
The Performer is a comprehensive solution for service and analyze voice/video quality and traffic performance
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Firewall MTA Multimedia Terminal Adaptor

performance evaluation and analysis during pre- and parameters. It consists of a comprehensive array of voice
IP
post-deployment stages, including R&D verification and
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performance and quality measurement methodologies, all

Node B UMTS Base station
troubleshooting of converged IP real-time services. The Performer under one unified offering. These include a broad range of
provides a complete view of the entire network, connecting to intrusive (active) and non-intrusive (passive) hardware and software
Edge

P-CSCF Proxy Call Session Control Function

many technologies and interfaces. Based on RADCOM’s GEAR (Generic probes covering both PSTN and IP environments. A powerful
CPE GW
Legend AnalyzeR), it presents a correlated session-based view, evaluating the
quality of service that is running in the converged network. GEAR is a generic
IP phone
user-friendly management layer offers many features, allowing users
to set up and monitor value-added, voice-related offerings such as Service
POC Push-to-talk Over Cellular
analyzer processor chip offering hardware-based full-line rate analysis capabilities Level Agreements and Partner Verification Services.
Mobile phones PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
at up to 2.5 Gbps. The Performer is controlled from an easy to use console.

Voice MediaPro Services over IP session analyzer that supports session analysis
of a wide range of IP protocols Desktop PC
IP Omni-Q - Probe-Based Solution SBC Session Border Controller new layer 3 network
element that provides carrier grade,
The Omni-Q probes are centrally managed by the Management Server, the QManager. They are secure, protocol-aware session-based network
phone remotely accessed by the QConsole software, installable on any PC/laptop. All collected parameters translation, firewall traversal, and QoS/SDR
SIPSim High performance SIP services simulator
Video Enterprise IP are stored in an Oracle database for use by the QExpert Web-based analysis and reporting tool. Both
active and passive probes are available. The Omni-Q product line includes the following components:
functionality for real-time, multimedia communications
323Sim H.323 services simulator WiFi IP Phone
S-CSCF Serving Call Session Control Function
QManager for centralized voice management

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Data QPro Flexible PSTN simulator used for quality evaluation Video Station SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

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vProbes for passive monitoring and partner verification

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Cellular A complete application suite used for troubleshooting, performance analysis and QoS

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Performer evaluation of 2.5G and 3G cellular networks, including GPRS UMTS and CDMA2000 SLF Subscriber Location Function used in large IMS
cProbes for end-to-end PSTN call quality

End
Poc Consultants
Pocket PC
network where there are several HSS entities
iProbes for verification of call qualityon a packet network
Performer A comprehensive datacom test solution based on RADCOM’s GEAR that provides full-line S-RNC Serving Radio Network Controller
Analyzer rate capture and analysis at up to 2.5 Gbps. The Performer Analyzer connects to a wide UQAN-SIP SW-based SIP terminator
Presence & IM Applications range of technologies and provides a range of applications for decoding Laptop
Wireless Hotspot
UMA Unlicensed Mobile Access roam between WiFi and
GSM / GPRS networks
and troubleshooting datacom networks. Data Module UQAN-Talk Circuit switch responder

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