[Asterisk-Users] Is it possible to push the media processing off to a gateway for processing?

[John Todd]

>I was wondering if it is possible to have Asterisk push the media processing
>off to something with DSP's such as a gateway?  That way, asterisk just has
>to handle the call setups and tear downs.
>
>Todd Wallace

You mean, like what SIP does by default?  This is an incomplete 
question.  Please be more specific.  If I have a "gateway", and I 
have SIP calls coming in from desktop SIP UA's (hardphones or 
softphones) then Asterisk can simply re-direct those calls to the 
gateway.

Of course, Asterisk _is_ a gateway, so unless you have specific 
reasons for doing so, it would make more sense to use Asterisk to 
tackle those jobs with generic, cheap processing horsepower rather 
than expensive, proprietary DSP's.

If you're just getting Asterisk to handle call setups and teardowns, 
why not just use a real SIP proxy for that?  Or do you not know 
enough about your question to understand why I would differentiate 
between the two?  (not being nasty here, just wondering if I need to 
explain more)

JT