[Asterisk-Users] Adit 600 as VoIP router (MGCP) and Asterisk

[Peter Svensson]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Daniel Nyström wrote:

> Got at suggestion from CarrierAccess to use the Adit 600 as an VoIP router using MGCP IP protocol, instead of controlling it through an E1.
> Have anyone tried this configuration? How does MGCP works? I've tried to search for it on Google, but I only find the protocol specification for it.
> Is Asterisk fully capable of this? I can't find any documentatin covering the use of MGCP in Asterisk.
> My mission is still to transform one E1 (30ch) from the telco, into 30 FXS channels, all via Asterisk. :)
> 
> Do anyone have a successful story about using MGCP with Asterisk?
> 
> Do I still have the full power of Asterisk even when using MGCP? I would like it to be, like if I were using FXS PCI-cards localy in the server. :)

One thing you will loose by going to mgcp is the very low latency you have 
on a pure tdm solution. Low latency makes echo supression a lot easier.

Peter