[Asterisk-Users] Channel Bank Echo

[Peter Svensson]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Matt Schulte wrote:

> We are a voip terminating company, we're using Channelbank with FXS
> modules, Rhino, CAC, etc.. What we're wondering is, is how to would you
> echo cancel a channelbank. Of course we're realizing that cancel'ing on
> the T1 (on Ast) does no good (we think?) because the analog conversion
> is at the channelbank. Suggestions? Lowering the gain helps but we're
> looking for a real solution to this. Thanks.
> 
> <PSTN?> -- <VOIP Network> -- <Asterisk> -(T1)- <channel bank> --
> <analog>
>   ^echo heard


If you hear the echo at the marked analog endpoint then it is almost
certainly far end echo. This is nearly almost present when calling an
analog phone at the far end. On short links without VoIP the reflected
energy will sound like a nice sidetone. For longer links (e.g. 
international) and VoIP you need an echo canceler in the call path. 

Since you have an analog phone attached to an endpoint there may be an 
echo heared from the pstn as well. 

Both these echos can be reduced by adding an echo canceler that has its 
tail (i.e. subtracts the right amount of the slightly delayed transmitted 
signal from the received signal) into both directions. Asterisk can act as 
such an echo canceler. Asterisk may not be the very best echo canceler 
available, but it may be good enough. Try it and see.

Peter