Alcatel 7410 Access Server
VoIP Gateway

The revolution in voice/data convergence has carriers and service providers scrambling to build the next generation network (NGN). Simplicity, flexibility, cost-effectiveness - these are among the requirements for designing and deploying the new millennium network. And there's no better way to ensure success than with the Architects of an Internet World - Alcatel.

With the Alcatel 7410 Access Server (AS), Alcatel again meets the expectation of superior quality. The Alcatel 7410 AS provides best in class density for connecting dialup users to the Internet. Because dialup data connections continue to thrive, dial platforms are a logical environment to also deliver voice and fax services. And the Alcatel 7410 AS was designed to accommodate this multiservice transition. In essence, the Alcatel 7410 AS can act as either a dialup access server or a voice over IP (VoIP) gateway for today's H.323 VoIP applications. With the Alcatel 7410 AS, service providers can provision advanced calling features on a scale found only in today's circuit switched voice networks.

Cost-effective solution

The Alcatel 7410 AS is a cost-effective solution that enables carriers and service providers to leverage their existing SS7 infrastructure and relieve PSTN switch congestion. By seamlessly linking IP networks to the PSTN, the H.323-compliant 7410 AS enables voice and fax calling over IP-based networks. With universal modem server (UMS) modules, the Alcatel 7410 AS converts incoming analog voice or facsimile calls into IP packets before they are forwarded to their destination via an IP network. Another Alcatel 7410 AS receives the IP packets and converts the digital data back into analog (voice) format. The analog voice is then transmitted to the called recipient through the local PSTN. The 7410 Access Server's efficiency is a key enabler for faster service deployment and significant cost reduction by using IMTs (InterMachine Trunks) rather than more costly PRI lines.

An IP-based telephony solution for service providers of all types

The Alcatel 7410 AS is a solution designed for all types of service providers - whether newly emerging or traditional carriers. ISPs, for example, can use the Alcatel 7410 AS to offer voice services in addition to Internet access.

For new or alternative carriers, the Alcatel 7410 AS enables a low cost entry into the VoIP market through toll bypass, an IP-based telephony solution that circumvents long distance charges. New service providers looking to compete in the long distance market, for example, can deploy Alcatel 7410 Access Servers at different points of presence (POPs) and as a result, offer competitive voice, data and fax services. Long distance calls are routed through the data packet network rather than through the traditional voice network, reducing expensive PSTN circuit switching costs. Traditional carriers can also profit in the VoIP market through wholesaling ports on the 7410 AS to new carriers. By deploying Alcatel 7410 Access Servers at the edge of their network, traditional carriers give new service providers a PSTN termination point for VoIP traffic. Thus, regardless of their business model, service providers will find a profitable VoIP solution with the Alcatel 7410 AS.

SS7 signaling support

The Alcatel 7410 AS, in conjunction with the Alcatel 5424 Call Signaling Gateway (CSG), supports SS7 call signaling messages in PSTN call set up and termination, allowing cost-effective delivery of services and new revenue solutions for managing converged voice and data networks. These revenue opportunities include one-stage dialing, prepaid calling services, basic long distance services, and wholesale VoIP services. By acting as a critical bridge to the SS7 network, the Alcatel 5424 CSG works with the 7410 AS to enable two often mutually exclusive results: cost savings and increased revenue from value-added services.

Service management simplified

To succeed in the NGN market, carriers and service providers need to spend less time managing their networks and more time planning and implementing high value services. The Alcatel 7410 AS, at the most basic level, minimizes management and equipment costs by supporting data, voice and fax on the same platform.

With advanced features such as automatic modem allocation, the Alcatel 7410 AS supports simultaneous V.90 modem calls, ISDN access, VoIP traffic and FoIP services. Flexible VoIP/FoIP connectivity includes phone to phone, phone to PC, and fax to fax. The Alcatel 7410 AS, when coupled with the Alcatel 5735 Service Management Center (SMC), provides a highly sophisticated solution for managing multiple gateways as a unified resource. The SMC includes a built-in H.323 gatekeeper and complete accounting capabilities, allowing service providers a high level view and control of all the Alcatel 7410 Access Servers in the network.

The Alcatel 7410 Access Server's flexible management suite allows service providers to quickly and efficiently manage, provision, configure and troubleshoot their networks.

High reliability and interoperability

The Alcatel 7410 Access Server provides high availability, non-stop operation, and carrier grade quality. With a distributed architecture and redundancy in the buses, power supplies, fans and control modules, the Alcatel 7410 AS ensures high performance with no single points of failure. In addition, the Alcatel 7410 AS interoperates with Alcatel's 5735 SMC Gatekeeper and other H.323 standard gatekeepers, guaranteeing that proper VoIP functions will work in virtually any multivendor environment.

Product Highlights

• Handles up to 2016 ports* in a single shelf, and a total of more than 8000 ports* in a telco rack
• Supports multiple LAN/WAN interfaces
• Fully distributed architecture and modular design for high performance
• Full redundancy to ensure no single point of failure
• H.323 compliant for support of VoIP and FoIP services Connection models include:
  • PSTN phone to PSTN phone
  • PSTN fax to PSTN fax
  • PSTN terminal to H.323 PC
• ISDN PRI signaling
• SS7 signaling via Alcatel 5424 CSG
• Supports the most commonly used CODECs, including:
  • G.711
  • G.723.1
  • G.729A
  • G3 compliant for fax relay
• Carrier grade with AC or DC power supply options, full redundancy, NEBS-3 compliance

* Note: Needs UMS-168 modules and four 10-slot shelves to provide this capacity

Technical Summary

Common Equipment

• 10-slot and 16-slot shelves
• Redundant clock modules, alarm module with relay contacts
• N:1 redundant, AC or DC
• power supplies
• BITs clock input support (16-slot shelf)

PSTN Access Interfaces

• 4-port channelized T1
• 4-port channelized E1
• 16-port channelized T1
• 16-port channelized E1
• Single-port channelized T3
• ISDN PRI

Packet Network Interfaces

• 4-port 100 Mb/s Ethernet
• Single-port OC-3 ATM (multimode, single-mode IR and LR)
• Single-port electrical DS3 ATM
• Single-port electrical E3 ATM
• Frame relay and PPP on 16-port T1/E1, CT3, and serial interface
• 4-port serial interface

VoIP/FoIP Features

Connection types:

• PSTN phone to PSTN phone
• PSTN fax to PSTN fax
• PSTN terminal to H.323 compliant terminal

Conforms to H.323 standard in signaling control and signal transition:

• H.225.0 gatekeeper registration, admission and status channel
• Audio and fax CODEC in voice digitization
• H.245 call control between VoIP gateways
• H.225.0 packetization and signal transport using RTP

Supports the following voice/fax CODECs:

• G.711 (64 kb/s)
• G.723.1 (6.3 kb/s and 5.3 kb/s)
• G.729A (8 kb/s)
• G3 compliant for fax relay

Voice quality and user comfort features:

• Single/dual stage dialing
• IVR support
• Echo cancellation
• Configurable jitter buffer
• Silence suppression
• Comfort noise generation

Signaling for VoIP

• ISDN PRI
• SS7 through SS7 CSG

Routing

• RIP, RIPv2
• OSPF
• Static routes
• IP route and packet filtering
• Virtual routers

Authentication and Security

• RADIUS, PAP, CHAP
• Domain name-based authentication
• IPSec

Tunneling

• L2TP (LAC and LNS)
• ATMP

System and Network Management

• Local/remote (Telnet) CLI, SMC, Java EMS on NT and Solaris, HP OpenView integration, Syslog, RADIUS AAA, remote software upgrades via TFTP

Physical Description

10-slot:

• Height: 44.45 cm (17.5 in.)
• Width: 48.26 cm (19 in.)
• Depth: 44.45 cm (17.5 in.)
• Weight (shelf only): 20 kg (44 lb.)
• Weight (fully configured): 56.7 kg (125 lb.)

16-slot:

• Height: 90.17 cm (35.5 in.)
• Width: 44.45 cm (17.5 in.)
• Depth: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
• Weight (shelf only): 26.3 kg (58 lb.)
• Weight (fully configured): 90.7 kg (200 lb.)

Operating Environment

• Operating temperature range: 0 C to 40 C (32 F to 104 F)
• Storage temperature range: -20 C to 65 C (-4 F to 149 F)

Operating Humidity

• 0% to 80%, noncondensing

Regulatory Compliance

• UL1950, FCC Part 15 Class A, FCC Part 68
• NEBS Level 3 certification
• EN60950, EN55022, CTR 1, 2, 4, 12, 13
• IEC 950 (CB scheme), CISPR 22
• JATE

Power Consumption

• 85 V to 132 V and 170 V to 264 V AC, 50 Hz to 60 Hz or -48 V DC
• 10-slot chassis: 1,200 watts, with up to 5 modular power supplies
• 16-slot chassis:1,800 watts max, with up to 6 modular power supplies

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