Audiocodes MEDIANT 3000 Datasheet

• Low to mid-density VoIP gateway offering scaling from 480
to 2016 channels

• Supports high availability conguration with reliable 1+1
redundancy

• Compact footprint (2U), ideal for small locations

• Allows easy capacity upgrades via a software key

• Provides multi-control protocol support: SIP, H.248, MGCP
and TGCP

• Offers broad range of PSTN interfaces including E1, T1, T3,
OC3 and STM-1

• Enables exible interworking between IP - TDM and IP - IP

• Supplies a wide range of vocoders which include Low Bit
Rate (LBR), wireline, cellular and wideband vocoders

• No capacity hit on most of the LBR vocoders (e.g., G.729,
G.723 and AMR)

• Functions as an IMS Media Gateway and I-BGF network

elements

High Availability VoIP Gateway

The Mediant™ 3000 is a feature-rich, highly available VoIP
gateway supporting low to medium channel densities. The
Mediant 3000 compact footprint (2U) meets both the needs of
service providers with geographically dispersed networks, as
well as those of large enterprises, where reliable and dense VoIP
gateways are necessary for business-critical communications.

Mediant 3000 in Service Provider Networks

Service Providers are currently migrating from centralized
legacy TDM networks to decentralized IP networks. The
Mediant 3000 is aligned with these developments, offering
exceptional channel scalability of up to 2016 DSOs in a compact
19”-2U chassis, allowing it to be placed in small POPs, close to
local telephone networks. Additionally, the Mediant 3000 delivers
the same carrier-grade availability that service providers are
accustomed to on their legacy equipment. A wide range of
trunking and access protocols to suit any application are
provided, such as PRI, V5.2 and CAS access protocols and

SS7/M2UA/M3UA trunking protocols. The Mediant 3000 ts the

needs of wireline, cable, cellular and mixed service providers.

Mediant 3000 in Large Enterprises

The migration to VoIP in the enterprise is driven by cost
considerations and the need for a richer, integrated telephony
service. This transition leads to heterogeneous enterprise
telephony networks that deploy multiple PBXs from various
vendors, some of which are legacy and some of which are
IP-based. An enterprise might choose to connect to a PSTN
Service Provider or to an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP)
or both. The Mediant 3000 has comprehensive PSTN access
capabilities as well as SIP to SIP interworking features that enable the
interconnection between all these elements. Large enterprises
typically deploy business critical contact centers where the high
availability of the Mediant 3000 is a key factor. In addition to
E1/T1 interfaces, the Mediant 3000 supports high-density PSTN
interfaces, such as T3, STM-1 and OC3 to provide the enterprise
with lower PSTN lease costs. The proven interoperability of the
Mediant 3000 with different PBXs and PSTN switches facilitates

smooth deployment.

Enterprise

Service Provider

High Availability VoIP Gateway

Specications

Media Processing

Capacity Up to 2,016 channels in simplex or redundant conguration
Voice Coders High Denition Voice Codecs¹: G.722, G.722.2 (Wideband AMR), G.729.1
(Wideband G.729)
Wireline: G.711, G.7221, G.723.1, G.726/7, G.729A/B, EG.711,
MS GSM, iLBC
GSM/UMTS: GSM-FR, GSM EFR, AMR, AMR-WB1
CDMA: EVRC1, EVRC-B

Independent dynamic vocoder selection per channel (within each group)
Not all coders can be used simultaneously

Echo Cancellation G.165 and G.168-2002 compliant, with 32, 64 or 128 ms tail length
Fax and Modem Fax/Modem Detection Control, T.38 (IP) compliant Group 3 & SG3 fallback to
Transport T.30, fax and modem bypass (automatic fallback to G.711) support
DTMF/MF IP-side or PSTN-side detection and generation, RFC 2833 compliant DTMF relay
Detection and Generation of Call Progress tones
Quality VAD, CNG, dynamic programmable jitter buffer, 802.1p/Q VLAN tagging,

Enhancement DiffServ

Signaling

PSTN Access E1 ISDN: EuroISDN, QSIG, Australia, Hong Kong (HKT), Korea, New Zealand,
INS-1500 (Japan), VN3, VN4, VN6 (France); T1 ISDN: NI2, 4ESS, 5ESS,
DMS100;E1 CAS: MFC-R2 (multiple variants), MELCAS; T1 CAS: E&M,
GroundStart, LoopStart; V5.2; IUA
PSTN Trunking SS7/Sigtran: M3UA, M2UA, Redundancy (1+1), SS7 Tunneling
IP Transport IETF RFC 3550, RFC 3551 RTP/IP Transport, TCP, UDP, RFC3267,
RFC 3558 RTP/UDP/IP, Nb-IP (TS 29.415)
Control Protocols MGCP (RFC 3435), TGCP (PacketCable), MEGACO (H.248, RFC 3015),
SIP (RFC 3261)

IMS Mn - TS 29.332, IMS Mc (TS 29.232)
Security IPSEC, SIP/TLS, HTTPS, SRTP1 and AES1

Separation of OAM, Control and Media trafc is possible by using either
different IP interfaces (available only on T1/E1 conguration) or VLANs

SIP IP - IP SIP - SIP Normalization, Network Topology Hiding, Transcoding and
Mediation³ Conversion, Signaling Translation, Multiple Service Provider Connectivity and
Load Balancing, Redundancy between Servers/Softswitch, Survivability (SAS)

Maintenance

Management Element Management System, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, CLI, WEB3

Maintainability All shelf modules are hot swappable, including boards, power supplies, fans,
and power entry modules

Redundancy Power supply, fans: N+1 load shared
Scheme Media gateway blades (including PSTN interfaces): 1+1
Optical interfaces (PSTN): 1+1, APS protected

Hardware Specications

Interfaces PSTN: 1 OC-3 or STM-1 APS optical links, 1 to 3 T3 (DS3) electrical links, up to

63/84 E1/T1 links

IP: Dual Redundant 100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports and additional two Dual
Redundant 100 Base-T Ethernet ports for OEM and Control (Available on the

E1/T1 conguration only)

Clock Synchronization: BITS/SETS (GR-1244 Stratum-3 and G.813 compliant),
line synchronization (via STM-1/OC-3 link or DS1 trunk)

Enclosure 4-slot, 2U cPCI chassis
Dimensions (HxWxD) 88 mm x 482.6 mm x 296.8 mm
Weight Approx. 35.27 lb (16 kg), fully loaded
Mounting Per EIA Standard RS-310-C in 19-inch rack specication
Power 48 V DC Dual Feed, with up to 2 DC Power modules, 100–240 V AC redundant
Dual Feed
Cooling Replaceable fan tray & lter

Regulatory Compliance

Telecommunication FCC part 68, TBR4 and TBR13

Standards

Safety and EMC • UL60950
Standards • FCC part 15 Class A

• CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, EN60950, EN55024, EN300 386)
Environmental NEBS Level 3: GR-63-Core, GR-1089-Core, Type 1 & 3, ETS300 019

1

1

2

About AudioCodes

AudioCodes Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AUDC) designs,

develops and sells advanced Voice over IP (VoIP)
and converged VoIP and Data networking products
and applications to Service Providers and
Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology
leader focused on VoIP communications,
applications and networking elements, and its
products are deployed globally in Broadband,
Mobile, Cable, and Enterprise networks. The
company provides a range of innovative,

cost-effective products including Media Gateways,
Multi-Service Business Gateways, Residential
Gateways, IP Phones, Media Servers, Session
Border Controllers (SBC), Security Gateways

and Value Added Applications. AudioCodes
underlying technology, VoIPerfectHD™, relies
primarily on AudioCodes leadership in DSP,
voice coding and voice processing technologies.

AudioCodes High Denition (HD) VoIP technologies

and products provide enhanced intelligibility, and
a better end user communication experience in
emerging Voice networks.

International Headquarters

1 Hayarden Street,
Airport City
Lod 70151, Israel

Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

AudioCodes Inc.

27 World’s Fair Drive,
Somerset, NJ 08873
Tel:[phone]
Fax:[phone]

Contact us: www.audiocodes.com/info
Website: www.audiocodes.com

©2009 AudioCodes Ltd. All rights reserved. AudioCodes, AC,
AudioCoded, Ardito, CTI2, CTI², CTI Squared, HD VoIP, InTouch,
IPmedia, Mediant, MediaPack, NetCoder, Netrake, Nuera, Open
Solutions Network, OSN, Stretto, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer,

VoIPerfect, VoIPerfectHD, What’s Inside Matters, Your Gateway
To VoIP and 3GX are trademarks or registered trademarks of

AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are
property of their respective owners.

Ref # LTRM-40014 11/09 V.7

1 Reduced channel capacity 2 Future Release 3 Available on non High Availability conguration