Examining Host Media Processing (HMP)

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Examining Host Media Processing (HMP)

• Faye McClenahan
• Head of Strategic Marketing, Aculab

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Agenda

• What is host media processing (HMP)?
• Why deploy HMP?
• What applications can be based on HMP?
• What to look for in an HMP product
• HMP in a mixed TDM/IP environment
• Considerations
• Gateway
• TDM card
• Summary

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What is HMP?

• Host media processing performs all the tasks
  traditionally performed on a DSP

Fax
IVR
Conferencing
VAD
DTMF
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Background
Processor power
1964
2006
2014
Time
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What is HMP?

• HMP is now viable
• Faster roll out of features
• Riding the consumer wave rather than the
  specialist wave

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Why HMP?

• Key advantage its software-based
• Flexibility of deployment
• Channel counts
• No stock holding
• Reduce costs
• Application opportunities

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What applications can be based on HMP?

• All traditional applications
• Voicemail, IVR, conferencing, broadcast, contact
  centre, etc.
• New IP-centric applications
• Free from TDM and hardware constraints

Online gaming
Social networking platforms
Soft IP PBXs
Media servers
Softphones
End user content creation
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What to look for in an HMP product

• High channel counts per standard processor
• Protocol support SIP, H.323
• Wide portfolio of codec support iLBC, G.711,
  G.729AB, G.726, G.728, GSM-FR, etc
• Comprehensive set of media processing resources
• Compliance with IETF standards
• Security Secure RTP, TLS, SIPS, NAT traversal
• Choice of operating system
• Price per channel
• Not restricted to a particular make of processor

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Agenda

• What is host media processing (HMP)?
• Why deploy HMP?
• What applications can be based on HMP?
• What to look for in an HMP product
• HMP in a mixed TDM/IP environment
• Considerations
• Gateway
• TDM card
• Summary

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HMP in a mixed TDM/IP environment

• Best suited to pure IP environments
• Adoption of VoIP accelerating fast
• Proliferation of VoIP
• Skype
• Wireless internet

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HMP in a mixed TDM/IP environment

• How should your HMP-based solution connect to the
  TDM network?
• Add a TDM telephony card
• Gateway
• Key considerations
• What are the implications for my solution?
• Will it allow me to take full advantage of the
  benefits of HMP?
• What flexibility will it afford me?

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TDM card
PBX
TDM
Application server
Application
Gateway application
TDM card
HMP
PCI
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TDM card
PBX
TDM
Application server
Application
Gateway application
Prosody X
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Gateway
TDM
Application server
PBX
Application
IP
Prosody S HMP
Prosody S
HMP
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IP enabling existing applications
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Summary

• HMP is viable software only based solutions
  bring many benefits
• Flexibility
• Cost efficiencies
• Price per channel
• It is best for pure IP environments
• For todays mixed TDM/IP market
• Use a gateway and leverage the advantages a
  HMP-based solution can bring
• Integrate into existing card-based solutions

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Thank you

• Faye.mcclenahan_at_aculab.com
• Booth 506