Megaco – The return of the phoenix
Megaco is back for another round, like the phoenix, it re-emerges after burning to ashes. Why now? IMS, of course…Megaco, also known as H.248, is a standard used to decompose multimedia gateways. If you’re developing a large scalable gateway, with a lot of multimedia processing, then splitting the logic of the application from the “dirty” processing of the media itself is a wise thing to do. In such a case, the communication protocol between the logic and the media can be Megaco - and this is exactly what is done in IMS when developing MRFs (Media Resource Function). Now, prior to IMS, I’ve seen Megaco demand from customers fluctuating - every year or two, the demand lowers, only to rise again a year later. Now, Megaco, as the Phoenix it is, is rising again from its ashes for IMS - and it’s doing it gloriously. There are a lot of companies out there developing products for the IMS infrastructure - those developing gateways or other media servers are in need for Megaco. If you are looking for Megaco stack, then search no more.
By | February 14th, 2008 |
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