Vega 50 Europa

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The Vega 50 Europa gateway connects a range of legacy telephony equipment, including PBXs, ISDN telephones, the ISDN, analogue phones & the PSTN to IP & ADSL networks. The Vega 50 Europa supports up to 10 analogue ports, or either 4, 8 or 16 basic rate ISDN channels on 2, 4 or 8 physical interfaces. ADSL is supported to seamlessly integrate with broadband connections. The following gateway configurations are available as standard:

Analogue FXS / FXO
> 4 FXS + 2 FXO
> 8 FXS + 2 FXO
> 4 FXO
> 8 FXO
[If you require more than 8FXS port connectivity see the Vega 5000 range]

BRI / ISDN2
> 2 BRI interfaces (4 channels)
> 4 BRI interfaces (8 channels)

Each BRI interface can be independently configured as network side or terminal side. The Vega 50 Europa gateway can, therefore, be connected to both a PBX & the ISDN simultaneously. This configuration provides:
> No disruption to the configuration of existing equipment
> Flexibility & choice for call routing

Lifeline PSTN Backup
All Vega variants equipped with FXS ports are also fitted with two FXO ports. When powered the Vega can route calls (999/112/911, local calls etc) to or from these two FXO ports. Under power failure conditions the two FXO ports provide a hard-wired bypass to the first two FXS ports allowing PSTN calls to be made even under this failure condition. Also in the event that the call cannot be routed via SIP to the IP-PBX/ITSP, it can be re-presented to the FXO thereby providing the customer with a back-up, resilient call routing during the outage.

Enhanced  Network Proxy (ENP) Provides IP-phone Survivability (software option)
Frequently the SoftSwitch is located remotely (eg head office/branch offices scenarios) with connectivity via the WAN.  When the WAN suffers an outage the IP-phones within the organisation are unable to register to the off-site SoftSwitch and therefore all functionality is lost. Callers trying to reach the company cannot get through.  Just as worrying though, employees cannot make external calls outside the business and worse still internal desk-to-desk calls around the organisation cannot be placed.  The business is at a standstill.  Compounding on this is the compromise of the health and safety of the employees also who often have to rely on their own personal mobile phones for the duration of the outage.  The solution is Vega's ENP.  During normal operation the IP-phones register via the Vega which in turn caches the registrations and forwards them to the SoftSwitch.  When disaster strikes in the network the Vega loses its “heartbeat” with the SoftSwitch and so it immediately becomes the vital element in the network ensuring that the IP-phones continue to operate, processing registrations and calls both internally but externally also via back-up PSTN connectivity.   Vega is able to support up to 120 IP-phones.
 
This option enables continuity of service during WAN/SIP outage and may be configured to operate in a number of ways including:

> Standalone proxy
> IP device survivability
> IP device call routing
> Emergency call routing
> SIP to SIP call routing

Vega Multi Service Business Gateways (MSBG)
Now with some great new embedded hardware options:

Integrated  Broadband Connectivity (AM) (hardware option)
ADSL2 or ADSL2+ is supported providing a downstream rate of up to 24 Mbps and an upstream rate of up to 3.5 Mbps.

Integrated Open Application Server (OAS) (hardware option)

A telecoms grade internal server enables applications such as an IP-PBX to co-exist alongside the VoIP gateway & in a single appliance.

The complete product portfolio will comprise the following:

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