Introduction
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SmartNode 5541 & 4141 Series User Manual
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• Applications overview
Introduction
Patton’s SmartNode eSBCs and VoIP Gateways deliver the features you need for advanced multi-service voice
and data network applications. They combine high quality voice-over-IP with powerful quality of service rout-
ing, assessment and monitoring functions to build professional, secure and reliable VoIP and data networks.
This chapter describes typical applications for which this SmartNode is uniquely suited.
Note
Detailed configuration information for SmartNode applications can be
found online at:
www.patton.com/session-border-controller/
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www.patton.com/voip-gateway/
Application for SmartNode 5541 eSBC
The SmartNode 5541 eSBC, equipped with 2 Ethernet ports, acts as an Enterprise Session Border Control-
ler securing the LAN from the WAN and it connects up to 8 Analog devices integrating them in to an All-IP
environment (see
).
The major functions of the SN5541 eSBC are:
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Network topology hiding
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Fraud prevention
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Service demarcation
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Network quality assessment and monitoring (optional PacketSmart
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)
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QoS (quality of service with downstream and upstream QoS)
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Number normalization and mapping
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Fallback and survivability call routing
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Fax, modem, PoS integration and VoIP conversion
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Solves interoperability issues between softswitches and IP PBXs
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4G–LTE USB cellular modem WAN uplink
Figure 6. SN5541 application
1. Licensed feature at additional charge
