multiSwitch – user manual
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2.1 TOPEX multiSwitch – introduction
Since a traditional voice network is a closed network with monopolized resources, it has
become a common understanding in the telecom industry that the packet network (typically, the
Internet), with the advantages such as open architecture, low costs and large scale, will replace the
PSTN.
Thus it becomes the basic frame of the next generation of convergence networks and that the
construction of the next generation of networks will be based on current packet networks. It
is
necessary for carriers to consider resource utilization and investment protection during construction of
future networks. On one hand, carriers should trace the latest technologies and on the other hand,
they should try to utilize existing technologies and resources.
Thus, carriers can provide users with large numbers of services economically and rapidly to
make the highest profits, without the need of large-scale network alteration. The solution of smooth
transition from existing networks to the next generation networks is the key to the problem. The
MultiSwitch solution based on multiSwitch technology is just a mainstream solution to smooth network
evolution.
A MultiSwitch is a very important device in a telecommunication network. It connects the calls
from a telecommunication operator to another one only through software. The old routing call through
hardware devices is now replaced by the MultiSwitches.
The MultiSwitch is a new switching solution running on a hardware platform – a computer - to
improve and even to replace the switching function of the C.O. (Central Office).
Figure 2 – Software system of TOPEX MultiSwitch control equipment
