H.248 Protocol
Also known as Megaco, H.248 is a protocol for controlling media gateways via a softswitch/Media Gateway Controller (MGC).
| This article applies to: | Product | Version |
| Tmedia | 3.2,3.3 |
TelcoBridges and H.248
TelcoBridges Tmedia devices support the H.248 protocol.
TelcoBridges Tmedia devices can be controlled using the H.248 protocol from Media Gateway Controllers (MGC), including, but not limited to, Metaswitch CFS and AMGC, Ribbon C20, Nokia MGC10 and Teles MGC. In this model, the Tmedia is a Media Gateway (MG). This solution has been deployed in numerous locations with all of these MGC models.
Call routing functions and subscribers are configured in the MGC. The Media Gateway (MG) has the TDM port configuration for legacy networks and the RTP ports configuration to handle the media. It supports tone detection, tone generation, announcements, fax, modem, and more.
The H.248 configuration can be paired with Sigtran functions (M2UA, M3UA, IUA, V5UA) to support signaling relay to the MGC.
H.248 package support
TelcoBridges Tmedia devices support the following packages:
- H.248.1
- Protocol v2
- IPSec connection support
- Support UDP (2944 or user-defined)
- H.248.1 - Basic packages
- Generic
- Base Root
- Tone generator (for extension purposes only)
- Tone detection (for extension purposes only)
- Basic DTMF generation
- DTMF detection
- Call Progress Tones Generator (Ringing, Busy, Congestion and Warning tones supported)
- Basic continuity package
- Network package
- RTP package
- TDM Circuit package (only echo-cancellation)
- H.248.2 Facsimile, text conversation and call discrimination packages
- Fax/TextPhone/Modem tones detection (fax and data only)
- Call type discrimination package (fax and data only)
- IP Fax (Event: Fax Connection Change - end of fax session, call terminating)
- H.248.4 Transport over Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
- Partial support
- H.248.7 Generic announcement package
- Generic announcement package (Fix Announcement play only)
- H.248.10 Media gateway resource congestion handling package
- Congestion handling package
- H.248.11 Media gateway overload control package
- Overload control package
- H.248.13 Quality alert ceasing package
- Quality alert ceasing package
- H.248.14 Inactivity timer package
- Inactivity timer package
- H.248.16 Enhanced digit collection packages and procedures
- Extended DTMF detection package
- Enhanced DTMF detection package
- H.248.23 Enhanced alerting packages
- Enhanced alerting package
- Analogue Display Signaling package
- H.248.25 Basic CAS packages
- Basic CAS package
- Basic CAS addressing
- H.248.27 Supplemental tones packages
- Carrier tones generation package
- Diagnostic tones generation package
- H.248.28 International CAS packages
- International CAS
- CAS blocking
- H.248.29 International CAS compelled register signaling packages
- Annex A.1 only in 'enbloc' compelled mode (International CAS Compelled package - No digitmap control: Digitmaps are preconfigured on MG)
- H.248.36 Hanging Termination Detection package
- Hanging Termination Detection package
- Q.1950 packages
- Basic call progress tones generator package
- Expanded call progress tones generator package
- Basic services tones generator package
- Metaswitch Proprietary Packages
Additional details
- Support for text mode only