NetBorder Express SIP to TDM

Product Overview

NetBorder Express software, together with Sangoma's computer telephony boards, is a complete SIP-compliant VoIP Media Gateway solution, delivering the most flexible and cost effective solution by removing the need for external gateways. 

Compatible with Analog FXO and FXS, MFC/R2, ISDN BRI and PRI telephony interfaces, NetBorder Express can scale from 2 to 480 simultaneous calls, providing excellent value and flexibility for deployments in any geography.

NetBorder Express communicates with applications such as IP-PBXs, speech enabled IVRs, conferencing servers, contact center or trunking gateways directly with the ubiquitous SIP control protocol to reduce deployment time, complexity and cost for next generation network application deployments.

NetBorder Express software is licensed via a simple online process. You can download a free SOHO version, which is full-featured for up to 12 ports. If you need more than 12 ports, a commercial license is required. SangomaTelephony hardware must be purchased separately.

 

What is the basic functionality of NBE?

Outbound (PBX -> Telco) - NBE listens on port 5066 for a sip invite from the PBX, once this invite is received NBE places the call out to the telco

Inbound (Telco -> PBX) - NBE sends a sip invite to port 5060 which is the port the PBX listens on, once the pbx receives this the call gets setup with the PBX.

Now below is a diagram showing how this all works. Also the ports and IP addresses can be changed using the "Quick Setup" in the NBE manager.

 

PSTN protocol termination

• Analog FXO/FXS (with A200 or B600 hardware)
• ISDN PRI(with A100 hardware)
  • North American variants
  • EuroISDN
  • Japan variant (INS1500)
  • ISDN BRI(with A500 and B700 hardware)
  • point-to-point variant
  • point-to-multipoint variant
  • MFC/R2 (with A100 hardware)
  • Capacity from 2 to 480 channels of simultaneous calls per system

VoIP protocol termination

• TCP or UDP
• SIP Control Protocol per RFC 3261
• RTP/RTCP per RFC 3550/3551

Security

• TLS per RFC 5246
• SRTP per RFC 3711
• HTTP Digest authentication

Media Processing

• G.168-2002 Echo Cancellation with hardware option
• DTMF over RTP per RFC 2833. International and custom tone detection and generation
• Voice Activity Detection and Comfort Noise Generation (VAD/CNG)
• T.38 Fax relay

Software License

• Default SOHO license available for download for up to 12 ports
• Commercial softwarelicenses required above 12 ports
  • 25 digits license ID provided upon purchase
  • License ID and Server MAC address required for Web registration and download of software
  • License file host locked

Application Compatibility

• Microsoft Lync
• 3CX
• SnomOne
• Voxeo
• Genesys SIP Server
• Any other standard SIP application
• NetBorder Express can be installed on the same server or on a dedicated server

Compatible Sangoma Hardware

• Analog FXO and FXS
  • A200D, A200DE
  • B600D, B600DE
• ISDN BRI
  • A500D, A500DE
  • B700D, B700DE
• MFC/R2
  • A101D, A101DE, A102D, A102DE, A104D, A104DE, A108D, A108DE
• ISDN PRI
  • A101D, A101DE, A102D, A102DE, A104D, A104DE, A108D, A108DE
• Notes:
  • Hardware must be purchased separately
  • Hardware echo cancellation option is mandatory for NetBorder Express
  • NetBorder Express software installs compatible board drivers automatically. There is no need to obtain board drivers separately
  • Each specific NetBorder Express software version is tested against a specific version of the firmware that comes loaded on Sangoma hardware. It may be required to upgrade the firmware of the boards at installation time. At installation time, NetBorder notifies the administrator and provides instructions to perform this step
  • Consult NetBorder Express Release Notes for more details