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IRIS NGX

Next Generation IP based
   Switching Platform
IRIS NGX
• IP based Next Generation switching
  platform
• Supports both soft switching and
  hardware based switching
• Ideal solution for Hybrid networks
• Supports various interfaces
• Supports a variety of protocols
IRIS NGX - Advantages
• Seamless integration with IP networks
• Flexible architecture
• Efficient and smooth expansion of network
  capacity
• Distributed architecture provides more
  reliability and stability
• Support of next generation IP features
Components of an IRIS NGX
              System
• IRIS NGX Software
• Communication Server
    – Appliance Server (or )
    – IRIS system with new I-Serve CPU
•   Peripheral / Remote shelves of IRIS
•   Media Gateways
•   IP Phones
•   Ethernet Switches
IRIS NGX Software

                       I-SERVE of
                        IRIS_NGX




IRIS_NGX
 Software
                            Coral Server
Communication Server
• IRIS_NGX software runs in this server
• Controls and manages the entire system
  and network
• Hosts all types of protocol stacks
• Open system software based on Linux
• Can be deployed in 1+1 protection
  architecture
• Communicates with remote shelves and
  media gateways over IP links
Distributed IP based Architecture
• Multiple sites can be handled by one
  Communication server
• Call control handled by communication
  server & Media handling done by remote
  gateways or Remote IRIS switches
• Remote sites are controlled over an IP
  network
• All inter-site voice communications use
  VoIP
IRIS NGX – Network Architecture

                                 IRIS Remote Shelf


                  IP
 Coral Server                            IP
   (Active)

                          IP
                       Network
                                                     IRIS Remote Shelf
                 IP                           IP


  Coral Server              IP
   (Standby)




                         Media Gateway
PSTN

IRIS NGX – Distributed Architecture                                                                                            Network



                                                                                                                             Branch Office
                                                                                                                          IRIS Switch

  Residential Subscriber


                                                                                        Router with Firewall

             IP Phone

                                     Corporate Office
                                                                                       IP                                    Tele-Commuter
Corporate Subscribers
                                                                                    Network


                    IP Line                             Router with Firewall
                                                                                                                               Soft-Phone



                Digital Line      IRIS_NGX                                                                                     PSTN
                                                                                                                              Network

        POTS Line
                                                                                                                            Branch Office
                                                                   WiFi Zone
                                   Trunk Lines                                                                 Media GW
                              E1 / PRI / BRI / PSTN
                                                                          WiFi Modem


          PSTN                                                                 WiFi Handset
                                                        Laptop with WiFi
         Network
Media Gateway

               IP
            Network




                                                        Analog_Phones




                                       Digital Trunks
                      Analog Trunks     (ISDN / E1)
IP_Phones             (FXO / E&M)
                                       PSTN
                                      Network
IRIS Remote Shelf

               IP
            Network


                                                             Analog Phones




IP Phones
                                      Digital Trunks
                                       (ISDN / E1)

                                                        PSTN
                      Analog Trunks                    Network
                      (FXO / E&M)
IRIS NGX – Protection Mechanism
                                 IRIS Remote Shelf




                  IP
 Coral Server                            IP
   (Active)

                          IP
                       Network
                                                     IRIS Remote Shelf
                                              IP
                 IP
  Coral Server              IP
   (Standby)




                         Media Gateway
Protection Mechanism of
          Communication Server
                            Database Updation,
                              Health polling


                     IP
                  Network




Coral Server                              Coral Server
  (Active)                                 (Standby)
IRIS NGX – Network Security
                • Secure access via SSH, SSL
                • Password security and protection
                    • Rules, encryption, lifetime
                    etc
                • Controlled access to database
                    • Physical device access, user
                    control access, intrusion
                    management
                • VLAN based access
                • Logging of events
                • External Firewall
IP Phone connectivity in IRIS NGX
IRIS Main
  Shelf
                       IP                                        PSTN
                    Network                                     Network



                                                        IRIS Remote Shelf


                               Ethernet Switch
                                                  To MCC card




                               1                 To VoIP card

  SIP Proxy &
Redirect services

                              IP Phones                          Analog
                                                                 Phones
IRIS NGX – Protocol Handling
                                                                         V5.2
                                                IRIS                    Network
       Coral Server                          Remote Shelf
         (Active)


                                   IP
                                                  IP                                   ISDN
                                                                  IP                  Network
      Coral Server
       (Standby)                 IP                                       IRIS
                                                  IP                   Remote Shelf
                                               Network
 Protocol Stacks                                                  IP
  V5.2       ISDN
                                                       IP                  IRIS
                                                                        Remote Shelf
SS7      H323        SIP         IP
                                                                                        SS7
      Qsig      H248                                                                  Network

                                                   Media Gateway
                              IP Phone            (H.323 signaling)
                           (SIP signaling)
Protocol Handling in IRIS_NGX
   (Incoming call from E1/PRI line)
             3
                          IP
                       Network

                                                           Analog Phones
             2                   3

                         2




                                                 5
IRIS_NGX         Remote Shelf
Main Shelf
                                             4



                                       1              PSTN
                                                     Network

                                     ISDN / E1
IRIS NGX – Management
                     NMS
                                                        IRIS Remote Shelf
       WebGUI                      SSH




                            IP                   IP
Coral Server
  (Active)
                IP            IP
                           Network                IP
                                                       IRIS Remote Shelf

                                    IP
                IP
Coral Server
 (Standby)


                                 Media Gateway
Unified Messaging in IRIS NGX
Call Flow
Analog to Analog in same RSU
Analog to Analog between two RSU
IP Subscriber to Analog Subscriber
IP to IP subscriber call
Analog Subscriber to Analog Trunk
        from same RSU
Analog Subscribers to PRI call from
          another RSU
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