Alcatel-Lucent omniacces-voip gateway User Manual

 

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Gateways are considered H.323 terminals or H.323 endpoints in H.323 IP networks. Termi-
nals are also the endpoints where telephone lines connect to network circuits. Terminals 
provide real time, two-way communications for local area network (LAN) endpoint destina-
tions. All terminals as such must support voice communications and H.245 in-band call 
controls to use and negotiate channels. See also abbreviated 

 

 

The H.323 Gatekeeper (server or workstation) is the device that verifies client VoIP privileges 
and translates telephone numbers into IP addresses. It should be noted that H.323 gatekeep-
ers are not required to use Alcatel’s H.323 VoIP Gateway. In lieu of an H.323 VoIP gate-
keeper, Alcatel’s H.323 VoIP gateway uses its patent-pending Alcatel VoIP Network Dialing 
Scheme (AVNDS) to perform IP address translations.

 

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Gatekeeper setup, installation and configuration 
procedures are beyond the scope of this manual.

Alcatel recommends and has tested extensively use 
of Alcatel’s H.323 VoIP gateway with the NT100 
RADVision Gatekeeper.

Gatekeeper devices identify, track and control traffic flowing through them, and perform 
other functions such as gateway registration, admission and bandwidth controls.