Iris ngx next generation ip based switching platform

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

IRIS_NGX Software

I-SERVE of IRIS_NGX

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

IP Network

Coral Server (Active)

Coral Server (Standby)

Media Gateway

IRIS Remote Shelf

IRIS Remote Shelf

IPIP

IP

IP

IP

PSTN Network

IP Network

WiFi Zone

Laptop with WiFiWiFi Handset

WiFi Modem

POTS Line

Digital Line

Corporate Subscribers

Corporate Office

Trunk LinesE1 / PRI / BRI / PSTN

Router with Firewall

Branch Office

Router with Firewall

IRIS_NGX

IP Phone

Residential Subscriber

IRIS Switch

Tele-Commuter

Soft-Phone

IRIS NGX – Distributed Architecture

IP Line

PSTN Network

Branch Office

Media GW

PSTN Network

Media Gateway

PSTNNetwork

Digital Trunks(ISDN / E1)Analog Trunks

(FXO / E&M)IP_Phones

Analog_Phones

IPNetwork

IRIS Remote Shelf

PSTNNetwork

Digital Trunks(ISDN / E1)

Analog Trunks(FXO / E&M)

IP Phones

Analog Phones

IPNetwork

IRIS NGX – Protection Mechanism

IP Network

Coral Server (Active)

Coral Server (Standby)

Media Gateway

IRIS Remote Shelf

IRIS Remote Shelf

IPIP

IPIP

IP

Protection Mechanism of Communication Server

IPNetwork

Database Updation, Health polling

Coral Server(Active)

Coral Server(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

IP Phones

IPNetwork

IRIS MainShelf

Ethernet SwitchTo MCC card

To VoIP card

SIP Proxy & Redirect services

PSTNNetwork

AnalogPhones

IRIS Remote Shelf

1

IRIS NGX – Protocol Handling

IP Network

Coral Server (Active)

Coral Server (Standby)

Media Gateway(H.323 signaling)

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

V5.2Network

ISDNNetwork

SS7Network

IP

IP Phone(SIP signaling)

Protocol Stacks

V5.2 ISDN

SS7 H323 SIP

H248Qsig

IRIS Remote Shelf

IRIS Remote Shelf

IRIS Remote Shelf

Protocol Handling in IRIS_NGX(Incoming call from E1/PRI line)

PSTNNetwork

ISDN / E1

Analog Phones

IPNetwork

Remote ShelfIRIS_NGXMain Shelf

1

2

2

3

3

4

5

IRIS NGX – Management

IP Network

Coral Server (Active)

Coral Server (Standby)

Media Gateway

IRIS Remote Shelf

IRIS Remote Shelf

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

SSHWebGUI

NMS

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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