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ORCA ® BTX-8 and BTX-21
Capacity
The BTX-8 supports up to 480 voice ports on 16 E1 or T1 interfaces. The BTX-21
supports up to 2,040 voice ports on 68 E1 or T1 interfaces.
Standards Compliance
The BTX-8 and BTX-21 comply with ITU H.248 and the PacketCable signaling
protocol (TGCP), codec, and security specifications. The BTX-8 and BTX-21 also
comply with the PacketCable Electronic Surveillance Specification to support the
wire tapping functionality described in the Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act (CALEA) specification.
ORCA BTX-21
The ORCA BTX-8 and BTX-21 are high-density VoIP media
gateways that provide interworking between a PacketCable TM
managed IP network and the public switched telephone network
(PSTN). The BTX-8 and BTX-21 enable cable telephony subscribers
to communicate with landline and mobile telephone subscribers
throughout the world. The BTX-8 and BTX-21 provide high levels
of scalability and reliability for cable VoIP. This scalability and
reliability enables cable network operators to efficiently build-out
and maintain their networks.
Open, Reliable Communications Architecture
The ORCA product family consists of carrier-class VoIP infrastructure
products. Service providers throughout the world use ORCA
gateways and softswitches to deliver local, long distance and
enhanced telephone services.
BTX Application
Network and Softswitch Interoperability
The PacketCable TGCP and H.248 ISUP event packages supported by the BTX-8
and BTX-21 allows SS7 networks to control subscriber calls. To support E911
calls and Operator Services, each BTX-8 and BTX-21 voice port supports MF
tone generation and detection. To support quality of service over the cable
HFC plant, the BTX-8 and BTX-21 interoperate with leading softswitches to
support the PacketCable Dynamic Quality of Service (DQoS) specification.
Operators may deploy multiple softswitches to achieve flexibility in terms of
scalability and geographic redundancy. To help achieve this flexibility, multiple
softswitches can control the resources of a single BTX-8 or BTX-21. Using the
TGCP protocol, up to eight softswitches can control the resources of a BTX-8
or BTX-21.
Voice Processing
The BTX-8 and BTX-21 support a variety of vocoders. For home office and
small business services, the BTX-8 and BTX-21 automatically detect fax and
modem signals. In addition, the BTX-8 and BTX-21 provide dynamic jitter
buffers, adaptive echo cancellation, packet loss concealment, and Diffserv
packet prioritization to support high quality voice communications under the
most demanding IP network conditions.
Security
To prevent eavesdropping, theft of service, and malicious call disconnects, the
BTX-8 and BTX-21 support the PacketCable Security specification. The BTX-8 and
BTX-21 enables a secure network deployment through the use of IPsec, HMAC
and AES to authenticate and encrypt signaling and bearer traffic.
Reliability
Many features enable the BTX-8 and BTX-21 to deliver the high systemsavailability
required in regional data center and central office applications. The
BTX-8 and BTX-21 are NEBS certified. All common logic resources are 1+1
redundant and hot swappable. Power supplies and fans are redundant and hot
swappable. In addition, BTX-8 and BTX-21 capacity can be increased and
software can be upgraded without interrupting calls while the gateway is in service.
Management
Nuera NetConductor is a secure multi-user client/server element management
system that allows operators and technicians to monitor and control the BTX-8
and BTX-21.
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ORCA ® BTX-8 and BTX-21
Specifications
Capacity BTX-8 BTX-21
DS0 480 2,040
E1s or T1s 16 68
MGCs 8 8
Standards Compliance
BTX-8 front view
TGCP
PacketCable TM compliant call control signaling; ISUP, MO
and MT event packages; DNS support
MGCP
Call control signaling; ISUP, CAS, ISDN
H.248 Call control signaling; ISUP, MO and MT event packages
Security
IPSec for TGCP signaling; HMAC and AES for bearer
(media) traffic
CALEA
Signaling and bearer (media) traffic forking
Reliability
BTX-8 rear view
Voice Ports
Independent voice processing modules
Common Logic
1+1 redundant and hot swappable
Fans
1+1 redundant and hot swappable
Power Feeds
1+1 redundant and hot swappable
NEBS Certifications Level 3
Voice Processing
Vocoder
G.711 µ-law, A-law, G.726, G.729a and G.723.1
Fax Group III, Super G3 and T.38
Modem V.32, V.34 and V.90
Echo Cancellation G.168; 0-128ms
Jitter Buffers
Dynamic
Packet Loss Concealment Automatic
BTX-21 front view
PSTN Signaling
Channel Associated
Common Channel
Packet Interface
IP
Element Management
Agent
Manager
MF signaling for E911 and Operator Services
ISDN PRI, ISUP
Dual 100 Base-T, Dual 1000 Base-SX Optical
SNMPv2c and SNMPv3
NetConductor multi-user client/server element
management system
Environment BTX-8 BTX-21
BTX-21 rear view
AC Inputs 100-250 VAC Autoranging, 100-250 VAC Autoranging,
47-63 Hz, 2-4 Amps 47-63 Hz, 6.5-13 Amps
DC Inputs -40 to -60 VDC, 9.5 Amps -40 to -60 VDC, 30 Amps
Size 10.5” (26.67 cm) H, 28” (71.1 cm) H,
17.5” (44.5 cm) W, 17.5 ” (44.5 cm) W,
14.25” (36.2 cm) D 19.5” (49.5 cm) D
Weight 61.2 lbs (27.75 kg) 162 lbs (73.5 kg)
Operating 5 to 40°C 5 to 40°C
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March 2006