Intelligent peripherals have been used in telephony networks for many years to interact with callers, playing announcements and responding to DTMF key presses.
Communication Service Providers (CSPs) in North America and elsewhere have used AIN intelligent peripherals to deploy many interactive services. The migration to next-generation network architectures is not happening as quickly as previously expected, and these service providers are left with critical services running on infrastructure that has reached the end of its life and is no longer supported.
CSPs are looking to trade-up their intelligent peripherals to flexible next-generation media platforms able to interact with currently deployed infrastructure and VoIP/IP networks to cope with the next-generation network build-out now taking place.
The OKEFORD Media Platform includes SR-3511 and GR-1129 protocols so that it can easily be controlled from a service control point (SCP) of a North American advanced intelligent network (AIN) to play customized voice applications (known as PlayApps). It does not need any external gateway to connect into the network.
Typical intelligent peripheral applications developed by operators, system integrators and OEMs include:
A highly capable media platform, the OKEFORD can use RTP/SIP to connect to next-generation networks and interface with application servers using SIP and VoiceXML acting as an IMS (IP multi-media system) MRF (media resource function). This powerful server can even run intelligent peripheral and IMS MRF services concurrently allowing CSPs to replace their current intelligent peripherals with modern equivalent media platforms that will service current and future needs within one unit.
The OKEFORD Media Platform supports a broad range of signaling protocols and has been widely deployed in the wireline, wireless, cable and VoIP networks of more than 100 countries by more than 250 operators.
Learn more about the OKEFORD Media Platform.
