Ribbon G9 Converged Media Gateway

Seamless Integration Across Wireless, Wireline, IP, and TDM Networks


The G9 Converged Media Gateway is a versatile and powerful solution to seamlessly integrate wireless, wireline, IP, and TDM networks. This G9 Gateway enables service providers to efficiently converge disparate networks using a single, platform. With support for trunking and access gateway, small cell, and media server solutions, the G9 is both flexible and scalable, handling up to 120,000 ports per shelf. It boasts field-hardened software with proven five 9’s (99.999%) reliability, over 70 million ports shipped, and deployments in over 25 Tier 1 service providers worldwide.

Expansive Interoperability

It’s no surprise that service providers across the globe rely on the G9 Converged Gateway. It’s compliant with multiple global standards, including ANSI, ETSI, ITU, IETF, 3GPP, 3GPP2, and TISPAN1. It supports multiple interfaces including H.248 text and binary, 3GPP Mc and IMS Mn, open Mp/MRFP, Iu/Iuh/small cell, and Mb/Nb mobile interfaces. This flexibility allows the G9 to be extensively used with the industry's leading fixed and mobile softswitches, IMS/IP cores, small cell, FMC controllers, and other call control and access equipment. When coupled with Ribbon Communication’s C3 or C20 call session controllers, the G9 provides scalable IP trunking, intra-network interconnect, IMS MGW, and other mission-critical media adaptation and signaling functions.

Voice Quality Enhancements

The G9 offers advanced voice quality enhancements for VoIP and TDM, including G.169 Automatic Level Control, Adaptive Noise Reduction, Acoustic Echo Cancellation, Voice Activity Detection, Silence Insertion/Detection, Comfort Noise Generation, Packet Loss Concealment, Adaptive Jitter Buffer, TFO/TrFO, and WB-AMR. It also supports hybrid echo cancellation compliant with ITU-T G.164, G.165, G.168, and echo tail to 128ms.

Advanced Media Processing

The G9 incorporates advanced computing, DSP/NPU, and media processing elements within an environmentally friendly, energy-efficient design. It includes distinct IP and TDM fabrics that ensure high-quality native switching and interworking for applications involving IP-to-IP, TDM-to-IP, and TDM-to-TDM connections. With its highly scalable backplane and adaptable 28-slot chassis, the G9 enables service providers to effortlessly expand TDM and IP session capabilities, along with additional functions and services.

Cost-Saving Features
The G9 eliminates the cost of deploying ancillary, single-purpose network elements by integrating echo cancellation, emergency services, lawful intercept, and media server/MRFP capabilities such as audio bridging, conferencing, announcements, and tones into a single platform. The G9 also reduces total cost of ownership by delivering an integrated, high-capacity, signaling gateway that lets operators centralize network signaling with IP backhaul. Additionally, the G9 supports IP transcoding and provides many other high-value features and functions like IPv6, IWF/Interworking Function, Tandem and Transcoder-Free Operation, and Virtual Media Gateway support.

G9 Media Gateway's Features

  • Any-to-any switching across wireless, wireline, access, core, TDM, and IP networks
  • State-of-the-art media handling and media processing capabilities
  • Deployed among many Tier 1 and other operators
  • Multiple features in a single IP gateway including Media Server, Echo Cancellation, Lawful Intercept, Security and Signaling Gateway
  • Network-proven interoperability in wireless and wireline networks
  • Highly scalable with a small footprint for significant cost, facilities, and power savings
  • Green technology reduces power consumption by 90% or more
  • Field-hardened software with over 170 million ports deployed worldwide in both wireless and wireline networks
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