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• E1 and T1 CAS, including "Ear and Mouth" (E&M), Foreign Exchange Station/Loop
Start (FXS/LS), Foreign Exchange Station/Ground Start (FXS/GS), R2, R2 Multi
Frequency Compelled (R2MFC)
• E1 ISDN including EuroISDN, Q-Interface Signaling (QSIG)
• T1 ISDN including 5E8, 5E9, TR41449, National, Digital Multiplex System (DMS)
National 2, DMS100, DMS250, and INS 1500
• E1 and T1 SS7
SS7 support
The E1 SS7 solution used by WebSphere VR 3.1 was withdrawn by NewNet. It is not
supported on WebSphere VR V6.1. The D7 software stack, from NewNet, works on
the same hardware but uses a new software stack and supports both ANSI (T1) and
ITU (E1) versions of SS7. PRPQ 7J0465 is required for SS7 support in WebSphere VR
V6.1. In addition, with WebSphere VR V6.1, the only supported SS7 link controller
hardware adapter is the HAX50PCGEH quad E1/T1 card.
Notes:
• PRPQ 7J0465 replaces PRPQ 7J0426 for SS7 E1 (worldwide, except for U.S. and
Japan). WebSphere VR 6.1 supports the same SS7 E1 switches and networks as
WebSphere VR V4.2.3 and WebSphere VR V3.1.
• The SS7 Call Manager (5724-F79) is no longer required when using the SS7 PRPQ
7J0465.
SS7 features
• Reuse of E1 hardware adapters from previous solutions (that is, the HAX50PCGEH
quad E1/T1 card).
• Scalability to 2304 (T1) or 2880 (E1) channels.
• Support for previous SS7 function with ITU-ISUP Generic as the main switch
connection.
• Support for T1 ANSI (generic and MCI variant) networks.
• Support for E1 ITU 1997, ITU White Book (1992, 1993), CCITT Blue Book (1988).
• Standard T1 or E1 link for signaling; no support for the older serial V35, which
has insufficient bandwidth for 2,000 channels. Newer VoIP transports are not
supported.
• The D7 product has a different redundancy strategy from the previous version.
Two links, NewNet cards and D7 software stacks, are both active (load-sharing) at
all times; if one is lost, the other is ready with no loss of calls.
For details, refer to the publication WebSphere Voice Response for AIX V6.1 General
Information and Planning
http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cg ibin/pbi.cgi
CCXML V1.0 support
• Use of CCXML is optional. Existing applications not using CCXML do not need to
change.
• CCXML applications migrated from WebSphere VR V4.2 may require modifications
due to CCXML spec changes: see the WebSphere VR documentation.
• CCXML enables XML-based call control for enterprise and service-provider
applications and enables all applications to be stored on the central Web or
application server for reliability and redundancy.
• CCXML enables the routing of incoming calls to specific applications based on ANI
or DNIS, thus simplifying the configuration on the base Voice Response platform.
• CCXML can be used with VoiceXML V2.0 or VoiceXML V2.1 and Java applications
with basic inbound and outbound calls handled by CCXML.
• CCXML Browser parses all the tags according to the level of World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) standards it supports -- at the 2007 specification level.