PMC-Sierra Announces Secure Wired and Wireless VoIP Phone Reference Platform
January 05 2006 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
MSP2020-Based VoIP Phone Reference Platform Delivers Best-in-Class
Voice Quality, Reliability and Enhanced Security for High
Performance Home and Enterprise Applications PMC-Sierra, Inc.
(Nasdaq:PMCS) today announced the availability of a Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) Phone reference platform that enables
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-like performance with
toll-quality voice services and enhanced security. The compact
integrated design features PMC-Sierra's MIPS(R)-powered MSP2020
Secure VoIP processor and certified Voice Processing Software,
allowing Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Original
Design Manufacturers (ODMs) to meet market demands for: -- consumer
and enterprise IP phones (see Figure 1) with high quality service
and very competitive bill of materials (BOM) costs; and -- secure
Wi-Fi phones (see Figure 2) that overcome reliability and privacy
concerns associated with Internet-based telephone services. "High
quality handset solutions are key endpoints in successful
service-provider deployment of VoIP and related IP-enabled services
to their customers," said Dino Bekis, vice president of marketing
and applications for PMC-Sierra's Communication Products Division.
"Our latest reference platform for the MSP product family showcases
the flexibility and adaptability of our VoIP solutions for
value-added customer products in this fast-moving, innovative
market." PSTN-Equivalent Quality Leveraging PMC-Sierra's Voice
Processing Software technology, the MSP2020 VoIP processor brings
the same levels of voice quality proven with MSP4000 at China
Netcom Labs, China Telecommunication Technology Labs and Korea's
Telecommunications Technology Association. This latest IP phone
reference platform provides the ability to deliver reliable,
secure, high-quality VoIP services through enterprise- and
consumer-grade IP and Wi-Fi Phones. Adding IP Phones to
PMC-Sierra's family of VoIP reference designs enables ODMs and OEMs
to create a broad range of products, from IP Phones to
Voice-Enabled Wi-Fi Routers, all using a common software
architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs).
Enhanced VoIP Performance PMC-Sierra's MSP2020 device is the
foundation of a VoIP Phone Reference Platform that provides a new
level of price and performance for secure VoIP products. The
MSP2020 eliminates the need for a separate processor, voice
processing DSP, security chip and multiple Ethernet MACs. The fully
integrated design simplifies the design complexity of the phone
application and reduces the overall BOM, enabling OEMs and service
providers to quickly bring differentiated VoIP phone products to
market. Together with Acoustic Technologies' SoundClear(R)-enabled
ATH3100 Full-Duplex Voice Processor, including embedded audio
codec, acoustic echo cancellation, noise cancellation and sound
enhancement, end users experience a crystal clear and echo free
conversation whether using a handset or speakerphone.
"Communication is key to every-day business and understanding,"
said Jim Jacot, VP of sales and marketing at Acoustic Technologies.
"The Acoustic Technologies SoundClear(R) line of patented
full-duplex communication and echo cancellation solutions combined
with PMC's MSP family of products is enabling crucial advancements
in telecommunication voice quality, ensuring clearer conversation,
without delay or noise interruption." Enhanced VoIP Security
Securing telephone calls over the public Internet is a major
concern with potential VoIP subscribers, so OEMs and ODMs must be
able to offer security-enabled products to their end customers. The
MSP2020 has an integrated hardware security engine, which encrypts
call set-up messages and voice channel streams for secure
transmission over the Internet. This hardware security accelerator
performs on the fly encryption and decryption of secure voice
channels without the need for a high-speed microprocessor or DSP.
Combined with the MIPS-based voice processor, the device is a
highly optimized processor for VoIP Phone applications. Features,
Availability and Customer Support PMC-Sierra's Secure VoIP Phone
Reference Platform is available immediately. The platform provides
the hardware and Linux-based software to build products supporting
the following key features: Secure Wired VoIP Phone (see Figure 3)
-- Voice Security -- Echo Cancellation, Adaptive Jitter Control,
Packet Loss Concealment -- Advanced Telephony Features (call
forwarding, call conferencing etc) -- Speech Codec G.711, G.723,
G.729ab -- Status Display LCD -- PSTN Backup Secure Wi-Fi VoIP
Phone (see Figure 4) -- Voice Security -- Echo Cancellation,
Adaptive Jitter Control, Packet Loss Concealment -- Advanced
Telephony Features (call forwarding, call conferencing etc) --
Speech Codec G.711, G.723, G.729ab -- Status Display LCD --
Integrated 802.11 a/b/g support with WiFi protected access The
reference design package includes hardware schematics, complete
bill of materials, software board support package (BSP) and
comprehensive support documentation. For more information, contact
a PMC-Sierra sales representative at
www.pmc-sierra.com/contactSales or visit www.pmc-sierra.com/voip.
About PMC-Sierra's MSP Family PMC-Sierra's Multi-Service Processors
(MSPs) are designed to meet the performance, QoS, and security
needs of VoIP-enabled communications equipment used within the
customer premises. This family adds PSTN-quality VoIP capabilities
to Residential and SOHO broadband gateways, Analog Telephone
Adapters (ATAs) and small enterprise-class IP-based PBXs. These
devices offer field proven voice firmware, superior packet-loss
tolerance and latency, high-speed data performance, integrated
security features (DES, 3DES, SHA-1 and MD5), standard interfaces
(Ethernet, SLIC and SLAC), and common platform solutions from one
to four channels. PMC-Sierra's VoIP solutions enable voice, video
and data convergence in current and emerging home and enterprise
broadband applications. For more information visit
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/voip. About PMC-Sierra PMC-Sierra(TM) is
a leading provider of broadband communications and storage
semiconductors for enterprise, access, metro, storage, wireless
infrastructure and customer premises equipment. The company offers
worldwide technical and sales support, including a network of
offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The company is
publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol
and is included in the S&P 500 Index. For more information,
visit www.pmc-sierra.com. About Acoustic Technologies Founded in
1998, Acoustic Technologies is a privately held company
headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, with offices worldwide. Acoustic
Technologies creates high quality semiconductor and software
solutions for leading telecom manufacturers worldwide. The
SoundClear(R) brand of patented full-duplex communication and echo
cancellation solutions is enabling significant advancements in
telecommunications voice quality. SoundClear provides natural
bi-directional communication in mobile phones, business
speakerphones, VoIP telephones, hands-free car kits, Bluetooth
accessories, and other speakerphone enabled products. Our
solutions, covered by 35 patents, offer a breakthrough in
performance and price while significantly improving high-priority
telecommunications issues such as acoustic echo, network echo,
excessive noise, poor speech quality, and choppy one-way
communication in speakerphone enabled products. For more
information, visit http://www.acoustictech.com. -0- *T For figures
visit:
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product photo visit:
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or
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/images/VoIP_phone_composite.jpg
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