Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced on Tuesday a Gigabit Ethernet IP phone software and silicon system that bundles security and enhanced voice quality features for small, medium and large business VoIP users.




The new IP phone System-on-a-Chip (SoC) is based on a digital signal processing (DSP) platform that will allow manufacturers to market and develop new IP phones.

At the heart of TI’s TNETV1051 system there is a 150MHz DSP and a 300MHz RISC processor, with increased processing capability to enable higher-quality voice transmission, enhanced security features and additional software applications as required by customers.

The TNETV1051 can support multiple wideband codecs on an IP phone, including four-way wideband conferencing. With wideband codecs, audio bandwidth has an expanded range for better speech quality. Users who have placed a call using wideband codec technology often liken the experience to having a face-to-face conversation with someone in the same room.

TNETV1051 also features FXS and T.38 fax relay, enabling faxes to be sent to and from IP phone connections, or from an analog phone to an IP phone. TI integrated a Static Packet Filter (SPF) in its IP phone platform to provide protection against Layer 3 and Layer 4 Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

“TI has been developing technology that powers the VoIP industry for over a decade and has an excellent understanding of the long-term benefits for businesses deploying IP-based equipment, not the least of which are cost savings,” said Fred Zimmerman, TI’s executive director, VoIP customer premises solutions, in a statement. “Our newest and most flexible IP phone platform expands on the cost-benefits of VoIP by providing a truly feature-rich product that surpasses traditional desktop phones with exceptional voice quality and unmatched security.”

The TNETV1051 also features TI's PIQUA technology, which adds new Quality of Service (QoS) elements. TI's PIQUA system monitors and improves the quality of IP-based services, such as voice, data and video. The TNETV1051 also incorporates TI's new enhanced Acoustic Echo Canceller to eliminate unwanted echo and interference.

The TNETV1051 is currently sampling with full production expected in early 2007. A software development platform is also available.

Today’s launch follows TI’s introduction of TNETV1061, a VoIP system on a chip. The chip provides VoIP and data routing features and it seems to be a good choice for residential applications and service provider deployments.

The chip integrates TI’s Telogy Software for VoIP featuring the company’s DSPs for real-time signal processing. The complete software and silicon system is held together by the TNETV1061’s dual processor architecture, good for simultaneous real-time voice processing and data traffic under heavy load conditions.

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Johanne Torres is contributing editor for TMCnet and INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. To see more articles by Johanne Torres, please visit her columnist page.


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