The Ip Nature Of Sopho 2000 Ips - NEC SOPHO 2000 IPS User Manual

General Product Description Sopho 2000IPS Release 12.2, August 2006
SOPHO 2000 IPS/ IPS DM nodes giving all users the look and feel of "one network." Up
to 255 SOPHO 2000 IPS nodes can be networked together.
Note: DPNSS is not supported

1.3.1 The IP nature of SOPHO 2000 IPS

The SOPHO 2000 IPS has more than 400 telephony features to fit most of the customer
demands, an overview of these features is given in Appendix D. For a detailed
description of each of these features, refer to the "Business, Hotel Features &
Specifications" manual.
Because of it's importance and that fact that it is quite new compared to the iS3000, Peer-
to-peer IP telephony (and VLAN) is described in the following chapters.
In addition to the anticipated saving from consolidated transport, peer-to-peer IP
telephony promises long term benefits resulting from reduced equipment requirements.
Traditional TDM trunk cards and line cards will no longer be required in pure peer-to-
peer IP telephony systems because a switch as such is no longer required. The network
itself becomes the switch. The fact that the SOPHO 2000 IPS can function in and support
a "hybrid" network with traditional digital/analogue switching, IP/TDM/IP switching and
pure peer-to-peer IP switching means that users can continue to utilize their existing
equipment while they begin to phase in Next Generation Telephony which will lay the
foundation for the networks of the future.
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