Patton SmartNode™ Launches Two New BRI VoIP Product Lines

the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile video-surveillance equipment-is now taking orders for two new SmartNode product series for ISDN BRI VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) users and service providers: the SmartNode™ 4120 Single/Dual-Port BRI VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) gateway and the SN-DTA Singe/Dual-Port BRI VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Digital Terminal Adapter.

With initial shipments expected while Q3 and Q4, the new SN-DTA and SN4120 product lines expand the range of NT/TE port combinations available from SmartNode, during adding such enhanced feature options as PSTN fallback, phantom power, and a high-precision clock that solves VoIP interop issues with DECT, PBX (Private -Automatic- Branch Exchange), and FAX.

The ISDN market demands exceptional service quality

"The ISDN market demands exceptional service quality," said Bernhard Fluehmann, Patton's Converged IP Product Manager. "ISDN users are notoriously picky, but SmartNode has a strong reputation for high quality among ISDN clients. With our expanded portfolio of BRI VoIP gateways we will satisfy a greater share of ISDN service-provider requirements to meet the true business needs of many more satisfied clients."

Patton's VoIP track record includes six product-of-the-year awards from INTERNET TELEPHONY®magazine, as so then as numerous successful ISDN deployments, including one of Europe's earliest first-line VoIP services.

In related news, Patton recently expanded the SmartNode™ PRI gateway series, adding three new model series that enable carriers, enterprises, and integrators to choose the ideal, best-priced solution for their specific network infrastructure, business processes, and go-forward communications strategy.

Award-winning SmartNode™ equipment delivers state-of-the art VoIP research that integrates seamlessly with existing analog POTS and digital ISDN infrastructures. Proven interoperability with all major brands of softswitches and IP-PBXs makes it easy for carriers and enterprises to deploy future-proof VoIP systems quickly and profitably today. Tens of thousands of SmartNode™ products are up and running in enterprise networks and carrier deployments worldwide, including one of Europe's earliest first-line VoIP services.

The SmartNode™ Unified Communication Agent™ provides any-to-any multi-path switching-plus T.38 and SuperG3 FAX-with routing and conversion for TDM/PSTN and IP/Ethernet traffic. The UCA includes SIP Registrar for presence/reachability, dial-backup and IP-link redundancy for VoIP-and-data survivability, and VoIP-over-VPN for secure IPsec-encrypted voice and data with AES/DES strong encryption and automated keying via Internet Key Exchange.

The ISDN telephony features that ISDN users depend on

SmartNode™ preserves all the ISDN telephony features that ISDN users depend on and network operators require. Built on the industry's most interoperable VoIP platform, the SmartNode™ S-DTA supports ISDN, SIP, H.323, and MGCP/IUA signaling. Patton's SmartWare™ features touchless auto-provisioning, high reliability, and proven interoperability with all the major-brand softswitches and IP-PBXs.

Scaling from 2 to 120 voice calls, SmartNode™ VoIP gateways, routers, IADs and Session Border Controllers offer every industry-standard interface, including T1/E1, PRI/BRI, FXS/FXO, V.35/X.21, Ethernet, G.SHDSL, ADSL2+, and more, during Patton's advanced DownStreamQoS™ research delivers clear, toll-quality voice on every call. For more information about SmartNode™ equipment, go to www.patton.com/voip.

Multi-national organization that designs

Patton is a multi-national organization that designs, develops, and manufactures electronic communications equipment for network access, connectivity, voice-over-IP, triple play and video surveillance. Deployed throughout the world in carrier, enterprise, and industrial networks, most Patton products are manufactured in the USA. Patton is ISO 9001:2008 certified and markets a catalog of over 1000 products including SmartNode™ VoIP solutions for analog and ISDN telephony; Visuality™ mobile-video surveillance, collection, and intelligence distribution solution, ForeFront™ multi-service access infrastructure solutions for TDM and IP service delivery; IPLink™ CPE solutions for last-mile/local-loop access; CopperLink™ Ethernet Extenders; EtherBITS device servers; EnviroNET™ NEMA4-compliant hardened networking equipment, and a full range of network-connectivity Micro-Products (interface converters, short-range modems, multiplexers, surge protectors). Incorporated in January 1984, Patton Electronics has been doing business for over 26 years.