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April 16, 2015

Edgewater Networks Gets Patent for Determining Media Path


By Paula Bernier
Executive Editor, TMC

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Edgewater Networks (News - Alert) has been granted a patent for a method to determine media paths in SIP networks using information from endpoints and intermediate devices, the company announced this week.


U.S. Patent No. 8971193, which was issued March 3, enables a central call analyzer to match call path legs through the full path of two edge devices. That allows for the generation of reports on call quality, call type, mean opinion scores, and SIP details.

The company notes that its EdgeMarc solutions are the type of edge devices to which the patent refers, and its EdgeView monitoring and management software is the kind of call analyzer that might be involved in such a method.

Edgewater Networks sells an array of products including a family of enterprise session border controllers, and a VoIP support system. In addition to offer its products as appliances, it also provides virtualized versions of them.

And a year ago this month Edgewater Networks announced it had raised $5 million in debt financing from Eastward Capital to develop NFV and SDN solutions. And last June it brought former Polycom (News - Alert) executive Steve Pattison aboard as vice president of corporate development to drive growth for its existing lines of E-SBC products, and its NFV and SDN efforts.

Edgewater Networks has more than 10 years of experience in providing managed services platforms for the delivery of real-time communications, including IP-based voice, video and data services. More than four million Edgewater Enterprise Session Border Controller sessions are currently deployed by some of the largest service providers, including one of the two largest U.S. carriers and three of the top five U.S. cable operators. Edgewater's products address the challenges to secure and reliable enterprise unified communications, including device and protocol interoperability, security and policy management, troubleshooting and QoS. 




Edited by Maurice Nagle
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