Protocol

H.248 / Megaco

Megaco

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H.248/Megaco media-gateway control using terminations, contexts, and descriptors for large carrier gateways. It succeeds MGCP conceptually with richer topology and package models. Binary and text encodings exist; profiles constrain packages per deployment.

Domains

telephony

Layers

Tags

megacogatewaycontexttermination

Sources

ITU-T H.248.1

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