Protocol

MGCP

Media Gateway Control Protocol

Lab ready Full lab

Media Gateway Control Protocol in which Call Agents issue CRCX/MDCX/DLCX and signal requests to subordinate media gateways. SDP in the text messages describes RTP endpoints. Softswitches used it widely before SIP trunks absorbed many edge functions.

Domains

Tags

gatewaycall-agentephemeralsoftswitch

Sources

  • RFC 3435 (MGCP)

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