Megaco/H.248 is a protocol for control of elements in a physically decomposed multimedia gateway, enabling separation of call control from media conversion. A Media Gateway Controller (MGC) controls one or more Media Gateways (MG).
This version of the stack supports both version 1 and version 2 as defined by:
The semantics of the protocol has jointly been defined by two standardization bodies:
This manual describes the Megaco appliacation, as a component of the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform development environment. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang Development Environment, which is described in a separate User's Guide.
The following prerequisites is required for understanding the material in the Megaco User's Guide:
The application requires Erlang/OTP release R7B or later.
In addition to this introductory chapter, the Megaco User's Guide contains the following chapters:
Refer to the following documentation for more information about Megaco/H.248 and about the Erlang/OTP development system: