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June 25, 2013

Radisys Introduces MPX-OS to Address Cloud, OTT, WebRTC


WebRTC has great promise and has already prompted a flurry of activity in the industry. But, as with any new technology, WebRTC will have to be able to work across a broad range of devices and environments before it can reach widespread adoption.

Radisys is moving the industry in that direction through the introduction of its MPX Operating Software, which was formally announced yesterday.                                                                                                     

Ray Adensamer, senior manager of product marketing at Radisys, says MPX-OS signals a recognition that a lot of services – including cloud, over-the-top and WebRTC – require real-time IP media processing in the network. So Radisys has positioned MPX-OS into all of these markets.

MPX-OS is the foundation for all Radisys media processing products and configurations, including the MPX-12000 Broadband Media Resource Function and Software MRF, adds Adensamer, who spoke with Webrtcworld this week at the WebRTC Conference & Expo in Atlanta.

The new OS supports KVM virtualization for cloud deployments; Radisys is currently providing a media adaptation for a tier1 TEM's WebRTC gateway. 

The MPX-OS also features support for the VP8 video codec, which is the codec defined in the WebRTC standards. Adensamer adds that Radisys also is taking its HD transcoding and transrating and offering that to OTT players as well for collaboration applications.

Point-to-point WebRTC calls between two processors may not need any media processing in the core, Adensamer says. But there are many situations that will need media processing, such as situations in which WebRTC-to-SIP interconnections are involved.

At this point in the WebRTC adoption curve, we’re seeing primarily point-to-point calls and contact center extensions first, he says. Making WebRTC scalable and enabling integration with service providers is probably a year or two out, but it’s coming and will require the kind of solutions Radisys delivers, Adensamer says. 


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Edited by Alisen Downey
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