323 VoIP
Networks
APAN Korea August 2003
ViDe.Net sponsored international root H.323 Gatekeepers
Contents
PABX
H323
Voice
GATEWAY
A A R N et
In te r n e t w ith
Q o S b a n d w id th
H323 Voice
GATEWAY
PSTN
Carrier
GATEKEEPER
Translate telephone numbers to IP
addresses
H.323 Terminal
Other
advanced IP
networks
Routing in H.323
Is done by Gatekeepers.
Gatekeepers turn Telephone numbers (eg 61
2 6222 3555) and H.323 aliases
(noc@aarnet.edu.au) into IP Addresses
(similar to the DNS service).
Gatekeepers can be configured in a
hierarchy, just like DNS servers.
Gatekeepers/H.323 does not easily handle
different dialplans, so best settle on one
dialplan, internationally!
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PSTN
International
44 2 6222 3555
0 0011
44
2 6222
3555
0 0023744
6222
3555
2222
IP Phones
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IP Call
Server
Who is ViDe.net
www.video.net, ViDeNet comes from the Latin word vide,
meaning "to see, and ViDeNet is a virtual network that helps
individuals from around the planet to see and hear one
another.
The key is the co-operation and co-ordination of people who
run Gatekeepers.
The key is the acceptance of a global Dialing Scheme
(dialplan). The ViDe.Net dialplan is based on the
International Telephone Dialplan (ITU-t E.164) with 00 in the
front. So E.164 +61 2 6222 3555 would be a ViDe.Net 00 61
2 6222 3555.
ViDe.Net have sponsored 4 international root Gatekeepers
(like the DNS roots), two in USA, one in Wales, and the other
in Australia for the Asia/Pacific time zone.
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Australian root
Gatekeeper
AARNet public
Gatekeeper
Member
Gatekeeper
Gateway
H.323 proxy
in parallel with Firewall
PABX
IP Phone
Call Server
Gatekeeper details
International roots
There are four.
Each is a redundant pair of Radvision ECS Gatekeepers in direct
mode. Asia pacific Gatekeeper is at a major AARNet POP,
Canberra Australia.
203.22.212.235
Australian Root
Cisco MCM IOS, version 12.2(1a) on a 3640
203.22.212.242.
Public GK
Cisco MCM IOS, version 12.2(1a) on a 3640
203.22.212.245
Configuration template will be available at
http://www.aarnet.edu.au/engineering
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Other networks
Generally all are moving towards full E.164 (not 00 +
E.164).
ENUM uses full E.164!
What does the Internet2s VoIP Working Group use?
A question for Walt Magnussen.
AARNet uses full E.164 dialplan in Australia and is
deploying a ip-ip gateway to do the number translation
to peer with ViDe.Net.
Thank you