GENERAL

Hardware:

• Base unit: PC platform with 64-256 MB RAM
• Hardware-Watchdog (with own CPU), 5 control buttons and 2x20 chrs LCD.
• 2-6 PCI-slots for interface adapters, 2 RS-232 ports, 2 USB ports
• CPU: Intel x86 (ranging from Celeron to Pentium4)
• Mass Memory:
  • 64-128 MB Compact Flash
  • Floppy disk 1.44 MB for software maintenance
  • optional Hard Drive 40/120 GB with IDE interface with IDE HD Console port RS232 (X28) port or TELNET-TCP/IP or SSH/TCP-IP. 2 local RS232-V24
• Control-Program Port: accessible through any available communication port (asynchronous, ISDN, Ethernet, WAN (ADSL/HDSL), FrameRelay, X25..) and several protocols (X28, Telnet, SSH, HTTP) 

Basic functions supported:

• VoIP gateway with FAX-relay
• IP router with VPN, RIP, OSPF
• Firewall
• PBX with ISDN-PRI, ISDN-BRI, FXS; Q.931,Q.SIG; H.100
• ISDN, GSM- and UMTS-Least Cost Router; SIM-remotization
• Remote Access Server with RADIUS server interface
• E-Mail Server
• Traffic Analyser
• Voice Call Management: IVR, Call Queueing, Callback, DISA (inward post-selection)
• Network management: SNMP (with standard and extended MIBs)

MAIN FEATURES

Network Services & Security features:

• QoS (TOS, COS, Diffserv)
• Fair Queueing (per TCP session; per src or dest  IP address); weighted FQ
• SNMP
• TELNET client & server
• SSH client & server
• SSL
• NAT & PAT
• IP Access Lists
• IP Source Routing
• IP static and dynamic routing (RIP2-OSPF)
• Abilis Dynamic Speed Control: if any VoIP session is active, the ADSC reduces the outgoing throughput to values which can be safely absorbed by the network; otherwise it permits full throughput
• NTP (Network Time Protocol) client and server
• DNS server resolver & relay
• DHCP server & relay
• FTP server
• PPP & PPPoE, RAS server
• HTTP server
• POP3 & SMTP Server
• XTP (X25 over IP)
• VPN-Tunneling IP SEC / IKE
• PLINKE: Abilis proprietary  protocol for Voice+Data private networks, with the exclusive Redundant Link Feature: ABILIS duplicates and sends its packets out over two links, hence significantly reducing the probability of getting lost or bad packets
• Multi Link: Channel Bundling to increase available bandwidth when using switched links

Voice Services:

• Multiprotocol Gateway and PBX (ISDN-SIP-IAX-H323), each component being able to interwork with the others.
• PABX:
  • CLI presentation
  • hold and transfer
  • pick-up
  • multicast (group) alerting
• IAX-2 (VoIP trunking together with Asterisk Soft PBXs and IAX-phones)
• SIP server and client
• H.323 Gateway and Gatekeeper
• routing based jitter compensation for a specialised management of FAX (relayed-) and VOICE calls.

Smart ISDN BACKUP:

• up to 7 calls are simultaneously supported on a single 64k channel (this makes 14 incoming/outgoing calls per ISDN-2 line, with automatic management of the second channel)
• the integrity of the main-link is accurately checked by continuously exchanging test-packets
• the backup-link is switched automatically on and off, depending on the status of the main link.

Channel Bundling:

• the bandwidth available to VPN tunnels can be increased by putting togetehre several lines and activating the Abilis MLM (Multi-Link-Manager).

Tunnel Encryption:

• using the Advanced Encryption Standard RC6 / 3DES with 256bit key

SSH Encryption:

• support of DES, 3DES, Idea, Blowfish.

INTERFACE ADAPTERS - OPTIONAL MODULES

ESB2 - Quad Synchronous Card:

• 4 ports per PCI-slot; V24,V35, X21/V11, E1 (G703) structured & unstructured, 120 ohms balanced (Remote Loopback control available)
• 4 independent HDLC controllers (a companion FPGA rights-up the bugs of the DSSC-4 controller).              
• Clock: Internal, external, symmetric; bit-rate: Up to 34 Mbit/s; Coding: NRZ, NRZI
• DCE or DTE, software selectable
• Protocols: Frame-Relay, SDLC, QLLC, LAPB, X25, trasparent HDLC, mpx vice+data, TCP/IP

LAN interfaces:

• Fast-Ethernet 10-100 Mbps with automatic negotiation of speed, TPOL and Half/Full Duplex
• Token Ring 4/16
• Protocols: IP v.4, TCP,UDP, ARP, ICMP, PPPoE, BRIDGE IEEE 802.2

BRI4 - QUAD ISDN-BRI PCI adapter for Voice + Data applications:

• 4 ports, configurable as S0-TE or T0-NT)
• Modularity: Up to 24 ports (4 ports per PCI-slot)
• D-channel Protocols: EURO isdn, DSS1, LAPD/Q.921, Q.931, X31- X25, QLLC,Point to Point and Point to Multipoint
• B-channel Protocols: IP, Frame-Relay, PPP, SDLC, QLLC, LAPB, X25, trasparent HDLC, voice-data MPX, sectional E1.
• Switching: Transparent TDM switching, 2048 channels over H.100 bus
• Clock: Internal or separately settable for each port
• Voice coding: G.711, G.726, G.727, G.728A, G.729A, G.723.1 @5.3 e 6.3 Kbit/sec, plus a proprietary enhanced coder at 6.4/7.2/8.0/8.8/9.6 Kbit/sec. Automatic interpolation of lost or corrupted frames, volume control, “Voice Activity Detection” , DTMF recognition, Silence Supression
• Echo cancelation: G168 v.2000 @40 msec (in preparation: @128msec)
• FAX relay: G.III @ 2.4, 4.8, 7.2, 9.6, 14.4 kbit/sec
• Modem relay: V.32bis @ 2.4, 4.8, 7.2, 9.6, 14.4 kbit/sec

BRI8 – OCTO ISDN-BRI PCI adapter for Voice + Data applications:

• eight freely programmable BRI ports (uses 1 PCI slot, but has the size of two cards)
• the same features apply as for the BRI4.

BRIzero - ISDN BRI adapter only for data applications:

• one port S0 – TE per adapter (up to six adapters per base unit)
• D-channel Protocols: EURO isdn, DSS1, LAPD/Q.921, Q.931, X25, QLLC,Point to Point and Point to Multipoint.
• B-channel Protocols: IP, Frame-Relay, PPP, SDLC, QLLC, LAPB, X25, trasparent HDLC, voice data MPX  

QPRI – Quad ISDN PRI/S2M with H.100:

• four G.703 ports (120 ohm) per adapter; up to six adapters per base unit.
• free configuration NT – TE of each port
• free configuration of the clock hierarchy
• D-channel Protocols: EURO isdn, DSS1, LAPD/Q.921, Q.931, X25, QLLC,Point to Point and Point to Multipoint
• B-channel Protocols: IP, Frame-Relay, PPP, SDLC, QLLC, LAPB, X25, transparent HDLC, voice-data MPX, RPVD
• Optional BRI Extension with 4 BRI ports on board.
• Switching: Transparent switching via BUS H.100 between basic-rate and primary rate cards. Switching capacity for up to 4096 PCM channels
• choice between zero, 4, 8, 16 or 24 VoIP channels on board
• Voice coding: G.711, G.726, G.727, G.728A, G.729A, G.723.1 @5.3 e 6.3 Kbit/sec, plus a proprietary enhanced coder at 6.4/7.2/8.0/8.8/9.6 Kbit/sec.  Automatic interpolation of lost or corrupted frames, volume control, “Voice Activity Detection” , DTMF recognition, Silence Supression.
• Echo canceling: G168 v.2000 @25 msec (in preparation: @128 msec)
• FAX relay: G.III @ 2.4, 4.8, 7.2, 9.6, 14.4 kbit/sec 

POTS - Analogue Telephones Adapter card:

• choice between 4, 8 or 16 FXS ports per adapter; up to five adapters per base unit
• high quality circuitry for best possible performance
• main features: CLIP (presentation of the calling number); support of the “R” key (to HOLD and TRANSFER calls); unconditional and selective pickup; managemente of groups of extensions; group alerting (multicast ringing).

ADSL MODEM:

• external modem with RJ11 POTS port (it connects to the Abilis via USB)
• annex A compatibilty; up to 8 Mbps downstream, 512 Kbps upstream. Up to 16 ADSL modems can be connected to the same Abilis base by means of an appropriate USB replicator).
• the modem does not contain any configuration parameter; all is controlled by the Abilis software.
• Protocols: RFC 1483, PPPoA (VCMUX/LLCMUX),PPPoE (VCMUX/LLCMUX)

GSM – UMTS MODEMS:

• for these Abilis add-ons, please see the appropriate product's section.
• Modularity: up to 6 GSM/UMTS modems per Abilis unit. They connect by means of a USB interface.

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE TOOLS

Call-Data-Record (CDR) Collection & Selection:

• Abilis provides an MS-Windows programs for non-dedicated servers; otherwise a Linux driver (in source code) which enables direct data-acquisition into MySQL databases.
• all calls are listed (both successful and unsuccessful, outgoing or incoming); unsuccessful calls report the reason of failure
• the complete information is filed: date and time, calling and called numbers, type of call (transparent or VoIP, voice or data or fax...), bandwith used, jitter and packet loss specific for each call, subaddresses, ...
• one host can receive the CDRs of many Abilis at the same time
• for backup purposes, multiple hosts can receive the CDRs from the same Abilis
• data are received through an encrypted TCP/IP connection  

Traffic Analyzer (TRFA):

• The TRFA is a web application available through the abilis's internal http server. It permits to store and display information about the data flow through any physical and logical port of the ABILIS.
  • diagram or table format
  • report on daily, weekly, monthly or yearly windows
  • sliding-window representation (e.g. last 24h) or fixed interval (e.g. from 7am to 7pm)
  • "top 10 users parade" of the largest bandwith consumers
  • data filtering by: IP trunk, IP address, TCP/UDP port, protocol
  • data collection aware of NAT translations

PBX-CALLS ONLINE

• this is a web application available through the abilis's internal http server.
  • it reports the state of the telephone extensions linked to the Abilis (inactive, dialling, alerting, connected, clearing)
  • it shows the calling or called number and the duration of the call
  • the reported extensions can refer to both analogue or VoIP telephones.