Unicoi Systems Reference Design Solutions for Residential, SOHO and Enterprise Products

Unicoi Systems offers a compelling array of scalable voice solutions based on Blackfin® Processors by Analog Devices and Unicoi Systems Fusion™ software for residential/SOHO and enterprise phone and gateway applications. This full range of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions, including Unicoi Systems IP Phone, Terminal Adapter, Voice Gateway and Enterprise Channel Bank, offers an unmatched user experience with PSTN-quality service and exciting IP features.

Unicoi’s powerful VoIP software enables product developers to build intelligent devices using state-of-the-art, market-proven technology. With Unicoi’s VoIP platform and integrated voice engine, developers can meet rapidly changing customer requirements quickly and easily, offer the latest features and functionality, and eliminate the cost of integrating multi-vendor solutions.

Unicoi’s unmatched suite of fully-integrated voice software provides an efficient framework for real-time voice processing that has been pre-integrated and rigorously tested. Unicoi Systems’ voice engine software, a comprehensive VoIP solution created for IP phones, terminal adapters and gateways, is designed to produce the best quality sound possible in Internet telephony. The solution integrates features such as Unicoi’s family of voice codecs, acoustic and line echo cancellation software, a dynamic jitter buffer, and a packet loss compensation module.

Unicoi Systems’ VoIP Solutions

Unicoi’s VoIP platform with voice engine is offered in a variety of flexible packages to allow customization of a full range of VoIP products. The VoIP offerings can be sold as a fully-integrated “black box” solution that is ready for production. Alternatively, Unicoi Systems’ modular software can be made available in customizable components to which developers can easily add unique features and functionality.

Key Features of Unicoi Systems’ VoIP Solutions

• Utilizes high performance processors
  
• Highly optimized software minimizes CPU use, saving critical processing power for additional ports or differentiating features while reducing the risk of hardware obsolescence
  
• Single processor, single core solution dramatically reduces Bill of Materials cost
  
• Leverages proven Unicoi Systems’ technologies
  
• Software modules have been pre-tested to work together
  
• Complete set of fully-integrated software available from a single source
  
• “Plug ‘n play” compatibility eases software integration and reduces time to market
  
• Highly scalable platform
  
• Single point of contact for software support
  
• Market-proven Fusion software for VoIP solutions
  
• Enhanced QoS
  
• Interoperability
  
• Remote monitoring
  
• Offers the most flexible product development platform
  
• VoIP offerings sold as fully-integrated “black box” solution ,or in customizable components where developer can easily add unique features and functionality
  
• Software delivered in either source code or object code
  
• Comprehensive set of supported RFCs
  
• Continuous software improvement process ensures support for latest standards
  
• Interoperability-tested against top VoIP service providers, SIP proxy servers, leading soft phones and Columbia University SIP test messages
  
• Expandable solution supporting next-generation VoIP applications
  
• Pre-integrated RTOS and comprehensive suite networking protocols, including SIP, enabling rapid implementation of a customer’s unique features and services
  
• World-class technical support
  
• Industry-leading, production quality enhanced security framework

Voice Software

Unicoi Systems’ Fusion voice software is a fully-integrated suite of codecs, algorithms, and critical voice services and features that combine to produce an unmatched end user experience.

• G.711/A
  
• G.723.1
  
• G.726
  
• G.729A/B
  
• iLBC
  
• Speex
  
• G.168 Line Echo Cancellation (LEC)
  
• Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) for full duplex speakerphone
  
• Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
  
• Comfort Noise Generation (CNG)
  
• Dynamic jitter buffer
  
• Packet Loss Compensation Module
  
• Silence Detection
  
• Call Progress Tone Generator
  
• Tone Detector
  
• Tone Generator
  
• Comfort noise level control
  
• SIP-based call processing
  
• SIP instant messaging and presence
  
• RTP packet encapsulation for voice
  
• RTSP for streaming video/audio applications
  
• Embedded web browser
  
• DTMF Relay
  
• DTMF detection during voice mode
  
• DTMF generation/detection
  
• Out-of-band DTMF tones
  
• Configurable call progress detection parameters
  
• T.30 Fax Transmission
  
• T.38 Fax Relay
  
• Fax Pass-Through (PCM)
  
• Modem tone detection and pass-through
  
• In-band signaling
  
• Dial tone
  
• Busy signal
  
• Ring back
  
• Caller ID
  
• 3-way calling and call waiting
  
• Message waiting indicator
  
• Call transfer
  
• Call hold
  
• Support for variable digit-length dialing for international and long distance calling
  
• Quality of Service (both local packet and voice packet prioritization)
  
• VPN
  
• IKE and manual key management
  
• Tunnel and Transport Mode
  
• Encapsulation
  
• SNMP support
  
• FTP/TFTP firmware upgrade and configuration backup and restore
  
• Web-based configuration
  
• Built-in diagnostic tool
  
• PSTN Relay when device powers down
  
• PSTN Relay when VoIP service is not available
  
• Support for short-cut dialing to other pre-configured VoIP users
  
• Dynamic DNS
  
• DHCP server/relay/client
  

VoIP Solutions with Blackfin Processors

The VoIP solutions provide a scalable and cost competitive single processor solution utilize high performance Blackfin Processors such as the ADSP-BF536, which includes integrated L1 memory and peripherals interfaces such as 10/100 Ethernet MAC, SPORT modules for direct codec connectivity, and an External Memory Interface. The ADSP-BF536 can handle multiple channels of echo cancellers such as G.168 and speech vocoders such as G.711, G.723, and G.729AB.