Global IP Sound Showcases Embedded Voice Processing Solutions for Soft Client Applications at VON Spring 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Spring VON 2004 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004 Flexibility of GIPS GIPS - /gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see gillion). In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel machines and one sequential processor built with Josephson devices. VoiceEngine to Enable Soft Phone, Conferencing and Collaboration, and WiFi VoIP Applications Highlighted at VoIP Conference Global IP Sound is showcasing GIPS-VoiceEngine-enabled applications with advanced features for broadband and WiFi telephony See voice over Wi-Fi. and multiparty calling in its booth (#202) at next week's Spring 2004 Voice on the Net (VON) tradeshow and expo, March 29 - 31. Demonstrations will focus on soft client applications enhanced with Global IP Sound's embedded voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. technologies for real-time communications over the Internet, including softphones, conferencing and collaboration tools, and WiFi VoIP. "Visitors to Global IP Sound's booth at Spring 2004 VON will be able to hear the difference in voice quality that is made possible by our complete solutions and modules for Internet communications," said Gary Hermansen, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Global IP Sound. "We will feature GIPS VoiceEngine-enabled products from PC-based softphones to WiFi-capable PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). softphones from many different companies, including Gatelinx, Hotsip, Nortel, Skype, and others. We have seen a growing interest in the market among carriers and providers for soft client applications. By highlighting the breadth of solutions that use GIPS technology now available, we can show developers multiple approaches to solutions that meet market requirements for usability, time-to-market, and cost." Multiparty Calling / Conferencing / Collaboration Multiparty calling is the "next" requested feature from enterprise and consumer users of VoIP. Multiparty calling can be achieved in two ways - either through a client application capable of integrating a limited number of lines or through a conference bridge on a server capable of mixing a greater number of lines. -- Global IP Sound will be demonstrating multi-party calling among a limited number of callers (3 - 5) on a single line on a soft client using GIPS VoiceEngine. -- The company will also demonstrate GIPS ConferenceEngine(TM), a server-based conferencing plug-in that eases the integration of conferencing capabilities into offerings from equipment and software developers. The plug-in provides mixing of many callers into a conference and is only limited to the number of lines a server can handle. WiFi / 802.11-based VoIP The Global IP Sound booth will feature a wireless-VoIP area, where visitors can make calls over a wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area using WiFi-capable PDAs and pocket computers. Callers will experience voice quality that is better than calls made via mobile phones or traditional phones. -- With Pocket PC PDAs using VoiceEngine-equipped soft clients, visitors will be able to make calls over the public Internet to Global IP Sound's offices in Stockholm, Sweden and San Francisco. Other Demonstrations Additional demonstrations will include GIPS Network Simulator A network simulator is a piece of software that predicts the behavior of a network, without an actual network being present. Uses of network simulators Network simulators serve a variety of needs. and GIPS IP WorkBench network diagnostic tools, as well as commercially available softphones and IP phones from Hotsip, Nortel and Pingtel with integrated Global IP Sound software. Speaking at Spring VON 2004 Roar Hagen, chief technology officer of Global IP Sound, will be moderating the "Advanced Consumer Devices for IP Communication" panel on Wednesday, March 31, from 10:00a.m. - 11:15a.m. About VoiceEngine GIPS VoiceEngine is a software plug-in designed to handle all voice-related tasks for VoIP soft clients in PC or PDA environments. The framework is an easy-to-implement solution for improved voice quality in any soft-client application, using the technology already integrated into products from leading Internet communications companies, such as Nortel, Skype and WebEx. GIPS VoiceEngine simplifies the integration of speech codecs, communication with sound cards, real-time performance, RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. protocol handling and other voice-related tasks to deliver superior quality and minimal latency for real-time communications over the Internet. A fully customizable voice processing plug-in, GIPS VoiceEngine is compatible with all IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. standards (G.711, SIP, H.323, etc.) allowing manufacturers to quickly and easily integrate both standard and customer-specific codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
About ConferenceEngine GIPS ConferenceEngine seamlessly mixes wideband and narrowband audio as well as truly mixes several audio streams to accommodate any number of lines over a conference bridge. The number of callers is only limited to the capacity of the server. The conferencing plug-in is an open and flexible tool which can be ported to the manufacturer's operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. of choice -- Windows 2000/XP, Solaris or Linux. It also offers a large set of control functionality to allow for individual codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, settings and the ability to set volume and mute manually for every channel. The plug-in also provides interfaces to support the integration of 3rd party encryption algorithms for secure calling. About Global IP Sound Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processing technologies for real-time communications on packet networks. GIPS SoundWare(TM) provides better than PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. voice quality and fidelity in end-to-end IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. with robustness against packet loss, even in degraded networks. Global IP Sound's world-renowned speech processing Speech processing is the study of speech signals and the processing methods of these signals. The signals are usually processed in a digital representation whereby speech processing can be seen as the intersection of digital signal processing and natural language processing. and IP telephony experts deliver these solutions to applications developers and chip, board and gateway manufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare products include Nortel Networks, WebEx, Marratech, Skype and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel(R) PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, and Texas Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound has headquarters in Stockholm and San Francisco. More information is available at www.globalipsound.com. Global IP Sound, GIPS, SoundWare, VoiceEngine, ConferenceEngine, NetEQ, iPCM-wb, Enhanced G.711, and associated design marks and logos are trademarks owned or used under license by Global IP Sound Inc., and may be registered in the United States and other countries. |
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