Definition of Media gateway control protocol

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Media Gateway Control Protocol
<communications, protocol> (MGCP) A protocol used within a Voice over IP system. MGCP is an IETF work in progress, it superseded SGCP.
MGCP is an internal protocol used within a distributed system that appears to the outside world as a single VoIP gateway.
This system is composed of a Call Agent, and a set of gateways, including at least one "media gateway" that performs the conversion of media signals between circuits and packets, and at least one "signalling gateway" when connected to an SS7 controlled network.
IETF MGCP draft.
(1999-03-17)

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Media Gateway Control Protocol
In computing, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) is a protocol used within a distributed Voice over IP system.

MGCP is defined in RFC 3435, which obsoletes an earlier definition in RFC 2705. It superseded the Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP).

Another protocol for the same purpose is Megaco, a co-production of IETF (RFC 3525) and ITU (Recommendation H.248-1). Both protocols follow the guidelines of the API Media Gateway Control Protocol Architecture and Requirements at RFC 2805.


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