SBC vs Firewall

Differences between an e-SBC and a Firewall

IP communications sessions are made up of signaling information (data used to configure and control sessions) and media information (digitized voice and video). Signaling information and media information flow under the direction of different IP protocols and move on separate paths: The SIP protocol is used to establish and manage sessions. SIP servers (there are…

Using Microsoft Teams Media Bypass in corporate environments

Using Microsoft Teams Media Bypass in corporate environments

Media bypass for MS Teams: optimizing media traffic on corporate networks The success of MS Teams has generated the use of new terminology that was not common in corporate voice networks. Media Bypass is a mechanism provided by Microsoft to optimize the path of media traffic (improves performance by avoiding any of the hops). With…