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Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Version 1

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Network Working Group                                          M. Arango
Request for Comments: 2705                                       RSL COM
Category: Informational                                         A. Dugan
                                                              I. Elliott
                                                   Level3 Communications
                                                              C. Huitema
                                                               Telcordia
                                                              S. Pickett
                                                       Vertical Networks
                                                            October 1999


                 Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
                              Version 1.0

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

IESG NOTE:

   This document is being published for the information of the
   community.  It describes a protocol that is currently being deployed
   in a number of products.  Implementers should be aware of
   developments in the IETF Megaco Working Group and ITF-T SG16 who are
   currently working on a potential successor to this protocol.

Abstract

   This document describes an application programming interface and a
   corresponding protocol (MGCP) for controlling Voice over IP (VoIP)
   Gateways from external call control elements. MGCP assumes a call
   control architecture where the call control "intelligence" is outside
   the gateways and handled by external call control elements.

   The document is structured in 6 main sections:

   *  The introduction presents the basic assumptions and the relation
      to other protocols such as H.323, RTSP, SAP or SIP.






Arango, et al.               Informational
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