Cisco Systems OL-1089-11 Network Hardware User Manual


 
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Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software Release 9 Billing Interface Guide
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Preface
This preface includes the following sections:
Document Objective, page xi
Audience, page xi
Document Organization, page xii
Document Conventions, page xii
Cisco Media Gateway Controller Documentation Suite, page xv
Cisco Media Gateway Controller Documentation Map, page xvi
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines, page xvii
Summary History of Document Changes, page xvii
Document Objective
This guide provides reference information for the Cisco Media Gateway Controller (MGC) software
Release 9. You should read the system-level documentation supplied with your system before using this
guide. A complete list of these documents is included in the Cisco Media Gateway Controller Software
Release 9 Installation and Configuration Guide that ships with your system.
Note This guide uses the term Media Gateway Controller software or MGC application to mean the
Cisco MGC software that runs in the UNIX environment on a server. The term MGC refers to the
combination of this software and the server. The MGC communicates with the SS7 network to process
and route calls between a traditional time-division multiplexing (TDM) network and a packet data
network. This routing takes place through a variety of media gateways (MGWs), which are separate
devices that perform the conversion between the TDM and data network formats.
Audience
This guide is for network operators and administrators who have experience with telecommunications
networks, protocols, and equipment and who have familiarity with data communications networks,
protocols, and equipment.