Fax over IP

Fax Software for Unified Communications

Dialogic® Brooktrout® SR140 Fax Software provides proven Brooktrout fax technology that can be used to integrate fax servers and UC solutions on VoIP networks. By carefully transferring its fax algorithms and related fax technology to a completely software-based product, backed by thorough testing, Dialogic has produced Brooktrout SR140, which can provide advanced FoIP services suitable for a wide variety of network-based fax applications.

The illustration on this page shows a FoIP deployment in the enterprise using Brooktrout SR140.

The Role of Dialogic® Media Gateways

The Dialogic® Media Gateways combine Dialogic’s engineering expertise in both media gateway and fax technology. The DMG Gateway and Brooktrout SR140 engineering groups have shared their expertise to provide solid interconnectivity between the two product lines to enable reliable fax transmissions between IP packet-switched and legacy circuit-switched networks with proven Dialogic® technology.

FoIP Deployment in the Enterprise

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FoIP UC solutions built using Dialogic® Brooktrout® SR140 Fax Software can send and receive IP faxes at up to 33.6 kbps, based on the V.34 fax standard. Not only can Brooktrout SR140 process fax at twice the speed of 14.4 kbps fax boards, but it also supports V.8 fast handshaking and advanced compression, which can cut call setup and session-management time by one-third. A document that can be faxed in one minute with a 14.4 kbps intelligent fax board can be sent in less than 30 seconds with an application using Brooktrout SR140. This can translate into significant savings on long distance toll charges.

Brooktrout SR140 can deliver highly reliable FoIP by using the T.38 fax protocol to send real-time fax messages over IP networks. Because the T.38 protocol retains the standard T.30 fax data stream, it can be used with legacy T.30-based devices and with newer T.38 solutions. With over 20 years of experience, the Dialogic® Brooktrout® T.30 implementation can lay claim to being the most thoroughly field-tested offering compared to those of all other fax technology vendors.

Dialogic has refined its T.30 implementation for numerous T.30 variants, which helps make fax processing reliable, saving customers time and money. The T.38 stack has also undergone significant interoperability testing with other IP vendors. This successfully tested interoperability provides flexibility and reliability when the SR140 is deployed into IP networks.

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