Multimedia Gateway Control Protocol.

merged SGCP and IPDC protocols (IETF work in progress)

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Standard protocol for IP telephony control resulting from the combination of two other standards: Bellcore's Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP) and IP Device Control (IPDC). MGCP was originally intended for gateways but can be adopted for terminals; its call processing function is decoupled from the gateways (and terminals), and integrated with the gatekeeper function in a central call server. MGCP served as the basis for NCS.

Also known as IETF RFC 2705, defines a centralized architecture for creating multimedia applications, including VoIP.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. IP telephony signaling protocol defined by that IETF that resembles PSTN telephony system. Also see MEGACO.

Media Gateway Control Protocol A VOIP Protocol that has both signaling and control and was designed to reduce complexity between media gateways. See also: H.323, IAX, SIP, VOIP

Media Gateway Control Protocol. Means of controlling telephone gateways through external call-control elements.

Gateway protocol that defines communication between the call agent and the signaling gateway

A protocol complementary to H.323 and SIP, designed to control media gateways from external call control elements in decomposed gateway architectures. Working in conjunction with the Gateway Location Protocol (GLP), MGCP enables a caller with a PSTN phone number to locate the destination device and establish a session. It provides the gateway-to-gateway interface for the Session Initialization Protocol (SIP). MGCP is meant to simplify standards for the new Voice over Packet technology by eliminating the need for complex, processor-intense IP telephony devices, thus simplifying and lowering the cost of these terminals.

An Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) protocol that enables communication with gateway interface devices between IP and circuit-based networks.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. Signaling protocol used by Media Gateway Controller (MGC) or Call Agent (CA). Also handles call routing and stores customer information and connection information.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. A protocol for Cisco CallManager to control VoIP gateways (MGCP endpoints).

Media Gateway Control Protocol. A common protocol used with media gateways to provide network management and control functions.

The Media Gateway Control Protocol is based on a merging of the IPDC and SGCP protocols.

Media Gateway Controller Protocol defined by the IETF.

Another protocol competing with H.323 and SIP, MGCP handles the traffic between media gateways and their controllers. Especially useful in multimedia applications. Designed to take the workload away from IP telephones themselves and thereby make phones less complex and expensive.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. A proposed control and signal standard for the conversion of audio signals carried on telephone circuits to data packets carried over the Internet or other packet networks. Unlike regular phones, IP phones and devices are not fixed to a specific switch, so they must contain processors that enable them to function independently from a central switching location. MGCP eliminates the need for complex, processor-intense IP telephony devices, thus simplifying and lowering the cost of these terminals.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. An IETF standard used for controlling media gateways.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. An Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) draft standard for a protocol that allows voice gateways to control 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.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. A protocol designed to control various devices that can handle different types of media, e.g., voice, video, data, etc. It is designed to allow a Media Gateway Controller (MGC) to control one or more unintelligent Media Gateway (MG) devices.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. Aprotocol used within a Voice over IP (VoIP) system. This protocol is a method of converting audio voice into data packets and sending them over the Internet.

Media Gateway Control Protocol. Protocol that helps bridge the gap between circuit-switched and IP networks. A combination of Internet Protocol Device Control (IPDC) and Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP). MGCP allows external control and management of data communications devices, or "media gateways" at the edge of multiservice packet networks by software programs.

A combination of the SGCP and IPDC specifications. In this protocol, softswitches provide the external control and management, making MCGP a good way to connect an IAD to a gateway.

Signaling protocol for the conversion of audio protocol.