Michael Iedema (michael@askozia.com)

Outline

! who am I?

! what is IKT?

! what is AskoziaPBX?

! should you care?

! what is yet to come?

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IKT

! Voice / Media over IP

! OSS Integration

! NGN / IMS / TISPAN

! QoS Mechanisms

! Protocol Conformity Tests

! IPv6

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Background

! Asterisk’s flexibility creates complexity for normal users

! will everyone eventually need a PBX?

... a glorified answering machine?

... a “phone router”?

! IKT formally sponsors initial development

! first public beta released on June 1, 2007 after 6 months of development

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Philosophy

! hybrid PBX

! logical defaults

! common terminology

! nothing less or more than the necessities

! “phone router”

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Current State

! Asterisk 1.4 “appliance” distribution

! SIP, IAX, ISDN and Analog phone and provider accounts

! conferencing, transfers, voicemail via e-mail

! <15MB firmware images

... 6 hardware specific and a “generic-pc” image

! multilingual audio prompts

... de, dk, en-us, en-gb, es, fr-fr, fr-ca, it, jp, nl, ru, sw

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More than a GUI

! entire system configurable via WebGUI

... network, wireless, isdn and analog interfaces

... firmware upgrades, smtp client, ntp, localization...

! configuration stored as a single xml file

... simplified backup / restore / provisioning

! simple package system to add functionality to existing firmware

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<sip>

! <phone>

! ! <extension>200</extension>

! ! <callerid>Michael Iedema (office)</callerid>

! ! <secret>supersecret</secret>

! ! <provider>SIP-PROVIDER-11618267424832</provider>

! ! <codec>ulaw</codec>

! ! <uniqid>SIP-PHONE-4093618224832</uniqid>

! </phone>

! <provider>

! ! <name>test provider</name>

! ! <readbacknumber>12345</readbacknumber>

! ! <username>myuser</username>

! ! <secret>somesecret</secret>

! ! <host>testprovider.com</host>

! ! <dialpattern>X!</dialpattern>

! ! <calleridsource>phones</calleridsource>

! ! <incomingextensionmap>

! ! ! <destinationid>SIP-PHONE-4093618224832</destinationid>

! ! </incomingextensionmap>

! ! <codec>ulaw</codec>

! ! <uniqid>SIP-PROVIDER-11618267424832</uniqid>

! </provider>

</sip>

Project Stats

! roughly 21,000 lines of code (Cocomo ~ $200,000 USD)

! more than 60,000 downloads

! ... and 700,000 page visits

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Project Stats

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...Shoulders of Giants

! Open Source is fantastic!

! impossible to develop such a complex system with so few resources

... simplifying usage of an existing group of packages

! tech savvy testers

... feature ideas

... cultural / regional input

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...Shoulders of Giants

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Cooperation

! appliance hardware manufacturers

! system integrators

! developers

! current sponsors:

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AskoziaPBX Based Appliances, e.g.

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AskoziaPBX Based Appliances, e.g.

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Customization Services e.g.

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! Branding

! Pre-Configuration

! Locking to Hardware or Service Provider

! ...

Future Directions! porting to Linux for expanded architecture

support

! proper api, package development platform for third parties

! automatic secure interconnection of systems

! a truly plug-and-play “phone router”

! stripped-down gateway platform

! user portal

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Questions

! ???

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