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MGW

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What is MGW?

MGW stands for Media Gateway. A Media Gateway is a network element that provides conversion between different telecommunications networks. They typically convert between different transmission and coding techniques to allow different networks to interoperate, such as converting between PSTN and IP networks for voice and multimedia traffic.

What other technologies are related to MGW?

MGW Competitor Technologies

Session Border Controller; can perform media handling functions similar to MGW, providing security and interoperability at network borders.
mentioned alongside MGW in 5% (132) of relevant job posts

MGW Complementary Technologies

Call Session Control Function; a key component in IMS architecture, which MGW interacts with for call control.
mentioned alongside MGW in 36% (93) of relevant job posts
Mobile Switching Center; MGW works with MSC for media handling in 2G/3G networks.
mentioned alongside MGW in 13% (74) of relevant job posts
Mobile Softswitch; functions similarly to an MSC but in a softswitch architecture; works with MGW.
mentioned alongside MGW in 8% (129) of relevant job posts

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