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Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)

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The Media Gateway Control Protocol is an architecture for controlling Media Gateways on Internet Protocol (IP) networks and the public switched telephone network (PSTN).

Protocol architecture

The general architecture and programming interface is described in RFC 2805.

Implementations

Two implementations of the Media Gateway Control Protocol are in common use. The names of both are abbreviations of the protocol group:

Although similar in architecture, MGCP and Megaco are distinctly different protocols and are not interoperable.

See also

MGCP Information Site This site provides information related to MGCP
H.248 Information Site This site provides information related to H.248/Megaco, including pointers to standards and draft specifications

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