Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) March 18, 2008 -- GL Communications Inc., announced today the release of significant enhancements to Digital Central Office Switch Simulator software. Speaking to the media, Mr. Robert Bichefsky, a senior manager at GL Communications Inc. said, the "Digital Central Office Switch Simulator (DCOSS) is a key analysis and simulation equipment used by telecommunications network engineers, and it is ideal software for simulating and testing advanced telecom networks/products including switches, gateways, and transmission systems".

He added, "The DCOSS converts any windows based PC (Windows 2000/XP) into a central office with T1 and/or E1 trunks as well as Analog and/or BRI ISDN phone interfaces. It supports a multitude of protocols including SS7 (SSP/STP/SCP), PRI ISDN (all variants supported) and CAS (MFC-R2, E1 CAS, T1 CAS, and SS5). The CAS protocol also provides the versatility of a user-defined State Machine script for simulating any CAS protocol".

Mr. Robert Bichefsky further added, "The Digital Central Office Switch Simulator (DCOSS) provides carriers and other operators with the ability to test virtually all elements of their networks. In addition, it provides a user-friendly GUI, remote client access (GUI, CLI, SDK), and scripting with which users can capture the performance of networks in a wide variety of scenarios".

New Features & Enhancements Introduced in Latest DCOSS version:

• BRI Phone Simulator (BPS)
• Enhancements in Scripting
• CAS State Machine
• DCOSS Board Configuration
• Remote Client
• Additions in Signaling System 7
• Traffic Generation and Reception

• Block / Unblock incoming/outgoing calls from specific timeslots for all protocols (except for R1 Wink and SS7)
• Delete Multiple Configurations simultaneously within a single GUI instance
• Call ID parameter field is modified to a maximum of FFFF (1,048,575) ID's
• Automatic Number Identification (ANI) Digits displays the Called and Calling digits on the Captured Event screen for all outgoing and incoming calls
• With the Switch Routing by Called # feature the called/calling number can be changed automatically during a switch call by either adding a prefix/extension or changing any part of the numbers.
• MFC-R2 Brazil protocol is enhanced with 'Blocking' on/off feature. This resolves many issues associated with connecting the Brazilian MFC-R2 to a far-end switch.

Founded in 1986, GL Communications Inc. is a leading supplier of test, monitoring, and analysis equipment for TDM, Wireless, and VoIP networks. Unlike conventional test equipment, GL's test platforms provide visualization, capture, storage, and convenient features like portability, remotability, and scripting.

GL's TDM Analysis & Emulation line of products includes T1, E1, T3, OC-3, STM-1, analog four-wire, and analog two-wire interface cards and solutions. Capabilities include voiceband traffic analysis and emulation across all traffic types (voice, digits, tones, fax, modem), all protocols (HDLC, ISDN, SS7, CAS, GSM, GPRS, CDMA), and with capacities up to thousands of channels.

GL's VoIP products generate/analyze thousands of calls simultaneously with traffic types such as voice files, digits, tones, noise, and fax using G.711, G.729, AMR, EVRC, and GSM codecs. Additional features include visual analysis, real-time listening, recording, and voice quality assessment using ITU algorithms PAMS, PSQM, and PESQ.

GL's Wireless and Voice Quality testing products perform protocol analysis and voice quality assessment on GSM, CDMA, UMTS, and CDMA 2000 networks. Connections can be made to any wireless phone with automated call control, GPS, mapping software, and real-time signal measurements.

GL's Echo Canceller testing solutions provide the broadest range of simulation and analysis, including compliance testing per G.168 and G.160.

GL's Network Surveillance and Monitoring products include Probes for TDM, VoIP, ATM, and Wireless networks. An open standards based approach provides a scalable, feature rich, real-time access to network intelligence. Centralized or distributed access, efficient transport and database loading allow compatibility with 3rd party and standards based monitoring systems.

For more information about GL's complete line of products, contact:
Shelley Sharma
Phone: 301-670-4784 ext. 114
E-mail: info @ gl.com