[Freeswitch-users] FS as Media Gateway Only

[Code Ghar]

Is it possible -- and are there any case studies, practical experience, etc
-- on deploying FreeSWITCH (FS) in this architecture: one server (FSSIP)
handles SIP signaling only, and multiple servers (FSRTP1, FSRTP2, ...,
FSRTPn) handle all media responsibilities? So when a call comes in, the SDP
contains IP of, say FSRTP1, as media handler. For this to work, FSSIP would
request FSRTPx for media resources for each new call and add its IP and port
in SDP. The media servers/gateways would play IVR, etc.; collect DTMF and
forward as appropriate to FSSIP; perform transcoding; etc.; all while FSSIP
only deals with signaling. This way multiple servers could be deployed to
handle media responsibilities and only a handful would be required for
signaling. In future if there's a greater need for transcoding, etc. all you
need to do is deploy a media server and not have to add servers for
signaling.

This idea came to me because I have come across two proprietary applications
that do it this way. They have a SIP component and a media component. You
can run both on the same physical machine or you can separate them out into
multiple machines.

Another way for this could be to integrate FS as a media component to
another application's SIP component. A mix-and-match, so to speak.

On the flip side, deploy FS as a SIP server and use media capabilities of
some other hardware or software application. For example, FS handles
signaling and use dedicated hardware for media. A good example of this is
illustrated (somewhat) by an image on Sangoma's website:
http://www.sangoma.com/assets/images/content/transcoding_diagram.jpg. Look
at the "pooled transcoding".

Is FS even designed to be this modular? If so, how can the aforementioned
scenario(s) be achieved?
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