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LSI announces echo cancellation software for
high-performance StarPro media processor
family
Latest News 30 November -0001
LSI has announced echo cancellation software for the LSI StarPro family of multicore media
processors. Superior echo cancellation is critical to enhancing the quality of experience (QoE) of
wireless, wireline and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services. LSI echo cancellation (ECAN)
software provides carrier-grade performance and a complete feature set for high-quality, next-
generation media gateways.
"Demand for VoIP is growing rapidly, but improved voice quality is crucial to maintaining the
market's momentum," said Will Strauss, principal analyst with Forward Concepts. "With the
introduction of their ECAN technology, LSI offers a low-cost, high-performance solution for a broad
spectrum of digital voice applications."
Incorporating innovations based on decades of company research has resulted in a state-of-the-art
echo cancellation capability that will enable OEMs to meet the voice quality requirements of next-
generation voice services. LSI ECAN software exceeds the ITU-G.168-2004 industry standard
today and is optimized for use across enterprise, wireless and carrier applications.
Charlie Kawwas, vice president of marketing, Networking Components Group, LSI, said, "With the
rapid growth of VoIP, the need for cost-effective carrier-grade solutions to enhance voice quality
are of paramount importance. Our customers are using LSI ECAN, codec and DSP technologies to
build the industry's highest-performing media gateways now."
Voice quality is the key competitive differentiator for service providers and essential to the mass
deployment of enterprise VoIP. LSI ECAN software provides a robust set of real-world VoIP
communications features including a maximum tail length of 128ms, the ability to detect and
compensate for up to three windows with the tail, rapid convergence, and 24ms of active echo
cancellation. The software is available now for use with the StarPro SP2600 family of media
processors.