Megaco
E523060
Megaco is a signaling protocol used in telecommunications networks to control media gateways that connect different types of communication systems, such as VoIP and traditional telephone networks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megaco canonical | 3 |
| MEGACO | 1 |
| Softswitch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5480308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megaco Context triple: [H.248, alsoKnownAs, Megaco]
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A.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
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B.
Opal Telecom
Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
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C.
Radisys
Radisys is a U.S.-based telecommunications solutions company known for providing open telecom and digital infrastructure platforms to service providers and network operators worldwide.
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D.
Avaya
Avaya is an American multinational technology company specializing in business communications, unified communications, and contact center solutions for enterprises and organizations worldwide.
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E.
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megaco Target entity description: Megaco is a signaling protocol used in telecommunications networks to control media gateways that connect different types of communication systems, such as VoIP and traditional telephone networks.
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A.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
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B.
Opal Telecom
Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
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C.
Radisys
Radisys is a U.S.-based telecommunications solutions company known for providing open telecom and digital infrastructure platforms to service providers and network operators worldwide.
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D.
Avaya
Avaya is an American multinational technology company specializing in business communications, unified communications, and contact center solutions for enterprises and organizations worldwide.
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E.
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
signaling protocol
ⓘ
telecommunications protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
MEGACO
ⓘ
linked to:
Megaco
|
| alsoKnownAs | H.248 ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
multimedia communication
ⓘ
telephony ⓘ |
| architectureRole |
media gateway control
ⓘ
signaling between media gateway controller and media gateway ⓘ |
| category | media gateway control protocol ⓘ |
| communicationModel | master-slave ⓘ |
| controls | media gateway ⓘ |
| definedInRFC | RFC 3015 ⓘ |
| enables |
gateway control in softswitch architectures
ⓘ
interworking between VoIP and PSTN ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
connection management
ⓘ
control of media streams ⓘ event handling ⓘ signal generation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Media Gateway Control protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
MGCP
|
| governingBody |
IETF Megaco Working Group
ⓘ
ITU-T Study Group 16 ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
H.248.1 core specification
ⓘ
linked to:
H.248
|
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| operatesBetween | media gateway controller and media gateway ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
H.323
ⓘ
MGCP ⓘ SIP ⓘ |
| specifiedBy |
ITU-T Recommendation H.248
ⓘ
linked to:
H.248
|
| standardizedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
ITU-T ⓘ
linked to:
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
|
| successorOf | MGCP ⓘ |
| supports |
fax over IP
ⓘ
modem over IP ⓘ multimedia streams ⓘ voice services ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
call termination control
ⓘ
context management ⓘ packages for media processing ⓘ termination management ⓘ |
| supportsTopology | centralized control ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Next Generation Networks
ⓘ
linked to:
Next Generation Network architectures
VoIP networks ⓘ circuit-switched networks ⓘ packet-switched networks ⓘ |
| usesTransportProtocol |
SCTP
ⓘ
TCP ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
UDP ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Megaco Description of subject: Megaco is a signaling protocol used in telecommunications networks to control media gateways that connect different types of communication systems, such as VoIP and traditional telephone networks.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Megaco
linked to: Megaco