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About Xygnada

Xygnada is an manufactured word, pronounced sig-NA-da, that sounds like "signaling" and has little probability of being associated with any other product, service, or organization.

Xygnada Technology, Inc. was formed in 2001 to produce low-cost, high-reliability SS7 middleware running on commodity AMD/Intel computing platforms and the Linux operating system. The founder repeatedly found that SS7 projects were scuttled because equipment costs were too high. ss7box was created to make the SS7 network quickly and inexpensively accessible. It has been running continuously in the North American SS7 network since 2002. It has been running in ITU networks since 2004.

Xygnada has used Sangoma WAN interface cards from the outset because of their support for Linux and a strong interest in supporting the SS7 protocol.

Initially we thought that providing a solid MTP3 interface was what the market needed. We've learned over time that the greatest demand is for fully integrated systems: STP, VoIP nodes, SMS/USSD servers, CNAM access and LIDB access. The LIDB access function was the first product delivered in 2002, followed soon thereafter by the STP function. In 2003 and 2004 we worked on performance and capacity improvements. Since 2003 we have worked with GBSD Technologies to create an enhanced 911 geo-location system for the sparsely populated regions. In 2005 we worked with Sangoma to bring about a new middleware set that interfaces Asterisk (tm) to the PSTN over SS7 controlled inter-machine trunks in both ANSI and ITU networks. In 2005 we also created CNAM database access as a client and a server for the ANSI network.

Looking forward we will continue to expand the interoperability, functions, features, capacity, performance, and reliability, of ss7box. The ISUP capability will work with a wider selection of softswitches. The SCCP capability will be formalized and opened to developers. We will develop LNP and 800 database access methods. Both connection-less and connection-oriented SCCP protocols will be supported. We will also move closer to implementing SMS/USSD servers and other MAP functions

People

Michael Mueller, Founder/President

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Xygnada Technology, Inc.Founder/System Designer2001-present
Nortel NetworksSignaling/VoIP Tech. Mktg.2000-2001
TekelecProject Manager1998-2000
MicrolegendSales Director1997-1998
TekelecProject Manager1994-1997
TekelecSystem/Sales Engineer1993-1994
TekelecSoftware Engineer1990-1993
Northern TelecomSoftware Engineer1984-1990

EDUCATION

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1984

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