The AudioCodes floating license for session border controllers (SBC) is a network-wide license that is not bound to a specific SBC or gateway. The floating license is intended for enterprises who wish to dynamically share a pool of SBC resources among multiple SBCs. It simplifies network capacity planning and may provide cost benefits related to traffic and usage statistics, site redundancy and follow-the-sun scenarios.
In a floating license deployment, participating SBCs are connected to AudioCodes’ One Voice Operations Center (OVOC) server, which functions as a pool license manager.
To use the floating license, you order a bulk number of licenses that can be shared across the entire SBC network. The SBCs report their usage statistics to AudioCodes and the aggregated capacity is calculated monthly.
Under the floating license policy, you are only billed for additional floating licenses should the aggregated monthly capacity exceed your license pool size.
You define your floating license type based on the number of SBC sessions and/or SBC registrations. If required, you can also define a specific number of transcoding sessions within the SBC sessions.