StrataCom, Inc. was a supplier of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay high-speed wide area network (WAN) switching equipment.
Packet voice was first thought of as an add-on to PacketCable's advanced cable system but soon became a telephony product.
The names on the original three IPX patents are Paul Baran, Charles Corbalis,[1] Brian Holden, Jim Marggraff,[2] Jon Masatsugu, David Owen and Pete Stonebridge.
However, many of concepts and details found in the ATM set of standards were derived directly from StrataCom's technology, including the use of CRC-based framing on its links.
It implemented Voice-Activity-Detection (VAD) and ADPCM, which together, gave 4-1 compression allowing 96 telephone calls to be fit into the space of 24.
The Beta test of the IPX was in Michigan Bell between Livonia, Plymouth, and Northville, 3 suburbs of Detroit.
They were Tae HeaNahm, Ryan Floyd and Sanjay Subhedar [3] The BPX, which was produced in 1993, increased the speed and sophistication of the Frame Relay offering.
Dave Sant originally led sales, hiring Scott Kriens who later became CEO of Juniper Networks.