Next-Generation Networks based implementation of eFax Services

VW Electronics and Information Technology, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, 01-04 (2019)

Received: Sept. 01, 2019
Accepted: Sept. 12, 2019
Published online: Sept. 14, 2019

Usman Ali Khan^1*
Hammad Ahmed Shah²

^1,2 National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
*Corresponding author email: usmanali20000@gmail.com

Abstract: The aim of electronic Fax (eFax) services is to allow sending and receiving of faxes through the internet. Our implementation involves development of a Fax server which when included in the IP (Internet Protocol) cloud can help Next Generation Networks (NGN) provide eFax services to its customers. We have implemented a HylaFAX enterprise server which is a telecommunication system for the UNIX environment supporting conversion of fax calls from fax machines to TIFF/PDF format and vice versa. The HylaFAX server is connected to an Asterisk PBX via an IAX channel. Its online interface is through AVANTfax which is a GUI for our server. The server communicates with Group 3 fax machines running T.30 and T.4 along with V.XX modulation schemes connected through Asterisk. It can also connect devices which work on the ITU-T recommendation of real-time FoIP T.38. The complete solution allows users to send/receive faxes to/from other fax numbers through an open source online interface AVANTfax. The solution presented has the capability to integrate with Next Generation Network.