You will need PGW and 5350 for ss7 running in nailed mode. 5350 can run integrated slt that connects to ss7 network. The rest are used for bearer channels. You can run voip(either h.323 or sip) between 5350 and another 5350 gateway that is doing r2 signaling to the r2 carrier.
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