Carrier-Grade VoIP, Third Edition
by: Richard Swale, Daniel Collins,
Abstract: Leading-edge VoIP technologies, tools, and standards. Efficiently deliver voice, data, and multimedia content over today's always-on broadband networks with guidance from this fully updated resource. Carrier-Grade VoIP, Third Edition, shows how to set up and administer a highly reliable, unified communications platform using the latest tools. Find out how to choose from the complete spectrum of codecs, enable new HD voice and video services, handle security, and maintain optimal QoS. This comprehensive guide offers start-to-finish details on carrier-grade VoIP network design, troubleshooting, and interconnection.
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Table of Contents
- A. Dedication
- B. Preface
- C. Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Transporting Voice by Using IP
- 3. Speech-Coding Techniques
- 4. H.323: Multimedia Conferencing over IP
- 5. The Session Initiation Protocol
- 6. Distributed Gateways and the Softswitch Architecture
- 7. VoIP and SS7
- 8. Quality of Service
- 9. Interconnecting VoIP Networks
- 10. Designing a Voice over IP Network
- A. Erlang B and IP Bandwidth Tables
- B. Visual Basic© Code for Erlang Calculations
- C. Packet Overhead and Coding Efficiency
- D. Acronyms
- E. References
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Expanded Table of Contents
- A. Dedication
- B. Preface
- C. Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Transporting Voice by Using IP
- Overview of the IP Protocol Suite
- Internet Standards and the Standards Process
- The Internet Protocol
- IP Version 6
- IP Multicast
- The Transmission Control Protocol
- The User Datagram Protocol
- The Stream Control Transmission Protocol
- The Real-Time Transport Protocol
- The RTP Control Protocol
- Security and Performance Optimization
- Endnotes
- 3. Speech-Coding Techniques
- 4. H.323: Multimedia Conferencing over IP
- 5. The Session Initiation Protocol
- 6. Distributed Gateways and the Softswitch Architecture
- 7. VoIP and SS7
- 8. Quality of Service
- 9. Interconnecting VoIP Networks
- 10. Designing a Voice over IP Network
- A. Erlang B and IP Bandwidth Tables
- B. Visual Basic© Code for Erlang Calculations
- C. Packet Overhead and Coding Efficiency
- D. Acronyms
- E. References
Book Details
Title: Carrier-Grade VoIP, Third Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Athens, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2014 McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780071826600
Authors:
Richard Swale
has broad experience in the communications industry, from technology research and development through equipment manufacturing to the design and delivery of services to customers. He is currently Design Manager - Voice, Video, and UC at BT, where he specializes in network architecture and design for both carrier and enterprise voice and data networks, including VoIP, unified communications, and WiFi.
Daniel Collins,
a 20-year veteran of the wireless communications industry, is currently Chief Technology Officer – Wireless at Jasper Wireless, Inc. He began his career at Ericsson, where he worked in product development and product management roles and helped develop some of the world's earliest GSM networks. Collins also served as an independent consultant for many years on 2.5G, 3G, and IP technologies to tier-one service providers around the world, and worked with Alcatel North America as Vice President of Fixed Mobile Convergence.
Description: Leading-edge VoIP technologies, tools, and standards. Efficiently deliver voice, data, and multimedia content over today's always-on broadband networks with guidance from this fully updated resource. Carrier-Grade VoIP, Third Edition, shows how to set up and administer a highly reliable, unified communications platform using the latest tools. Find out how to choose from the complete spectrum of codecs, enable new HD voice and video services, handle security, and maintain optimal QoS. This comprehensive guide offers start-to-finish details on carrier-grade VoIP network design, troubleshooting, and interconnection.
