IP telephony : packet-based multimedia communications systems / Olivier Hersent, David Gurle and Jean-Pierre Petit.
By: Hersent, Olivier
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Contributor(s): Gurle, David | Petit, Jean-Pierre.
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BookPublisher: Harlow, England : Addison Wesley, 2000Description: xviii, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0201619105.Subject(s): Internet telephony | Packet switching (Data transmission) | Telecommunication -- Switching systemsDDC classification: 004.6 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085587 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
I recommend this book to all VoIP engineers, analysts, and IT managers who really want to know what they are talking about on the net, enjoy -Jeff Pulver, founder of the VON (Voice On the Net) coalition, and the founder and president of pulver.com Internet Telephony is now one of the most important and fastest growing technologies on the Internet, providing a viable technical and economical alternative to current telecommunication networks. Network providers and major companies are thus investigating how this emerging technology can be implemented, and at what cost and savings, in their organizations.This book provides a comprehensive practical overview of the technology behind Internet Telephony, giving essential information to IT professionals who need to understand the background and explore the issues involved in migrating the existing telephony infrastructure to an IP based real time communication service. Assuming a working knowledge of IP and ISDN networking, it addresses the technical aspects of real-time applications over IP, with an in-depth coverage of voice and video applications and protocols. Drawing on their extensive research and practical development experience i
Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-437) and index.
Section 1: The application layer, IP telephony protocols -- H.323 and a general background on IP telephony -- The session initiation protocol (SIP) -- Media gateway to media controller protocols (MGCP) -- Section 2: Voice technology background -- Voice quality -- Voice coding -- Section 3: The network -- Quality of service -- Network dimensioning -- Multicast routing.