IP Telephony: The Integration of Robust VolP Services (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) - Softcover

Douskalis, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130141186 ISBN 13: 9780130141187

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1999

Synopsis

Now that virtually every leading telecommunications service provider has committed to delivering IP-based telephony services, communications professionals face the enormous challenge of implementation. This hands-on guide brings together today's best known answers and solutions for delivering VolP services with the quality customers deman. No other book covers the combined issues of protocol signaling, media transport methodology, reference topological considerations and voice quality testing in service offerings. No matter what your role in delivering Voice Over IP (VoIP) services, IP Telephony delivers the specifics you need to speed deployment, improve reliability, ensure quality, and simplify troubleshooting. Precise, thorough, and based firmly in the real-world, it is simply indispensable.

About this title

About the Author

Bill Douskalis has been designing, developing, deploying and troubleshooting network equipment and systems for over 20 years. He has worked extensively with a number of leading telecommunications companies, including AT&T Bell Laboratories' ACCULINK and Sprint's ION network.

From the Back Cover

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The insider's guide to IP-based telephony: development, network deployment, testing, and beyond

Now that virtually every leading telecommunications service provider has committed to delivering IP-based telephony services, communications professionals face the enormous challenge of implementation. This hands-on guide brings together today's best-known answers and solutions for delivering Voice Over IP (VoIP) services with the quality customers demand. No other book covers the combined issues of protocol signaling, media transport methodology, reference topological considerations, and voice quality testing in service offerings. Bill Douskalis presents systematic coverage of every aspect of IP-based telephony:

Coverage includes:

• A realistic reference topology for implementing and benchmarking voice quality in IP telephony
• Detailed explanations of call setup using each major competing technology
• Signaling, bearer transport, and other key network elements
• In-depth network and service performance analysis in both "normal" and impaired scenarios
• State-of-the-art traces and performance measurements taken from actual IP networks

No matter what your role in delivering VoIP services, IP Telephony delivers the specifics you need to speed deployment, improve reliability, ensure quality, and simplify troubleshooting. Precise, thorough, and based firmly in the real world, it is simply indispensable.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130141186
• ISBN 13: 9780130141187
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354