Overview:

The standards and technologies for transmitting voice via the Internet protocol (IP) are areas of huge commercial importance in modern telecommunications.  Until recently, the majority of traffic over communications networks was made up of circuit-switched voice calls.  Today, the amount of voice traffic is dwarfed by the huge volume of packet-switched data (including text and audio files, streaming video, etc.) that is overtaking the medium.  Consequently, public and private networks must be configured to route all voice calls using IP-based protocols. 

Target Audience:

Aimed at industry professionals such as network architects and IT practitioners as well as graduate students of electrical and computer engineering, Implementing VoIP provides a detailed explanation of the design and architectures for Voice over IP while covering important implementation features. 

Outline:

Amazing phenomena are happening in the area of voice based communications! Communication networks — public, private, wired, and wireless — are being configured in such a way that the voice calls can be routed using the Internet based protocols.  Legacy protocols like H.323, MGCP, and IPv4 have limitations, but the emerging protocols (SIP, H.248, and IPv6) have Interoperability related issues and concerns.

This course reviews the existing and emerging voice signal coding techniques (G.711, G.719, G.723, etc.) and the standards (SIP, H.323, MGCP and Megaco) for signaling and transmission of Voice over IP (VoIP). It provides guidance on how to engineer any Internet protocol based network for (a) efficient VoIP transmission and (b) service quality management and enforcement.

We discuss the implementation and interoperability challenges, and a few feasible solution options in order to achieve convergence by supporting the VoIP service seamlessly over multiple technology and administrative domains. The technology domains include VoIP over wire-line and wireless (WiFi, WinMax, CDMA/RF), and administrative boundaries include those related to Intranet/Internet, wire-line and wireless carriers.

Topics related to reliability, availability, security, and quality of service (QoS) will be also covered.

Speaker’s Bio:

BHUMIP KHASNABISH, PHD, is a distinguished member of technical staff at Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts, where he works on various next-generation network architecture projects related to delivering enhanced voice and data services to business and residential customers.  Dr. Khasnabish has authored and coauthored more than 130 patents, books, chapters, technical reports, and articles for various International archival journals/magazines, and referenced conference proceedings.  He is also a member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of Network and Systems Management, and an adjunct faculty member of Brandeis University and Bentley College.

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for  this Courses is Monday, October 31, 2005

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