Covers the latest protocols and standards from the IETF Your Complete Guide to Network Convergence and Internet Telephony In the last few years, engineers have refined technologies that allow you to transmit multimedia information -- voice, fax, video -- over the same Internet Protocol (IP) network you use for data. This comprehensive guide delivers a lucid overview of today's Voice over IP technologies -- and helps you analyze whether a multimedia IP solution makes sense for your organization. Packed with illuminating case studies, clear explanations of VoIP standards and topologies, and practical advice on applications and implementation, Voice over IP is all you need to get a handle on network convergence, whether you're a network engineer, a telecommunications professional, or an operations manager. CD-ROM includes: Key Request for Comment (RFC) documentseRing Solutions' Voice over IP client software informationMessageClick's Fax over IP client software informationWestbay Engineers' traffic analysis software Inside, you'll find everything you need to Understand how Voice over IP compares to a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)Find out about VPN and international telephony, voice-enabled e-commerce, desktop video conferencing, Fax over IP, and other multimedia IP applicationsPerform a Voice over IP cost-benefit analysis for your organizationDiscover how VoIP protocols -- Multicast IP, RTP, RTCP, RSVP, and RTSP -- fit together with other protocols in an IP networkEvaluate Wan transport alternatives for VoIP, from T1/T3 and ISDN to frame delay and ATM networksLearn how H.323 and other multimedia standards enable VoIP Gateways, terminals, and client software to process callsGet up to speed on implementation issues: interoperability frameworks, H.323 alternatives, APIs, and moreDeal with packet loss, packet delay, packet jitter, signal echo, and other quality of service issues
- ISBN10 0764546171
- ISBN13 9780764546174
- Publish Date 29 February 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Pages 576
- Language English