8

Convergence of Networking Technologies

Vijay K. Garg,     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Yih-Chen Wang,     Lucent Technologies, Naperville, Illinois, USA

8.1. Convergence

8.1.1. Session Initiation Protocol

8.1.2. Softswitch

8.1.3. All IP Architecture

8.2. Optical Networking

8.2.1. Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

8.1 Convergence

The next generation of wireless networks will be flexible, open, and standards-based. These networks will facilitate the convergence of wireless networks, the PSTN, and the Internet and will provide voice, data, and video services to platforms such as cell phones, PDAs, laptops, PCs, digital cameras, and a plethora of ...

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