Voice over IP Fundamentals

Voice over IP Fundamentals

by Jonathan Davidson, James Peters, Brian Grace
Released March 2000
Publisher(s): Cisco Press
ISBN: 1578701686

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Book description

A systematic approach to understanding the basics of Voice over IP

  • Understand the basics of PSTN services and IP signaling protocols, including SS7

  • Learn how VoIP can run the same applications as the existing telephony system, but in a more cost-efficient and scalable manner

  • Delve into such VoIP topics as jitter, latency, packet loss, codecs, quality of service tools, and mean opinion scores

  • Learn about the functional components involved in using Cisco gateways to deploy VoIP networks

    • Voice over IP (VoIP), which integrates voice and data transmission, is quickly becoming an important factor in network communications. It promises lower operational costs, greater flexibility, and a variety of enhanced applications. Voice over IP Fundamentals provides a thorough introduction to this new technology to help experts in both the data and telephone industries plan for the new networks.

    You will learn how the telephony infrastructure was built and how it works today, the major concepts concerning voice and data networking, transmission of voice over data, and IP signaling protocols used to interwork with current telephony systems. The authors cover various benefits and applications of VoIP and how to ensure good voice quality in your network.

    This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

    Table of contents

    1. Contents (1/2)
    2. Contents (2/2)
    3. Introduction
    4. Part I: PSTN
      1. Chapter 1 Overview of the PSTN and Comparisons to Voice over IP
        1. The Beginning of the PSTN
        2. Understanding PSTN Basics (1/2)
        3. Understanding PSTN Basics (2/2)
        4. PSTN Services and Applications
        5. Drivers Behind the Convergence Between Voice and Data Networking
        6. Packet Telephony Network Drivers (1/2)
        7. Packet Telephony Network Drivers (2/2)
        8. New PSTN Network Infrastructure Model
        9. Summary
      2. Chapter 2 Enterprise Telephony Today
        1. Similarities Between PSTN and ET
        2. Differences Between PSTN and ET
        3. Common ET Designs (1/2)
        4. Common ET Designs (2/2)
        5. Summary
      3. Chapter 3 Basic Telephony Signaling
        1. Signaling Overview
        2. E&M Signaling
        3. CAS (1/2)
        4. CAS (2/2)
        5. ISDN (1/2)
        6. ISDN (2/2)
        7. QSIG
        8. DPNSS
        9. Summary
      4. Chapter 4 Signaling System 7
        1. SS7 Network Architecture (1/2)
        2. SS7 Network Architecture (2/2)
        3. SS7 Protocol Overview (1/5)
        4. SS7 Protocol Overview (2/5)
        5. SS7 Protocol Overview (3/5)
        6. SS7 Protocol Overview (4/5)
        7. SS7 Protocol Overview (5/5)
        8. SS7 Examples
        9. List of SS7 Specifications
        10. Summary
      5. Chapter 5 PSTN Services
        1. Plain Old Telephone Service
        2. Integrated Services Digital Network
        3. Business Services
        4. Service Provider Services
        5. Summary
    5. Part II: Voice over IP Technology
      1. Chapter 6 Voice over IP Benefits and Applications
        1. Key Benefits of VoIP
        2. Packet Telephony Call Centers (1/2)
        3. Packet Telephony Call Centers (2/2)
        4. Service Provider Calling-Card Case Study
        5. Value-Added Services
        6. Enterprise Case Study: Acme Corporation
        7. Summary
      2. Chapter 7 IP Tutorial
        1. OSI Reference Model
        2. Internet Protocol
        3. Data Link Layer Addresses
        4. IP Addressing
        5. Routing Protocols
        6. EIGRP
        7. IP Transport Mechanisms
        8. Summary
        9. References
      3. Chapter 8 VoIP: An In-Depth Analysis
        1. Delay/Latency
        2. Jitter
        3. Pulse Code Modulation
        4. Voice Compression
        5. Echo
        6. Packet Loss
        7. Voice Activity Detection
        8. Digital-to-Analog Conversion
        9. Tandem Encoding
        10. Transport Protocols
        11. Dial-Plan Design
        12. End Office Switch Call-Flow Versus IP Phone Call
        13. Summary
        14. References
      4. Chapter 9 Quality of Service
        1. QoS Network Toolkit
        2. Edge Functions (1/4)
        3. Edge Functions (2/4)
        4. Edge Functions (3/4)
        5. Edge Functions (4/4)
        6. Traffic Policing (1/2)
        7. Traffic Policing (2/2)
        8. Backbone Networks
        9. Rules of Thumb for QoS
        10. Cisco Labs’ QoS Testing
        11. Summary
    6. Part III: IP Signaling Protocols
      1. Chapter 10 H.323
        1. H.323 Elements
        2. H.323 Protocol Suite (1/2)
        3. H.323 Protocol Suite (2/2)
        4. H.323 Call-Flows
        5. Summary
      2. Chapter 11 Session Initiation Protocol
        1. SIP Overview
        2. SIP Messages
        3. Basic Operation of SIP
        4. Summary
      3. Chapter 12 Gateway Control Protocols
        1. Simple Gateway Control Protocol
        2. Media Gateway Control Protocol (1/2)
        3. Media Gateway Control Protocol (2/2)
        4. Summary
      4. Chapter 13 Virtual Switch Controller
        1. Overview of the Virtual Switch
        2. Open Packet Telephony
        3. Packet Voice Network Overview (1/2)
        4. Packet Voice Network Overview (2/2)
        5. VSC Architecture and Operations
        6. VSC Implementation
        7. Summary
    7. Part IV: Voice over IP Applied
      1. Chapter 14 Voice over IP Configuration Issues
        1. Dial-Plan Considerations
        2. Feature Transparency
        3. Cisco’s Dial-Plan Implementation
        4. Summary
      2. Chapter 15 Voice over IP Applications and Services
        1. Enterprise Applications and Benefits
        2. Enterprise VoIP Case Study: B.A.N.C. Financing International (1/3)
        3. Enterprise VoIP Case Study: B.A.N.C. Financing International (2/3)
        4. Enterprise VoIP Case Study: B.A.N.C. Financing International (3/3)
        5. Service Provider Case Study: Prepaid Calling Card
        6. Summary
    8. Appendix A: ISUP Messages/Types Formats (1/2)
    9. Appendix A: ISUP Messages/Types Formats (2/2)
    10. Index
      1. A
      2. B
      3. C
      4. D
      5. E
      6. F
      7. G
      8. H
      9. I
      10. J-K
      11. L
      12. M
      13. N
      14. O
      15. P
      16. Q
      17. R
      18. S
      19. T
      20. U
      21. V
      22. W
      23. X–Z

    Product information

    • Title: Voice over IP Fundamentals
    • Author(s): Jonathan Davidson, James Peters, Brian Grace
    • Release date: March 2000
    • Publisher(s): Cisco Press
    • ISBN: 1578701686