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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784138003321

Autore

Stafford Matthew <1958->

Titolo

Signaling and switching for packet telephony / / Matthew Stafford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Artech House, , 2004

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2004]

ISBN

1-58053-737-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Artech House telecommunications library

Disciplina

621.382/16

Soggetti

Internet telephony

Packet switching (Data transmission)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Signaling and Switching for Packet Telephony; Contents; Acknowledgments xiii; Introduction 1; PART I: Switching Architectures for Packet Telephony: An Expository Description 9; 2 Essentials of Next Generation Switching 11; 3 Motivation for Packet Telephony Revisited 21; 4 Signaling and Services 31; PART II: Components of Packet Telephony: Technical Descriptions 37; 5 Introduction to Part II 39; 6 Protocols 43; 7 A Closer Look at Internet Protocol 63; 8 A Closer Look at SS7 89; 9 The Bearer Plane 107; 10 Media Gateway Control and Other Softswitch Topics 119; 11 Session Control 145

12 More on SIP and SDP 15913 Implementing Services 179; 14 Properties of Circuit-Switched Networks 199; 15 Evolving Toward Carrier-Grade Packet Voice: Recent and  Ongoing Developments 209; 16 Conclusion 225; APPENDIX A: Data Link Layer Protocols 227; About the Author 243; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This must-have reference on packet switching and signaling offers you an in-depth understanding of the core packet switching architectures, signaling flows, and packet formats, as well as service delivery. It describes in detail the design principles for packet telephone switches and emphasizes the benefits of a distributed architecture and separating bearer and control. Successful carrier-grade deployments of packet telephony entail much more than simply stuffing voice samples into IP packets or ATM cells. They involve deploying multiple protocols,



and this book gives you a solid understanding of all protocols used and a clear sense of where individual protocols fit in a packet-based system.