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Hersent, Olivier.

IP telephony : packet-based multimedia communications systems / Olivier Hersent, David Gurle & Jean-Pierre Petit. - Harlow : Addison-Wesley, c2000. Delhi : Pearson Education (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Indian Branch, c2003. - xviii, 456 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Jeff Pulver --
Sect. 1. The application layer, IP telephony protocols. Ch. 1. H.323 and a general background on IP telephony. Ch. 2. The session initiation protocol (SIP). Ch. 3. Media gateway to media controller protocols (MGCP) --
Sect. 2. Voice technology background. Ch. 4. Voice quality. Ch. 5. Voice coding --
Sect. 3. The network. Ch. 6. Quality of service. Ch. 7. Network dimensioning. Ch. 8. Multicast routing --
App. well known multicast addresses. TOC

Summary:
Internet Telephony is a technology which provides a cheaper alternative to phone networks at the end of the 20th century. This text is a practical, technical overview of the technology behind Internet Telephony, providing information for IT professionals.



ISBN: 8178082586 0201619105 9780201619102

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet telephony.
TCP/IP (Computer network protocol)

Dewey Class. No.: 621.38212 / HEI 2000