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Voice, Fax and Video over IP

Implementing the Converged Enterprise

The Internet Protocol has emerged as the overwhelming connectivity choice for corporate data transport. In contrast, digital leased lines, such as T1/T3 circuits, have dominated the voice world. This paradigm is changing, however, as the majority of telecommunication growth is coming from the data – not voice – side of the house. To implement an integrated network requires a number of elements, including terminals supporting the end users, voice and video codecs that perform the analog to digital signal conversion and compression, gatekeepers that perform address translation, bandwidth control, etc., plus gateways to other networks, such as ISDN, ATM, or the PSTN. And all of these components must interoperate, which require adherence to standards, such as the ITU-T H.323 family of multimedia conferencing standards, for a successful implementation.

This one-day tutorial will look at multimedia applications that require integrated voice/data/video/fax transmission, the network architectures necessary to support those applications, and the standards that are in place to ease the interoperability concerns.

Tutorial Outline

	Principles of Converged Networks
	Applications for the Converged Network
	The Business Case for Converged Networks
	Protocols for the Converged Network
	WAN Transport for Converged Networks
	Hardware Systems for the Converged Networks
	Implementing the Converged Network
	References for Further Study

Who Should Attend

Network managers, telecom managers, strategic planners, ISPs and product developers that need an understanding of the applications, benefits and architectures of an IP-centric, integrated voice/data/video network infrastructure.

Course Materials

Each student will receive a copy of Voice over IP Technologies, by Mark A. Miller, P.E. and published by IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., a copy of the TCP/IP Protocol Reference Guide, and also a CD with key IETF documents, Voice over IP client software, and the Westbay traffic analysis software.

5310 St. Vrain Road, Longmont, CO 80503

Tel: 303.682.5244 Fax: 303.682.2654 Email: mark@diginet.com

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