ToIP; concepts and benefits

Description

It’s a well known fact; the telecommunication environment is continuously evolving. One of the most exciting areas is ToIP. For more than five years, this technology has been making significant market penetration. By allowing the integration of voice on your data network, ToIP will probably impact all your IT management processes and network operation.

This course will allow you to understand the way voice is transported in an IP network and help you identify the various technical, economical and management issues to consider when implementing a ToIP network.

Prerequisites:

Participants should have a good understanding of IP networks or/and voice networks.

Target audience:

Planners and managers who will have to evaluate the pertinence of implementing telephony over their IP network.

Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Identify critical issues to consider in the planning stages of the implementation of a VoIP network.

2. Discuss the stakes related to the convergence of voice and data networks.

Course duration: 1 day

Course content:

DAY 1 AM
Voice vs. data
Voice and video signals characteristics
Voice network functionalities
Voice signal transmission
Encoding
Supervision and signaling
Data networks
IP networks characteristics
Carrying voice over an IP network
Constraints and solutions

DAY 1 PM
Architectures, protocols and components
H.323
SIP
Transmission process
Encoding, compression and sampling
Performance criteria�s
Packets size
Delay and jitter
RTP, RTCP
Dimensioning the network
Priority queuing and QoS
VoIP, a good decision ?
What are the business triggers ?
Implementation and migration
Costs, management and security issues
Products