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1. VoIP Applications
A wide variety of applications are enabled by the transmission of VoIP networks. This tutorial will explore three examples of these applications.
The first application, shown in Figure 1, is a network configuration of an organization with many branch offices (e.g., a bank) that wants to reduce costs and combine traffic to provide voice and data access to the main office. This is accomplished by using a packet network to provide standard data transmission while at the same time enhancing it to carry voice traffic along with the data. Typically, this network configuration will benefit if the voice traffic is compressed as a result of the low bandwidth available for this access application. Voice over packet provides the interworking function (IWF), which is the physical implementation of the hardware and software that allows the transmission of combined voice and data over the packet network. The interfaces the IWF must support in this case are analog interfaces, which directly connect to telephones or key systems. The IWF must emulate the functions of both a private branch exchange (PBX) for the telephony terminals at the branches, as well as the functions of the telephony terminals for the PBX at the home office. The IWF accomplishes this by implementing signaling software that performs these functions.
Figure 1. Branch Office Application
A second VoIP application, shown in Figure 2, is a trunking application. In this scenario, an organization wishes to send voice traffic between two locations over the packet network and replace the tie trunks used to connect the PBXs at the locations. This application usually requires the IWF to support a higher-capacity digital channel than the branch application, such as a T1/E1 interface of 1.544 or 2.048 Mbps. The IWF emulates the signaling functions of a PBX, resulting in significant savings to companies' communications costs.
Figure 2. Interoffice Trunking Application
A third application of VoIP software is interworking with cellular networks, as shown in Figure 3. The voice data in a digital cellular network is already compressed and packetized for transmission over the air by the cellular phone. Packet networks can then transmit the compressed cellular voice packet, saving a tremendous amount of bandwidth. The IWF provides the transcoding function required to convert the cellular voice data to the format required by the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
Figure 3. Interoffice Trunking Application
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Definition and Overview
1 VoIP Applications
2 VoIP QoS Issues
3 VoIP–Embedded Software Architecture
4 Voice Packet Module
5 Signaling, Protocol and Management Modules
6 VoIP Summary
7 FoIP Applications
8 PSTN Fax-Call Procedure
9 FoIP QoS
10 FoIP Software Architecture
11 FoIP Summary
Self-Test
Correct Answers
Glossary
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