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To aid in standardizing the design of software switching equipment, the International Packet Communications Consortium has devised a schema that describes the entire complex functionality.
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Media gateways physically connect dissimilar networks by translating the protocols and data transmission parameters of each to the other. They do a few other things as well.
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Reflecting the IETF's pragmatic development mind-set, and built on other well-known protocols such as HTTP and SMTP, SIP is viewed by many as fundamentally simpler than H.323.
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The proliferation of personal phone numbers that comes with our abundance of telephony choices can be a pesky problem. Is there a viable fix?
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Due to its connectionless architecture, an IP network creates its own built-in obstacles to the smooth transmission of sequential data such as voice and video.
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Coming down the home stretch of VoIP deployment, a check-list of seemingly minor issues can make the difference between success and . . . headaches.
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The Differentiated Services architecture is a built-in feature of the Internet protocol that allows the coding of traffic streams for special treatment.
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Tekelec’s solutions provide a clear evolution path from SS7 networks to the SIP-based networks of the future—and the deployment of IMS.
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The softswitch-in essence, a complex piece of software running on a computer-replaces generations of electro-mechanical equipment. It also brings its own idiosyncracies.
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Data packets will have to line up for processing at various points as they move from source to destination. Schema for assigning priority to different classes of traffic help manage data flows.
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