Mohammed Nawfal Al-Damluji: Prepared by
Mohammed Nawfal Al-Damluji: Prepared by
Mohammed Nawfal Al-Damluji: Prepared by
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Outline:
What is it?
Why VoIP?
Issues to consider.
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What is it?
VoIP activation requires an internet connection
and special equipments in order to be compatible
with the PSTN, and to exploit its services.
Equipments may be a gateway for compatibility, a
VoIP telephone, a regular telephone connected to
an analog terminal adapter (ATA).
A personal computer can be used through a
dedicated software to provide a voice/video
connection (e.g., Skype, Viber,).
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What is it?
Below is a scheme that illustrates the general
layout of an internet network that provides VoIP
while being compatible with a PSTN.
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Why VoIP?
VoIP technology enjoys two main advantages over
the traditional PSTN, which are:
Lower costs.
Wider range of functions and services.
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Why VoIP?
Lower cost:
1- Both the service provider and the end user can
observe the benefits of the VoIP cost savings.
2-The provider saves cost by using a single network for
carrying voice and data instead of fitting an additional
processing equipment in the analog network.
3- The user saves cost as well, since there is a variety of
features in VoIP services with low fees or even free of
charge (online calling software, caller ID, call
waiting,..).
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Why VoIP?
Wider range of functions & services:
VoIP technology offers features that the PSTN cant
provide, or at a lower cost, such as:
1- Video connection.
2- Ease of mobility.
3- Number portability.
4- Multiple calls establishment.
5- Ability of establishing a free private network.
6- Online features(voice mail, bill paying, call
recording).
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How does it work?
A broadband connection is a must to activate VoIP
service, while the end user hardware and software
enable him to establish the call.
Dedicated protocols must be applied to set the
routes in the network to direct the packets to their
destination.
VoIP technology requires a special hardware
equipment to set up the network and being able to
hold the call sessions.
QoS is one of the main issues for the VoIP to
control.
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How does it work?
The phases that occurs in a VoIP system:
1.Analog voice coding:
-Analog-to-digital conversion
-Signal compression
2.Signaling:
-Call set-up and tear-down
-Coding negotiation
3.Transport:
-Packet transmission
-Routing
-Quality of Service
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How does it work?
Analog voice coding:
1- The conversion of the mechanical voice into a stream of bits, which is
done by the A/D converter.
2- VoIP can do with less throughput to send the packets, so the data
compression is a good compromise. A voice codec is needed to achieve
the compression, and the types are listed below:
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How does it work?
Signaling:
A session establishment is needed to set the specs of the
connection, and this is the task of the session control protocols.
Signaling protocols use TCP to manage the call setup and its
parameters (call presence, locate user, setting up the line,
connection format, and line termination).
Common signaling protocols:
1- H.323 by ITU-T
2- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
3- Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
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How does it work?
Transport:
After compressing the data, the packets will become ready to be
transmitted whenever the line session has been set up.
UDP is used for sending packets (faster than TCP for real time
applications), while RTP will control the packets arriving order and
the time needed to ensure voice quality.
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How does it work?
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Issues to consider:
Quality of service:
A disadvantage of the VoIP is being less reliable than the PSTN.
Less reliability comes from the VoIP being packet switching (theres
no guarantee that the packets will be delivered).
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Issues to consider:
Emergency calls:
In the US, emergency calls help police stations to locate the
position of the caller (fixed line), while the VoIP is much more
difficult to locate.
Lack of redundancy
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The road ahead:
The first VoIP software was released by Vocaltec in
1995, and had been designed for a home Pc and used
similar attachments.
Year 2004 saw the introduction of mass-market VoIP
services that utilize existing broadband access.
Multiple evolution types for VoIP exist, like the PSTN-like
VoIP, PBX-like VoIP.
Enhancing QoS and reducing latency is a major challenge
in the future development of VoIP.
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References:
David Wang ,Voice over IP, UT Arlington.
Voice over IP, PDF Document.
www.voip-info.org
www.voip-sip.org
En.wikipedia.org
Stephen Okay, Introduction to VOIP, Abdus Salam Intl
Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2007
Timo Smura & Heikki Hmminen, The role of VoIP: Future
evolution paths of voice communications.
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