EC 210 Intro to VoIP

Explain the fundamentals necessary to understand VoIP, understand gateways and their capabilities, describe how phone calls are made on VoIP networks. Understand components, standards and architectures. Identify and explain key components, jargon, buzzwords, plus the main standards and protocols. Compare and contrast the many flavors of VoIP, implementation and architecture choices. Understand packetized voice, how it happens. Learn about codecs and compression, know the factors affecting sound quality. Examine carrier’s IP network technologies and the important topic of using MPLS to implement Differentiated Services for Quality of Service (QoS). Discover Session Initiated Protocol, what it is, how it works, how it fits in with soft-switches, call managers and trace the establishment of a IP phone call step by step.

Credits

3

Distribution

Engineering Technologies

Offered

Fall Semester, Spring Semester