Designing a Voice over IP Solution

Overview/Description
To outline the methodologies used to create Voice over IP applications and the effect of this on existing voice and data services

Target Audience
Telecommunications professionals wishing to learn the fundamentals of transporting voice over IP networks; data networking professionals wishing to enhance their skills in this area

Prerequisites
An understanding of basic telephony concepts or internetworking with TCP/IP

Expected Duration
300 Minutes

Objectives:

Designing a Voice over IP Solution

  • identify the hardware required to implement Voice over IP solutions.
  • describe the topologies used in the deployment of Voice over IP networks.
  • describe the network infrastructure and architectures for Voice over IP implementation.
  • describe how to build an effective business case for VoIP.
  • evaluate how upgrading for convergence impacts on a small to medium-sized businesses.
  • describe the role of voice transport protocols in IP networks.
  • identify the constituents and functions of the H.323 protocol suite.
  • identify the constituents and functions of the SIP protocol suite.
  • identify the components of the MGCP and Megaco gateway protocols and their function in a voice network.
  • compare SIP and H.323.
  • compare the functions of VoIP protocols.
  • describe voice quality and the factors that affect the quality of service in Voice over IP networks.
  • describe the QoS mechanisms used to promote voice quality on IP networks.
  • identify QoS problems and their appropriate solutions.
  • discuss the factors that affect the performance of voice applications on IP networks.


    • Course Number: 110787_eng