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Voice Technologies Introductory

Overview

A detailed and in-depth Introduction to Voice Technologies.

Duration - 2 Days.

Who will benefit

Network/Systems engineers/Operators/Planners, or any personnel who require an In-depth understanding of Voice Technologies.

Prerequisites

None.

By the end of the course delegates will be able to describe:

By the end of the course delegates will be able to describe:

• Voice and Data Convergence
• Voice, Standards and Numbering Plans
• Voice Compression
• Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP Networks
• VoIP Enhancements
 
Course Content

Introduction

Voice & Data Convergence
Voice over IP
Voice Communications
Circuit Switched
Packet Switched
The Numbering Plan for Telephony E.164
Addressing Concepts
What is Ipv6
Address Classes
Encapsulation with TCP/IP

Voice Telephony

Voice Telephony
Signalling
Voice Conversation
DTMF Dialling
Foreign Exchange
Private and Public Networks
Q.931 Messages
SS7
SS7 Signalling Architecture
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Service Interoperability
Delay
Post Dial Delay
Switch and STP Response Times
Call Setup Delays
End to End Voice Transmission
Transmission Time Allocation
Delay Problems
Talker Overlap
Echo
Echo Control Devices

Voice over Frame Relay

Concept
Features
Network Interfaces
Frame Relay Control
Frame Relay Header
DLCI Allocations
Throughput Guarantee
Data Throughput Management
VoFRTransfer Support
VoFR Service Block Diagram
Primary Payloads
Signalled Payload
Frame Format
Sub Frame Format
Payload Type Field
EADPCM Support
Sequence number
Coding Type
Vocoder Transfer
CS-ACELP
LD-CELP
MPMLQ
VoFR Benefits
Fragmentation
UNI/NNI Fragmentation
Interface Fragmentation Formats
End to End Fragmentation
End to End Fragmentation Format

Voice over ATM

ATM
ATM Cell
Cell Advantages
ATM Layers
ATM Adaptation Function (AAL)
Convergence Sublayer (CS)
ATM Service Classes
Quality of Service Traffic Classes
CBR
VBR-RT
VBR-NRT
ABR
AAL-1 Used for Class
AAAL1 Synchronous Residual Time Stamp (SRTS)
AAL1 Adaptive Clock Recovery
AAL2 for Compressed Data
AAL2 CPS
AAL2 SAR
AAL2 Example
AAL5 for Data Services
AAL5 Frame Structure
Voice and Telephony over ATM (VtoA)
AF - VToA- 0078.000
AF - VToA - 0085.000
CAS
AF - VToA - 0089.000
AF - VToA - 0113.000
AF - VToA - 0083.001
Voice over IP

ITU H.323

ITU Recommendation H.323
The H.323 Protocol Stack
H.323 on ATM
H.323 Gateway
H.323 Terminals
H.323 Gate Keepers
H.323 Multipoint Control Units (MCU)
Recommendation H.225.0
H.225.0 Scope
Registration, Admission and Status (RAS)
Gatekeeper Discovery
Endpoint Registration
H.225.0 Operation
Point to Point Call
Same Gatekeeper
H.245 Call Control
Capability Exchange
Logical Channels
Fast Connect Procedure
Terminating a call
Call Termination
Call Clearing
Without a Gatekeeper
With a Gatekeeper

Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP)

RTP
The RTP Header
The Marker Bit
Reduced Overhead
Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
RTCP Packet Types
Port Number Assignment
Firewalls
Full Duplex
Security





Standards Bodies
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
ATM Forum
ATM Forum Founder Members
Aims
Frame Relay Forum
The Internet Architecture Board
VoIP Forum
Voice over IP (VoIP) Quality
Quality of Service Model
Multimedia Services
Standard Bodies

Voice Compression

Voice Conversion
Digital Voice
PCM
Components of Speech
Silence Suppression
Coding Techniques
DPCM
ADPCM
Voice Compression
G.723.1
MOS

Voice over IP

Gateway
ITU Q.931
Supplementary Services
Gateway Location
Emulation
Three Styles of Call
VoIP Implementations
Backbone
Cellular Networks
GPRS
3rd Generation Evolution
The H.32x Family
H.323 Benefits
VoIP Quality
Voice Over the Internet
Network Congestion

Advanced Services

Internet Delay
QoS at Present
Value Added Services
Scalability
Congestion Control
Classification and Prioritisation
Bandwidth Allocation
Governing Bodies
IP Precedence
Priority Queuing
Random Early Detection (RED)
Weighted Precedence
Weighted RED
Weighted Fair Queuing
IEEE 802.1p/Q
ISA Model
ISA's 3 Levels of Service
The Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
RSVP Operation
RSVP Limitations
ISSLL
Common Open Policy Server (COPS)
DIFFSERV - Differentiated Services
Example Service Provider
MPLS
MPLS Operation

VoIP Enhancements

H.323 Limitations
H.323v3
H.323 Model
Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
Overview of Commands
The Notify Command
More Intelligence
Basic Concepts
Call Connection
Simple Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Backhaul Example
Gatekeeper Zones
The Gateway Location Problem
INow
Clearing House
Relation to IETF Multimedia protocols
SAP - Session Announcement Protocol
SIP - Simple Conference Control Protocol
SCCP - Simple Conference Control Protocol
RSTP - Real Time Streaming Protocol RFC 2326
SDP - Session Description Protocol RFC 2327
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
SIP Commands
Client-Server Architecture
SIP+ Overview
SIP Mapping of ISUP Messages

Summary

Introduction
Packet Efficiency
Delay
Standards
Summary of IP & LANs
Summary of ATM
Frame Relay
Delay


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