Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Introduction

2. Navigating Roadblocks to Convergence

3. The Migration Path to a Converged Network

4. Binding Converged Networks

5. New Model Architecture

6. Conclusion

Self-Test

Glossary

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API
application programming interface

ATM
asynchronous transfer mode

IN
intelligent network

IP
Internet protocol

IS
information system

ISUP
integrated services digital network user part

LDN
listed directory number

MGCP
media gateway control protocol

PCT
platform configuration tool

PDA
personal digital assistant

PoP
point of presence

PSTN
public switched telephone network

SIP
session initiation protocol

SS7
signaling system 7

STP
signal transfer point

TCP
transmission control protocol

TDM
time division multiplex

VoIP
voice over IP

WAN
wide-area network